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?