Visit the Porter webpage to keep current with school
events and communicate with faculty.
Horace W. Porter School homepage
Infering means to take what you know and make a guess. Choose the
correct answer from a list of choices.
Practice Your Inferencing Skills
Successful readers make guesses based on what they read and what
they already know. The object of this game is to infer what is
being described by the clues you read.
Inference Riddles
Idioms are a form of figurative language used in written
expression or spoken verbally to add "color" to language.
Idioms
Practice using quotation marks correctly.
Quotation Marks Quiz
This site contains just about all of the LA skills you may need
to know. It is a great reference!Don't fret that it was designed
for Sixth graders. Fifth graders can use this page, too.
Skills/concepts included are: Plot, Literary Elements Map, Cause
and Effect, Author's Purpose, Sequence/Flow Charts, Drawing
Conclusions and Making Inferences, Word Help,Interpreting
Figurative Language, Analogies, Similes, Metaphors, Fact or
Opinion, Compare and Contrast, Context Clues, Facts and Details,
Graphic Ogranizers,and Web Tools.
Reading Skills and More!!!
How well do you know metaphors and similes? Use this link to find
out.
Metaphors and Similes
The definition for a simile is provided as well as practice
opportunities.
Similes
Free Rice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World
Food Program.
FreeRice has two goals:
Provide education to everyone for free.
Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for
free.
FreeRice.com
This is the homepage for a variety of animated and informative
videos explaining some grammar basics when writing sentences.
The Harold Syntax Guide to Grammar Basics
With a few clicks, you'll be on your way to practicing some
essential LA skills. Have fun while improving your grammar and
editing abilities to name a few. There also are some math and
science games, too!
Miss Maggie's Educational Game Resource
Presentations in PowerPoint format help to review your
awareness of sentence structure.
Subjects and Predicates
This is the first episode in the Lord Syntax series. It
explains what is needed to create a simple sentence.
Harold Syntax: Subject & Predicate
This is a short excerpt explaining the difference between the
subject and the predicate.
MindBites Subject/Predicate
An informative and fun way to remember what subjects and
predicates are.
The Tale of Mr. Morton (Subject/Predicate)
The classic video "updated" with a rap song to practice your
subjects and predicates.
Mr. Morton (Skee Loo version)
This is a game to help review the difference between complete
subjects/predicates, simple subjects/predicates, and compound
subjects/predicates. Have fun!
Subject and Predicate Review
Follow directions and remember-the subject is who or what the
sentence is about and the predicate is the verb in the sentence.
Have fun and good luck!!
simple subject and simple predicate quiz
Wayside School Part 1 Movie
Wayside School Part 2 Movie
Wayside School Part 3 Movie
Wayside School Mrs. Gorf
Description: Writing song that teaches how to write an expository
essay. This song will explain the key elements in an expository
writing sample. This is a song for learning how to write an
expository paper.
The Expository Song
This is a fun game to practice identifying simple, compound, and
complex sentences.
Sentence Sort
This tutorial explains the difference between topic and main idea.
Main Idea Explained
Here's a fun way to practice your parts of speech. It's kind of
like Mad Libs!
Wacky Web Tales
More Schoolhouse Rock to help you understand conjunctions.
Conjunction Junction
View this video to familiarize yourself with Stevie Wonder. We
will be
comparing/contrasting him with Taylor Swift.
Stevie Wonder
View this video to familiarize yourself with Taylor Swift . We
will be
comparing/contrasting her with Stevie Wonder.
Taylor Swift.
Stevie Wonder's first #1 hit at age 12.
Click on the switch to identify if the sentence is simple,
compound, or not a sentence.
Sentence Power
Play a "board" game to practice identifying simple, compound, and
complex sentences.
Sentence Sort
School House Rock clip explaining how an interjection can be
punctuated by either a comma or an exclamation point.
Interjections
Do you use "I" or "me"?
I vs Me
This site will offer you some views and information about the
blue shark. It may help you to write stronger paragraphs.
Blue Shark
This is an amazing reference when you are trying to think of just
the right word.
Thesaurus
JUMP! is an award-winning feature-length documentary about
competitive jump rope that follows five teams of kids from around
the country who push physical and psychological limits in pursuit
of winning the World Championship. Part extreme sport, part art
form, their moves are masterfully choreographed and bursting with
rhythm, sweat and originality.
Jump!
This site will provide information to complement our non-fiction
narrative read in the anthology.
National Double Dutch League
Once you've mastered the basics of Double Dutch you can start to
build routines with your team. Stan's Pepper Steppers will show
you how to get started.
How to Start Your Own Double Dutch Team
Unpack Your Adjectives (Grammar Rock)
Schoolhouse Rock ADJECTIVES
Pick the adjective in each word.
Adjectives Game
Adjectives Tutorial
Learn what adjectives are and how to use them with the Adjective
Detective
The Adjective Detective
Sure to be stuck in your head in a helpful way. Adjectives...I
need 'em!
The Grammarheads- Hey! Adjectives!
Draw a cute manga girl
A Scholastic live video discussion about graphic novels.
Graphic Novels webcast
After learning a bit about graphic novels via the Scholastic
webcast, perhaps now you are inspired to make your own. Visit
this link to get you started.
Create your own comic
adjective poetry powerpoint
Various Types of Poetry
Writing a 5 W Poem