The Diary of Anne Frank: Exploring the Secret Annex

The Diary of Anne Frank:  Exploring the Secret Annex:

  Today you will begin to explore The Secret Annex and learn about its inhabitants.  Visit The Secret Annex and answer the questions on the handout.  Please take your time, explore the different sections, watch the videos and read the descriptions.  There are so many interesting things in this site to do and learn about.  Click here to download the worksheet.

 

Click here to visit The Secret Annex

Submitting work for our Showcase Blog

Making your Blog Private

Today we are going to learn how to make your blog private--which means you choose who gets to read your blog.  Click here to get to the instructions.  I will show you how to do it in class.

An interactive timeline of The Holocaust

Click here to view an interactive timeline of The Holocaust

Learning about the Jewish Faith

Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!

Click here for the Learning about the Jewish Faith worksheet.

Learning about The Holocaust

1.  April 8, 2013- I Promised I Would Tell by Sonia Weitz
Paragraph #1

• Include the title and author.  Provide a brief summary about your book (answering who, what, where, when, why). 

Paragraph #2

• Reflect personally on the story you read.  Why does it matter?  What did you learn that you did not know before?  What connections can you make?

2.  April 12th-Weekly Reflection

• This should be at least two paragraphs in length.  What have you learned about the Holocaust?  Provide specific facts and details that we have covered? Please avoid generalizations.   Share your responses to the material, to class discussion. 

 

Glogster Book Project

Glogster Book Project

Assignment:  You will create an interactive book project using Glogster to present your book to the class.  The Glogster will demonstrate your understanding of the book.  You will be assessed on your ability to make inferences, apply your knowledge, your creativity and technology skills to the project. 

1.  Create an account on our class Glogster page:

• Student registration link: http://edu.glogster.com/register?edu_type=student
• Students can create accounts in student registration.
• educator code  4E537G  

2.  Complete Graphic organizer thoroughly before your start the project—this is your ticket to begin the project!

3.  Begin creating your Glog! 

Model Glog on The Giver:   Click here to view model Glogster Book Project on The Giver.
Graphic Organizer:  Click here to view Graphic Organizer for Glogster Book Project 
Glog Requirements:   Click here to view Book Project Requirements

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Opposite Voices: Creating Vokis

I am a Hockey Player

 
I am a Swimmer

Using Voice: Creating Opposite Characters

In writing class, we read I am the dog, I am the cat.  Then you came up with two opposite characters with distinctive voices.  Today you will create two Voki characters representing each of your charcters.  Choose the strongest two monologues you wrote for your characters.  Create a Voki for each of those charcters.  When you finish, create a post on your blog and embed your two Vokis. 

Click here to create your own Voki

The Call of The Wild

7th graders are about to travel to the Yukon and begin a great adventure with Buck.  Before we actually start reading Jack London's classic novel, The Call of the Wild, we are going to learn a little bit about the Yukon, sled dogs and what it takes to make it rich during the 1800s. 



 The Call of the Wild:  Background Information

Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie and George Washington Carmack found gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. Their discovery set off one of the greatest gold rushes in history.

All kinds of men (and women too), sold or gave up everything they had, and tried to strike it rich. A few actually did (mostly the early arrivals), some decided to profit from the gold fever of others. Some had to move back to wherever they came from, broke and broken, and many didn't make it at all. The Canadian Mounties (their organization began during this tumultuous time) tried to keep order, but there were scams and hoodlums and all kinds of unsavory characters. You had to watch your back, as well as the weather.

Jack London wrote vividly about life during that time, and the effects the harsh environment and circumstances had on the men and animals who lived through it. Now it's your turn.
(Pic from: University of Washington Libraries, text from http://leckrone321.blogspot.com/2011/05/call-of-wild-webquest.html)

Click here to begin The Call of the Wild web quest. 

If you have trouble getting onto the Web Quest, click here to get to the list of research topics and websites.

Off to the Klondike! The Search for Gold