A.D. New Orleans After The Deluge is the story of Katrina in comic book form.
Please read all the parts — you’ll see on the right “A.D. Archives.” Click on and read each section.
After you’re done, please write in the comments section of this post two things you liked about it, and one think you learned.
Choose three questions from your KWL chart. Research the answers to them. You can either go to Mr. Ferlazzo’s website section on New Orleans to find the answers, or you can search through Google.
Please write the questions and answers in the comments section of this post.
Develop a dialogue between at least two people (you can have more) who are experiencing the natural disaster you wrote about in your essay.
Go to Google Story Builder and re-create it. Post the link in the comments section of this post.
Please type your natural disasters essay in a Word document, print out two copies of it, and then copy and paste it in the comments section of this post.
Please type your learning strategies essay in a Word document, and then copy and paste it in the comments section here. Or, you could make it into a PowerPoint with or without pictures. Upload your PowerPoint to Authorstream and copy and paste the link to your presentation in the comments section.
Go to this link and scroll down to about the middle of the page until you find the “Grit” survey.
Take it (you will have to register first. Please put down accurate information when you register. The results will compare you with others who are like you).
Answer these questions in the comments section:
What did the survey tell you?
Do you agree with it? Why or why not?
Did you learn anything about yourself? If so, what?
“Creating” something new is the highest level of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
When you are done with your classwork, or when you are in Mr. Williams’ class on Friday, talk with Mr. Ferlazzo or Ms. Hull about what would be most appropriate for you to create using one of these tools. Then post the link to your completed project in the comments section.
As you know, Mr. Ferlazzo and Ms. Hull write books about education, and teachers throughout the world use examples of our students’ work to show their own students how to use these kinds of sites. Please keep that in mind as you try your best.
Make a game with Purpose Games (you have to register first) .
Create a map with Zee Maps or Scribble Maps (no registration required).
Annotate a webpage with WebKlipper (no registration required).
Create a Picture Data Set with Spaaze or Corkboard.Me (no registration required).
Create an Internet Scavenger Hunt with TxtBear or with Instablogg (No registration required). You can also use them to write a report.
Create a test for a classmate to take with Testmoz (no registration required).
Create an online interactive cloze with LearnClick (Registration is required).
Create a tutorial with Tildee about how we do each of our learning strategies (no registration required).
Send a postcard imagining you’re in one of the places in Nations Illustrated (no registration required).
First, get your folder with all the materials on Natural Disasters.
Next, go to Purpose Games and register.
Then, create a multiple choice game with at least five questions. Publish it, and paste the link in the comments section of this post.
Go to this New York Times page and find the “Weather” box at the upper right hand corner.
Copy and paste three or four paragraphs — enough to be able to create at least ten “blanks” — and create a cloze in a Word document. Leave the answer words at the bottom, but not in the correct order. Follow these rules:
* Do not leave blanks in the first or last sentence.
* Make sure that there are “clue” words for the blanks — the aim is to teach, not trick.
Paste the cloze in the comments section. Print out two copies — one for a classmate to complete and the other to turn into Mr. Ferlazzo or Ms. Hull. Circle the clue words on the one you turn-in.
Go to A Compilation Of “The Best…” Lists About Natural Disasters.
Spend a period going through the links, which include videos. Divide your paper into five sections, and write five facts about each of the natural disasters.
Next, go to Spaaze.
Create a Board, and these categories:
Hurricanes
Earthquakes
Tornadoes
Tsunamis
Drought
Write the five pieces of information you found on each disaster in a separate note, and write it in your own words under the category. Then get a picture to go with each of the pieces of information.
Paste the link to your Board in the comments section so you can go back and finish it.