Myths and Legends is a website that lets you write interesting stories with the use of a great storyboarding tool. You are provided with ready made characters, objects, speech bubbles, settings, sound effects and the ability to upload your own images to create your story. You can manipulate objects to fit your story by flipping and [...]
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Story Starter
Scholastic have this wonderful tool to help you get ideas for your writing. Begin by typing your name and selecting grade level. Next, click the handle on the right and watch the four wheels spin. When it stops, it will provide an idea for a story. If, for some reason, you don’t like a particular wheel, [...]
category: Language
tags: Language, Story Starter
Research and Exposition Task: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. [...]
4R says “I think reading is fun!
Well done to all those who have completed the reading survey. It has provided me with a great deal of information that will be very helpful in understanding your needs.
Below are some links to some author/book web sites that are fun and useful and will help promote your love of reading.
The Read Kiddo Read web [...]
Imagine you could read this cat’s mind. What’s it thinking about?
Best comment will be added to the cartoon and a prize of $5000 monopoly money to the winner.
CONGRATULATIONS HAYDYN
category: Language
Reading Survery
This survey is to help me better understand your reading interests and abilities. It also provides useful information to help evaluate yourself as a reader. There are no wrong answers, everyone is different.
1. Do you have a favourite book? If you do, what is it and why do you like it?
2. What kinds of books [...]
category: Language
Multicultural Speech Rubric
You have, hopefully, already started your Multicultural Speech, I am sure some have even finished. Finishing your speech though is only half the job, you also need to be able to present it well. This takes a lot of PRACTICE. The Rubric below shows how your speech will be marked. The maximum amount of points is [...]
category: Class Work, Language
Narnia: Why is there a magical wardrobe in the professor’s house?
For decades the professor worked on developing the perfect spell to enter other worlds and dimensions. One day in his basement he used the wood from a special ellowberry tree, the only one in the world, to construct three fancy wardrobes. He poured the juice of hodgeberries, frogs’ legs, mystical muir worms and tickle toad [...]
category: Class Work, Language
How well can you tell a joke?
Using Make Belief Comix create your very own comic strip that tells a short joke. You can make up your own joke or adapt an existing one.
Before you start creating the comic strip you should have a play and become familiar with how it works. You can also use 2, 3 or 4 panels so make [...]
category: Language
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