Play A Game In A Private Room

Today, all students will play against each other in a game called:

Gut Instinct

Go to the game, click on “English,” and then sign-up. Write your initials, and write “mrferlazzo” in the box that asks for “League Name.”

Do not click “submit” until Mr. Ferlazzo or Ms. Hull yells “Go!”

You will be asked a question. After every answer you will see a scoreboard showing who is winning.

Sometime in the future will will also play a similar game called:

Mia Cadaver’s Tombstone Timeout

Exercises For Problem/Solution Essay Writing

Try these writing activities and games. If the first ones are too easy, try the next one. Each one gets a little harder.

Five minutes before class ends, please leave a comment saying which activity you liked the best and why:

“I liked ______________ the best because ________________________.”

The New News

The New News 2

The New News 3

Bitesize 2 Writing

Making Sentences

Bitesize 3 Writing — Here, do everything that is labeled “Activity.” Be sure to turn-on the subtitles so you can read what is being spoken.

Virtual Traveler

Writing Tutorials

Proofreading: Spelling and Writing

Complete this activity and print it out.

Describe How You Will Write Your Auto-I

Go to Fotobabble, pick a picture of yourself writing from this photos, and describe how you will write your Autobiographical Incident essay.

Here’s the “cloze” you can use to help you with the description:

Tomorrow, I will begin writing my Autobiographical __________ Essay. I will start my essay with a ____________. Then I will describe the ___________ and the __________ . I will use __________ details to describe where the incident happened and who was there. Then I will explain what happened and use __________ to tell the story. I will describe how I was feeling back __________. In my conclusion, I will describe my feelings _________ and I will explain __________ I learned.

Please leave a link to your description in the comments section of this post.