Intermediate English Class Blog (2011-12)

Mr. Ferlazzo's & Ms. Hull's Class

Archive for the ‘reading’


Cinderella

First read:

English version of Cinderella

Read this version, too.

Then read:

The Egyptian “Cinderella”

The Chinese “Cinderella”

The Native American “Cinderella”

Then complete an online interactive Venn Diagram comparing the three stories.

Leave a comment saying which version you like best and why:

I liked ____________________ because ___________________.

Practice Taking State Tests

Go to A Beginning “The Best…” List Of Free & Decent Online Practice Sites For State Tests — Help Me Add More! and try the practice questions.

“What Do You Think About Gangs?”

Go to Fotobabble and sign-in.

Then click on “Create.”

Next, open up a new window and search for an appropriate image related to gangs. Copy its url address.

Paste the url address of the image into Fotobabble and record the paragraph you wrote. Choose either:

“”What Do You Think About Gangs?”
or

“What Are The Consequences Of Living The Gang Life?”

Record your paragraph, save it, and then paste the url address into the comments section of this post.

Learn About The Hmong

Go to The Best Websites To Learn About The Hmong to read about the Hmong.

More Video Games

Play these games using the instructions Mr. Ferlazzo has given:

Gut Instinct

Questionaut

Kettineto 2 (click English)

Polleke’s Blue Room

The Final Spell (click English)

World AIDS Day

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:

What is Aids?

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.

Funny Signs

Look at these funny signs with a partner. Pick at least four and decide why they are funny.

Sign Language

Copy and paste each picture on Your Draft and explain why each one is funny.

Once you are done, please paste the url address of Your Draft in the comments section of this post.