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 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!
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 Word and type your autobiographic incident essay.
Next, copy and paste it into the comment section of this blog.
Then, read essays from your classmates and leave a comment:
I liked your essay because ________________________________________________.
Your essay made me remember _______________________________________________.
Go to Vocaroo 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.
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.
Describing People is a simple exercise to help English Language Learners learn about adjectives.
Go to these sites and write down words you learn that relate to sensory details — smell, taste, touch, sight, hear.
Then, go to these sites and look for more words. Write them down: