34. RESPONDING TO LITERATURE - BOOK REPORT

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN A FORM OF AN ESSAY FOR A BOOK REPORT.

Responding to Literature:

1. Where and when does the story take place? How do you know? If the story took place somewhere else or in a different time, how would it be changed?

2. What incident, problem, conflict, or situation does the author use to get the story started?

3. What does the author do to create suspense, to make you want to read on to find out what happens?


You all are the BEST classes!

Ms. Wheeler

33. AMERICAN LITERATURE AND RHETORIC

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

High Schoolers: Please spend some time browsing this site.

I would like you to use this site to add useful information about the American writers, literature, essayists, poetry, etc. etc. to your "freewebs."

What you choose from this site is at your discretion, but remember you are trying to add useful information that will be helpful to you in your future years at college.

When you have updated your WEB SITE, please post me a comment, and give me the name and your URL.

I want to view your updated WEBS!!!

Thank you.
Ms. Wheeler

32. CREATING YOUR WEB SITE

YOU WILL BE CREATING YOUR VERY OWN WEBSITE AND WEBLOG.
Once you have created your sites, you need to send me an email at teacherwheeler2008@yahoo.com giving me your URL.

This assignment is due by tomorrow.

http://members.freewebs.com/

This is your own personal web-site for immediate information for our English class, for the university, for you parents, and for yourself!

http://www.weebly.com/
Another site for Free web and blog.

You know that you will be taking English classes at 100 and 200 levels, and possibly 300 and 400 levels.

Create your web-site so that you have a quick reference to help you through your university days.

If you find it useful, add links or information for your future science, history, and math classes.

(You might add information regarding SAT testing, and AP testing as well.)

MORE FREE WEBSITES AND WEBLOGS
http://www.blogeasy.com/
http://blogger.com/

31. WRITE A CHILDREN'S BOOK

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/stapleless/index.html


Go to this site and write a short children's story using the
on-line Stapeless Book method.

Try to think of some familiar children stories, and write one of your own using your own imagination and creativity.

Print out your children's book, fold it and turn it in.

You have one week to complete this assignment.

Please find time to go to our library to complete this assignment if your home internet is not working.

The library offers free use of their of the internet.

30. GEOGRAPHY BEE IMPROVES ENGLISH

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/

Click on this site and start studying!

29. SPELLING BEE

http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/spelling.html?s=g6-8

Click on the site above... Choose your GRADE LEVEL... AND
START YOUR SPELLING BEE!!!!

MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THE LIST OF YOUR WORDS IN YOUR COMPOSITION NOTEBOOKS, AND BRING THEM TO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!

We will be having some SPELLING BEE practices in the very near future,
so prepare!

28. MAPS

Search the internet and find all seven continents and then put the maps of them on your sites!

Put all the seven continents should be in your Sites.

27. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

PLEASE VIEW THE POWERPOINT ON WRITING YOUR VERY OWN BIOGRAPHY.

http://rapidshare.de/files/47607361/HowtoWriteanAutobiography.ppt.html

After you reach RapidShare.... scroll to the bottom.... click on FREE... and download the
POWERPOINT on how to write your autobiography.

Follow the directions closely! You will be graded on how well you follow my layout for an autobiography!

And, REMEMBER, you are an AWESOME WRITER!

26. SAT AND AP TESTING

http://ozpk.tripod.com/AP

Please go to this site and check it out. This is NOT a suggestion.
Make sure you spend some time on this site.

Try out the practice SAT Essay and get your on-line scoring.

Also, those interested in taking the AP English test, there is some valuable information for you on this site as well!!!

I will be giving practice AP exams second semester in class,
so prepare with these helpful sites.

25. LITERATURE BIOGRAPHY

YOU WILL WRITE A BIOGRAPHY.

YOU MUST CHOOSE SOMEONE WHOSE BOOK YOU HAVE ALREADY READ.

After you present your Literature Biography in class,
please have it peer-edited before you post it in your English SITE.

Yes, I want you to peer-edit.
I will choose your peer-editor in class after you present you Biography,
so remember to ask me who your editor is.

Keep up the good work!

http://www.biographybiography.com/howtowriteabiography.html
CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT "HOW TO WRITE A BIOGRAPHY."

24. DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING, REPORTING, AND POSTING

Pay attention!!

1. When you are given an assignment, do not put on your site until it has been corrected first. This should save you time. Another words, put your assignments in your SITE after the hard copy has been handed back to you.

2. There will be times that I will ask you to search and create something in your site and NOT give me a hard copy. Those things will be graded at the end of the quarter as part of your quarter grade when you turn in a complete copy of your SITE at the end of the GRADING PERIOD.

3. You will email me (teacherwheeler2008@yahoo.com) or ONLY post me a comment when you have a question about the assignment or have something you want to share with me.
Doing this will limit the number of comments to only those that I really really need to read.

4. Remember to keep up with your work on your SITES!
It is a very important part of your grade.

Have a good time in English!!!!

DO NOT LEAVE ME A COMMENT AFTER YOU HAVE READ THIS.

23. PRINT YOUR SITES FOR A GRADE

Grades for WEB Sites:

Print out your Sites
and turn in by Friday.

Anyone needing to use the printer in the English Lab,
please make an appointment to do so before this Friday!

You will only RECEIVE CREDIT
for completed assignments.