A Christmas Carol Thinglink

Today you are going to create a Thinglink on Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol. Choose two of the topics on the picture to write about You may need to research the topic if your choose Charles Dickens or Dickens' London. Then write a couple sentences about your topic. If you finish creating both links, you can add an image, video or website to your icon. Remember to check spelling and punctuation. These links will be read by other people: your peers, parents, and other people interested in the topic.

The Twilight Zone: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

7th graders-- Today we begin a new play, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is a screenplay, a play that was written for television. It was written as an episode for a show called The Twilight Zone. Ask your parents about it--many of them will remember watching it. We will watch a clip today of the opening scene of every Twilight Zone show. Rod Sterling, the writer and narrator of The Twilight Zone began every show the same way. His opening introductions are a good example of a lead that really pulls you in and makes you want to know more! Click here to watch the epilogue of The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

A Thinglink on Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad

Click the icons on the pictures to learn more about the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman.
Or click here to go directly to the Thinglink the class created.

Characters Development in A Christmas Carol

You have finished reading the play A Christmas Carol and worked on analyzing the different literary elements.  Today you are going to create a Voki and a comic strip using Go Animate.

For the Voki-  Choose a character the play.  Write a brief paragraph introducing the character,  speaking in the character's voice, using words they might use.  Be sure to show us what the character is like by what he/she says.  If the character is dynamic and has changed, create 2 Vokis--one that shows his behavior before and another that shows his behavior after the transformation.

Click here to go to Voki--You can create an account on Voki.  be sure to write all your account information on your tech sheet.  When you finish your Voki, create a new post and embed the Voki there. 

Go Animate--Then, choose a scene that you feel is very important to the play--it represents the turning point, shows an important character's personality, includes part of the theme or the message of the play.  Create a brief storyboard of this scene, being sure to write the dialogue.  Then go to Go Animate and create this scene there.

Click here to go to Go Animate--Again, you can create an account with Go Animate.  Be sure to write down your account information!.  When you finish your cartoon, embed it in your blog as a new post

Learning about Charles Dickens

Click here to watch a biography on Charles Dickens.  There is an interactive element to the video as well as games to learn more about Dickens.