Friday, January 31, 2014

Top Ten Reasons to Read This Book

Tell us why we should read this book!  Choose one of your recent favorite books to post about.
Post Book Title, Author, Genre and Top Ten!
1. Top ten reasons to read this book.
2. Top ten things, or reasons, I hate or love about my character.
3. Top ten favorite quotes from my book.
4. Top ten questions I would like to ask the author of my book.
5. Top ten lessons I have learned from this book.
6. Top ten places mentioned in my book.
7. Top ten things I wanted to scream out loud about my book.
8. Top ten things I can’t stop thinking about in my book.
9. Top ten other movies, books, magazines and other world events that have happened that relate to my book.
10. Create your own top ten list that fits your book!

Friday, January 24, 2014

Egypt Protest Photos 2014 Lang/Zabbia Responses

 


Choose 3 photos from the link below, and explain your thinking about the protests in Egpyt.

  • Start with your name and the date and number of the photo
  • Observations - what do you see in the photo?
  • Inferences - I think this means...
  • Questions - I wonder....
  • Use 2 protest vocabulary words for each photo.
  • Post replies to two other student posts.   Say "This is for...." and then explain how the other post helped you to improve your thinking about this topic. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/world/middleeast/201101-egypt-protest-gallery/

Thursday, January 16, 2014