Please spend twenty minutes on Dance Mat Typing. You will need your headphones.
Then go to Typing Web. You have to register for it.
Please write in the comments section which one you like best and why:
I liked _____________________ best because _______________.
Please go to this site and look through the links to learn more about gangs and why people join them:
Review these sites to help you learn about writing a persuasive essay. Please write three things you’ve learned in the comments section.
Here’s a Fact and Opinion game.
Try another Fact and Opinion Game.
Here are lots of fact and opinion activities.
PBS’ Arthur has a simple Facts and Opinions game.
Argument is an activity from the BBC. Other activities connected to it are:
The BBC has another activity called Argue, Persuade, and Advise. Revise is a connected exercise.
Earthlings, Unite! is an interactive sample persuasive essay.
The Joystick of Learning is another interactive sample essay.
Hungry Students Can’t Study is one more sample essay, though it’s not interactive.
Here’s an accessible tutorial on writing a persuasive essay .
Students can quickly and easily create a “map” of their persuasive essay here and post its url on a student or teacher website.
Try this persuasive essay outline generator .
Persuasion Map is from Read Write Think, but it can only be printed-out, not saved.
Go to “Phantasy Quest.”
Use the instructions your teacher gave your group to try and win the game.
Go to “A Bark In The Dark.”
Use the instructions your teacher gave your group to try and win the game.
Good luck!
Visit these sites and write down three things you learn about how advertisers persuade you to buy their products. Write down your notes on a piece of paper. If there is time, you can then write them in the comments section:
See How You Get Hooked Into Buying Now!
CoCo Adversmarts (this one lets you create your own advertisement. After you make it, please print it out)
Please explore these activities and write in the comments two things that you’ve learned.
Please go to Proofreading: Spelling and Writing.
Pick your level of difficulty, and correct the paragraphs. See how well you can do!
December 1st is World AIDS Day.
Please look at these websites and write down on a sheet of paper at least ten things you learn:
The National Institutes of Health has an excellent interactive tutorial on AIDS and HIV.
Here’s another simple explanation, with pictures, that has the same title What Is Aids? It’s from the Japa Network, which also hosts a quiz: HIV & AIDS: How much do you know?
Students can learn about AIDS (and spelling) from the Avert AIDS game.
Here’s a exercise on AIDS designed for ELL’s.
About HIV and AIDS is a simple animation that provides audio support for the text.
Here’s a simple reading and quiz designed for ELL’s titled Is it Difficult to Catch HIV/AIDS?
What Would You Do? is an online game from UNICEF.
HIV: How can I protect myself? is a cloze (gap-fill) exercise for ELL’s.
The Face Of Aids is a slideshow from MSNBC.
CBS News has an impressive interactive titled AIDS: The Modern Pandemic.
Marking World AIDS Day is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.
The Face of AIDS is a slideshow from MSNBC. The same site has an interactive map with updated statistics from around the world.
Explore these sites to find answers to your questions about college. Write your answers next to the questions on your question sheet. If you need more space, write on the back.
California Community Colleges Online Application Center
We have been exploring potential careers this year, and will be going on a field trip to the University of California-Davis in April.
You are going to use this post for at least two Fridays, and maybe longer. You should leave comments three separate times because there are three assignments:
1) As part of that exploration, please do the assessments at Career Zone California. There are three of them. Write in the comments section at least three things you learn from them. Completing these assessments will take you at least one class period.
2) After you complete the assessments, go to California Reality Check to learn how much money you will need to earn the live the kind of lifestyle you want. Write in the comments at least three things you learn from this exercise.
3) After you complete that part, please revisit California Career Zone. You used this site earlier in the year to research possible jobs you might be interested in. Investigate more careers to see if you still are interested in the same jobs you were a few months ago, or in different ones. Keep in mind the things you have learned from the career assessments and from California Reality Check. Write in the comments section at least three things you learn from doing this research.