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It's summertime, and you are probably more inclined to read a book for fun!

Yes, it's very easy to forget what you have read, and feel like you have just wasted your time reading. Here are 8 resources to help you with remembering...

1. Reading Comprehension Tip--(Taking Notes) Use post-it notes!

2. Reading Comprehension--(list of strategies)

3. Reading Comprehension--(Teacher advice)

4. Reading Comprehension Tips--(Previewing & not Re-reading)

5. Reading Comprehension--(Building Frameworks)

6. Reading Comprehension--(Pretend that you are required to give a speech)

7. Website with activities to enhance reading comprehension

8. Powerpoint with Mr. T

Advanced--Who Are You? Project Requirements

Partial example--(yours should be a little longer)

OAT Prep!

Review Point of View--Take Notes!

1. Context Clues Practice

2. Context Clues Quiz

3. Name That Genre Game!

3. Root Words Game

4. Root Words Game with a dog

5. Analogies Game (powerpoint) use hot potato

6. Analogies Review and Practice

7. Figuring out the mood from word choice video

8. Snoopy Themed Themes Powerpoint
Put in password, search "Literary Themes" and click on the first presentation that comes up. Then scroll down and click on "related presentations."

notes to go with powerpoint

9. Another Themes Powerpoint--take notes!
Notes to go with Themes Powerpoint
10. Yet Another Themes Powerpoint (from earlier in the year)

Journal Prompts!!

Here is a great review game of literary elements

Advertising Unit!
Click here for the powerpoint

Click here for Requirements for Poetry Portfolio

Poetry Contest: Deadline is March 12th to give your poem to Mrs. Dennis and enter!

Advertising Unit Resources

Superbowl Commercials to analyze

Magazine Ads to Analyze in class
using Smartboard

Analyzing Coca-Cola Commericals

Test your advertising knowledge

Internet Encyclopedia of Fallacies

Check out this website for more in-depth information on advertising techniques! (Use the Index on the left side of the website and scroll down.)

Toy Ad Tricks

Check out Poetry Powerpoints!

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Common Themes in Literature

Our Friend, The Semicolon

Click here for Information on Rules, Policies and Supplies

Please excuse the mess-
This is from last school year...

Scrapbook Project
(Advanced Class)

Beauty--ideas for definition essay

Coming Soon: Persuasive Essay Writing!!

Persuasive Essay Lesson Plan

Persuasion Map Tutorial--how to set your paper up. (brainstorming/outline)

Hamster Baby Update!

November/December 2008

"The Third Wish" Activities

Practice with Extended Response #1

Practice with Extended Response #2

Types of Irony & Interesting Examples

Steps to writing a short research paper

Compare/Contrast Requirements

Game to encourage precise word choices

Research Paper Tools

Sample Research Paper--Written by an actual Madison student!!!

Click here for how to do "notes" notecards

Click here to find out how to cite sources (for source cards)

Click here for how to write your outline

Don't forget to use the resources Ms. Spayde showed us on www.columbuslibrary.org

Click here for how to paraphrase and not plagiarize
Click here to see how to use quotations in your paper!

For revising your rough draft!!! (you're almost done:D)

RESEARCH PAPER REQUIREMENTS (Points and due dates)

Verbal Phrases

Understanding Verbals

Phrase Practice #1

Phrase Practice #2

Help with understanding phrases

Help with understanding phrases

Jeopardy Game with Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

Practice Writing Verbal-Filled Sentences

Mad Libs

Grammar: Practice with subject/verb agreement

Click here---scroll down to subject/verb agreement

Reading Comprehension Strategies---

When to use their, they're and there

Practice Quiz #1

Practice Quiz #2

Practice Quiz #3

Practice Quiz #4

Check it out:
A website with a brief summary of the novella & its themes

LITERARY TERMS WEBSITE WITH PRACTICE DRILL

LITERARY TERMS WEBSITE WITH EXAMPLES

LITERARY TERMS WEBSITE WITH PRACTICE QUIZ

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Use this link for Compliment/Complaint Business Letter & print!!
(email me if you have trouble with this--or you can just handwrite
it using the EXAMPLE link below for reference)

Example of a Complaint/Business Letter

Help with writing a Business Letter

Help with writing a Friendly Letter

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE STORIES!!!

Help with writing persuasive essays--how to organize
Help with writing persuasive essays--in general

Sample persuasive essay
In the upcoming few weeks, we will write about a broader
topic of your choice.

We're going to be writing a "Choose Your Own Adventure" short story! In order to do this, we'll learn the following information this week about the elements of fiction and plot:

Requirements for In-Class Short Story Writing--due 1/30

Elements of fiction powerpoint

Plot powerpoint
Plot description

Story Generator with exercises

Create A Character
Check out pgs. 25-27 for Character Development practice

Show--Don't Tell!!! Using description
Lesson Plan on the concept of "Show, Don't Tell" description

Show--Don't Tell!!! examples

To review for English 8 midterm:

Practice with figures of speech: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, etc.
Help with understanding phrases
Phrase Practice #1
"The Third Wish" Review
**check review sheet for more!!!

English 8:

"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant

See background and another picture of "The Necklace"

Draw a picture symbolizing what you have seen and heard
about Guy deMaupassant's "The Necklace." Explain how your picture relates to the short story's symbolism or theme.
USE AT LEAST ONE VOCABULARY WORD FROM LESSON 7 .

Article #1 on The Raven

Article #2 on The Raven

Article #3 on The Raven

Article #4 on The Raven

"The Raven" Interactive

"The Raven" Group Work

Audio Recording of "The Raven"

Edgar Allan Poe's Life: Review

Resources

Practice with figures of speech: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, etc.

Phrase Practice #1

Phrase Practice #2

Help with understanding phrases

Help with understanding phrases

Jeopardy Game with Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

Practice Writing Verbal-Filled Sentences

Mad Libs

Compare & Contrast Paper Organization
Burger King

Wendy's

"The Monkey's Paw" Review

"The Third Wish" Review

Gossip Quiz: Do you tend to gossip?

Articles To Read For English 8:
Remember to take notes--5 interesting facts on your assigned article:

Click here for Article #1

Click here for Article #2

Click here for Article #3

Click here for Article #4

Click here for Article #5

Poetry Contest: Deadline is March 12th to give your poem to Mrs. Dennis and enter!

EXTRA CREDIT
1.Write an article for Converge Magazine

2. If you go to the website
www.letssaythanks.com
You can pick out a thank you
card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but
it will go to some member
of the armed services. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be soldiers received a bunch of these?

3. Play Grammar Games!
under
the "Games" icon or click here.