Do these activities and write down the adjectives that you learn:
Enchanted Learning: Adjectives
Mrs. Haquet from Frenchfrog’s Little English Pond has developed another great interactive. This one is on Physical Descriptions.
Go to these sites and write down words you learn that relate to sensory details — smell, taste, touch, sight, hear.
Go to the links below.
On a sheet of paper, please write down all the feelings words that you learn.
After you have made your list, type the words into these sites. It will show you other similar words. Add ones that you understand to your list:
Try these writing activities.
Five minutes before class ends, please leave a comment saying which activity you liked the best and why:
“I liked ______________ the best because ________________________.”
Spelling Connections: Proofreading
The New News 2a
The New News 3
The New News 3a
The New News
More of The New News
Even More of The New News
More Advanced The New News
Advanced The New News
BBC Bitesize Spelling and Grammar
BBC Bitesize Writing (Go to “Activity”)
BBC Skillwise — Putting Sentences Together
Jefferson Schools Transition Words
BBC Skillwise — Sentence Basics
Professor Garfield Reading Ring (please only do this activity)
Interchange: Put The Sentences In Order:
Unit 1a
Unit 14 a
Unit 16 A
Unit 1
Unit 14
Unit 16
Unit 3
Unit 5
Later this year you will be creating your own learning games that other students can play.
Today, please play the games on this list. In the comments section, please write which three you thought were the best and why you liked them:
I liked __________________________ because _______________________________.
Today you are going to write a short story with images.
You can use either one of these sites:
Tell A Story, where you’ll pick a painting to use in your story, type it, and also record it.
Five Card Flickr Story, where you’ll pick five photos and then tell a story about them.
Please copy and paste the link to your story in the comments section of this post.
Pick one of the short movies at Bombay TV.
You can choose to either record what you want the actors to say, or write them as “subtitles.”
Here’s an example:
Once you email it to yourself, the site will show you the link address to copy and paste in the comments section of this post.
If you want, you may work with a partner to create the movie.
Today, you can make a Talking Monkey. You will record your own voice and email it to yourself. Then you will copy and paste the link in the comments section of this post.
In your message, say:
1) Your first name (do not say your last name)
2) Your favorite movie and why it’s your favorite movie.
3. Your favorite book and why it’s your favorite book.
Here is an example:
My name is Mr. Ferlazzo. My favorite movie is called Casablanca, and I like it because the acting is great and the good guys win. My favorite book is Bread and Wine. I think it’s my favorite because it was my father’s favorite.
Got to the Bubblr site and make a comic strip of at least six frames showing a problem and a solution.
Use this Moviemaker to create a movie. You can work on your own, or two people can work together to make one film. Try your best!
You will have to email it to yourself once it’s done, and then copy and paste the link in the comments section of this post.
Here’s an example: Hungry Teacher