Practicing Typing

Head on over to Fun to Type  to practice your typing! Choose one or more of the typing games and practice away! Students, our goal is to use technology to produce and publish writing. Today we are practicing this by demonstrating sufficient command of keyboarding skills. (W.6.6.)

American Indians

1. Go to the website: http://auth.grolier.com/login/tfx/login.php 
2. Enter Username and password
3. Click on American Indians
4. Choose between Apache, Comanche, Inuit, or Iroquis
5. Read the text assigned to your question

Apache: What was unique about Geronimo? Pages 33-37
Comanche: What was unique about how the Comanche lived? Pages 19-31
Inuit: What was unique about how the Inuit lived? Pages 13-30
What was unique about the Iroquis' housing? Pages 17-21

6. Write a paragraph using RACE or ACE. Be sure to restate the question, answer, and cite evidence!

Finished with your work?

Using your username and password, do your work on Mobymax.com!

Share Your Topic Sentence

Click on the link and create a sticky note. Respond to the prompt on the sticky note:

1. Your Name

2. What topic sentence would you use for the writing prompt:

Think about the accomplished Ben Carson. Think about how hard Ben Carson worked to get there. Choose two important parts of his life to describe Ben Carson in a multiple paragraph paper.

3. What topic sentence is this? Simple Declarative, Number Sentence, Quality Question, Situation, Stance

Blog Buddies

Mr. Brown	Ms. Danielsen	Ms. Danielsen
Beyenhof, Natalie	Meade, Isabel	Grover, Kali
Merksick, Tony	Murphy, Ben	Drury, Brenden
Schwarte, Febee	Barnes, Lindsey	White, Kendall
Smith, Jordyn	Loesche, Chiara	Bell, Abby
Wells, Crysta	Cline, Jordan	Cooling, Kylie
Bach, Haley	Mathews, Nick	Sherman, Janie
Dunlap, Tiffany	Cashen, Alyssa	Levi, Carsyn
Edwards, Evan	Matthews, Ethan	Moeller, Aiden
Flanagan, Bailey	Lane, Kaleb	Stallman, Sarah
Henry, Britton Alan	Opitz, Jake	Berdecia, Anthony
Miller, Mallory	Sanders, Tanner	Panosh, Zach
Livingston, Emma	Valde, Justin	Bates, Faith
Pettepier, McKenna	Starefos, Trinity	Lorimer, Tori
Reddick, Jade	Mejbon, Leah	Patel, Yuvi
Elam, Taylor	DeLarm, Brodie	So, Nick
Filippi-Johns, Ilia	Kim, Suho	Quick, Patience
DeVault, Sara	Miller, Jacara	Flugge, Brylie
Gillett, Olivia	Evans, Josh	Yohane, Obed
Teply, Braydon	Rabik, Kane	Johnson, Keegan
Thayer, Brandon	Schultz, Brady	Haudenshield, Nathan
Prater, Amerie	Harmening, Lily	Cho, DongHyun Reyes, Kristy
Rhoades, Alexandria	Stephens, Kiana	Huang, Maggie
Reiss, Jaden	Deangelo	Garcia, Daisy

Literary Devices

Didn't know that they were in movies or in songs? Well, they are! And we use them all the time. Think about some of the devices that you use in your everyday.

Student Goals

Share your goals for reading this year. Your goals need to include how many books you want to read by the end of this trimester. It also needs to include one area that you want to improve in or learn about.