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Bonus Opportunities, Assignment Calendar,
Podcast Episodes, Course Overview and Links.
Bonus
Opportunities
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Take "Pride"
the Dragon Bonus Instructions
Please
note: We have three dragons for check out: (Pride-MIA), Spirit, Courage, and
Heart! Spring Break is already booked up, but there are plenty of dates
available! You may also use your own dragon. There are dragons available for
purchase at the Lego Educational Center as well. These would make FABULOUS
donations to my classroom (we could use a few more)!!
Assignment
Calendar
Check back daily for
calendar changes made due to student progress or student needs. However,
please be aware that information provided on the calendar may change at any
time without notice. Students are expected to maintain agenda's with daily
work posted on the classroom board under the big sign that says "Homework."
Academy
Awards Night Parent Letter - Sent via e-mail on 4/12/08
Volunteer
Opportunity List for Awards Night (attachment noted in parent letter)
Podcast
Episodes
Click
here for Mrs. Altman's LA Extra
Podcast!
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Current Episode: Altman's
LA Extra (New Posting! - Coming Soon....)
Course
Overview:
Links
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The
Interactive Raven - for help
with the stanzaic summary assignment (Wednesday evening).
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Mrs.
Altman's Podcast - A weekly
podcast containing news and information about Language Arts.
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"Flowers
for Algernon" WebQuest
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Dawson
Middle School Library -
Database access is available here.
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MLA
Citation Machine Generator - An
easy way to document papers for research!
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Literary
Elements - An extensive list of
literary elements and definitions including anaphora, polysyndeton, chiasmus,
syndecdoche and versimilitude.
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Dictionary
of Literary Terms/Elements - An
excellent list of literary terms and definitions.
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Guide
to Grammar and Writing - Access
this site for help correcting common grammar and writing errors.
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Middle
School Writing Website - A
learning site for middle school students. This contains grammar, writing,
reading and literary information, quizzes, games and more.
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6-Trait
Writing Overview - Definitions
for the six traits of quality writing (Ideas, Organization, Voice,
Conventions, Sentence Fluency and Word Choice)
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Homonym
List - Alan Cooper's Guide to
Homonym's (i.e. e-errors) - provides definitions
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Sentence
Fragment - Excellent review of
fragments and how to fix them in your writing!
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English
Basics - Downloadable
worksheets for the parts of speech and basic English rules. Great final exam
review!
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Grammar
Games - This website provides
links to many sites that contain grammar related games for review and
practice.
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Grammar
Games - Great review games for
all kinds of grammar rules
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English
Language Games - Great site for
English games! Includes the "Grammar of Doom" interactive mega-game. Enjoy!
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