Fantasy Poems

Last week you started writing your own fantasy poems and I am really pleased with the results.

How did you feel when doing this activity?

This is the quotation of the week-

What do you think it means?

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom".

~Robert Frost, "The Figure a Poem Makes,"

Collected Poems of Robert Frost, 1939

Voicethread from South Africa

Fiona and her students from South Africa are waiting for our Voicethread.

Just click on the link and see what they have included in their blog to be ready for our voicethread. Remember to practise your words.

Have a nice weekend!

Link

Glogster

You are coming to an end in preparing your glogs.

How did you find making a "virtual poster"?

Now, based on your glog, you will have to present your hero to the rest of your peers.

Hope you are enjoying it!

Mr Nobody

Click on the link and read the poem.

Do you consider Mr Nobody a fantasy or a real character?

What things happen in your house that you could blame on Mr Nobody?
Do you think Mr Nobody is a good name for the character described in the poem? Why?.

Mr Nobody

Voicethread

We are getting ready for another collaborative project with students from other parts of the world. This time it will be verbally using voicethread.

How do you feel about it?

Reflection of the week

People rarely succeed unless they
have fun in what they are doing."
- Dale Carnegie

What do you think?

The Marvellous Homework

As we go on travelling across the Fantasy World, imagine that one day when you get back from school you find a BIG surprise in your room.

Click on the link and see what it is all about.

Would you like to have one? Why?

Have a nice weekend!

I'll miss you!

Click here

The Creature in the Classroom

Do you know who this creature is?
Remember that we are flying across a fantasy world!
How do you think you would react if you met this creature?
If you want to know more about what happened,
just click on the word creature.
Enjoy it!

Creature

Wordle

Click on the link below and try to decipher what these wordles show!

Is the content familiar to you?

Click on each one to see them better.

Which are their differences and their similarities?

Hope you enjoy them!

Wordle

Grammar Ninja

This is a is a fun game to play to discover verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs. Grammar Ninja has three levels. As long as you answer questions correctly, you continue through the game, but answer incorrectly and the words explode.

Read instructions first!

Enjoy it!

Game

Why Silvio Velo?

Miss Marta has sent you by mail an interesting article on "the Blind Maradona". Hope you have read it!

What do you think about him?

Who can you relate him to as regards his qualities?

What did you like best about him?

Image from http://images.google.com/

Spooky Game

Click on the link to answer questions about Maths, English or Science and get your ranking position with other players. I would recommend you to start with the English section. Maths and Science are very challenging! Enjoy it and have fun!

Game

Image taken from

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1150234

Fantasy Stories

I am very pleased to see that you have all checked out a fantasy story from our classroom library. I hope you are enjoying them! Remember not to feel discouraged if you find them a bit hard! Keep on reading until the last page!

REMEMBER to FOCUS ON:

• the moment reality is interfered by a fantasy element, a character, a place, or an event.

What do you think of Francis Bacon's quote on books?

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."
Francis Bacon.

Ghost Riddles

Hope you enjoy these riddles.

Click on the link below to see what it is about!

Can you invent one?

Ghosts

Tips for creating your Glogster

Please click on the links below to have a look at these examples to get ideas for you Glogster.

Here are some tips for your text:

• Do not copy paste from your biography from Google docs.
• Summarise the information.
• Extract just the main ideas.
• Remember to include several text boxes including the different important aspects of your hero's life.
• Include a separate text box with the sources!!!!

Something else to bear in mind is that if you do not find a video, you can make one in movie maker using images.

Have fun and enjoy your Hero Glog!!!

Example 1
Example 2

Example 3

The site for your glog is www.glogster.com/edu and then you log in.

In case you have forgotten your nicknames, click here

Telling vs Showing

We have been working on turning telling sentences into showing sentences.

Remember:

Word Choice can make a difference in your writing. Showing is more powerful than telling. Words that speak to the senses build images. Words that describe sounds, smells, and tastes evoke memories. Flat, dull, boring, or vivid, resonant, and lucid-- how will it be? Where will we find those few well-chosen words to dazzle the mind's eye?

Now I challenge you to turn these telling sentences into a good showing one. You can do the work on your wiki page, on Etherpad sending the code for me to read it, by mail or a a lined sheet of paper.

Then leave a comment telling me that you have done it.

Just click on the link below, follow instructions, have fun and get housepoints!

Showing Vs Telling

Reflection of the week!

"The past cannot be changed.

The future is yet in your power."

- Hugh White

What does this quotation mean for you?

What can YOU do about it?

I'm boarding the plane....

Who would like to join me?

WHERE? WHEN? HOW?

Practise spelling

This is a spelling site where you have the option to: Teach Me, Test Me, or Play A Game.

The "Teach Me" option allows you to reflect on each word of their spelling list while the list and sentence are being read aloud.

The "Test Me" option allows you to take a test from the spelling list at any time. This test option gives you the ability to hear just the word or have a sentence read.

The "Play A Game" option allows you to play a variety of learning games with any spelling list.

List 1

Imagination

Two important words to learning are: imagination and knowlwdge.

Albert Einstein said:

"Imagination is more important than knowledge itself"

Why do you think he felt that way? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Image from flickr from Fabienbarral

Welcome Back!

Hello! Nice to meet you all !

After four long weeks, we are getting together again. Hopefully with no future interruptions.

Now you have recovered the necessary energy to face the four last months in Primary school. Enjoy them and make good profit of the time you are at school. Next, try to make the puzzle and discover what the image is about! All the best!