Introduction to The Diary of Anne Frank

The Secret Annex Online--Click this link to watch this brief introduction to Anne Frank and her family

Poetry Resources

Use Quizlet to review the poetry elements and types for tomorrow's quiz.

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Good Poetry Sites
The Rhyme Zone- rhyming dictionary
Make your own poem- Magnetic Poetry activity. Try it--it's really fun!
Scholastic Poetry site-lots of ideas, poems and poets to read
Poets.org-poetry, poets, and poems
Giggle Poetry-you'll find a lot of great poems here
Poetry for Kids-another site to find funny poems
What am I?-Writing riddle poems- a fun interactive program to help you write riddle poems
Poetry for Kids-different types of poems and instructions for how to write them
Instant Poetry Forms-go here to get help writing a poem
Poetry Splatter-another great place to go if you don't know what to write!
Haiku-write some haiku poems on this interactive site

Introduction to Poetry

Go to the link and watch the Brain Pop video on poetry.
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/poetry/
username: scasassa  
password: barnardschool

• Take the quiz afterwards and email the results to scasassa@barnardschool.org 

• Then complete the Diamante Poem activity. 
• You may then work on the Sense Diagram.  
• Please print out your completed work and hand in at the end of class. 

If you finish the poetry activities, watch the Brain Pop video on Similes and Metaphors and take the quiz and complete the activities for that video as well.

The Giver:  Museum Box Project

In The Giver, Jonas wonders why one person must be the receiver of all the community’s memories.  The Giver explains that it was decided that it was the best way to avoid pain.  Jonas feels that it would be easier if the memories were shared equally.  In fact, there are memories that he is given that have much pleasure and joy.  We are going to create a Museum Box that holds our collective memories:  memories of our childhoods, of our relatives and of our country’s past.  Each of you will create a cube in the Museum Box that will represent your family memories.  Unlike Jonas’ community, we will all be receivers and shares of memory!

How to access our Museum Box 1.  Use this link to go to the Museum Box:  http://museumbox.e2bn.org/creator/ 2.  Click “load” 3.  Log in: barnardschool       username:  barnardschool 4.  Click “Our Memories” and then the load button. 4.  Find the cube with your name on it.  There are two levels! 5.  Start creating.  Be sure to click save.  Your work does not save automatically!

Your cube needs to include the following:

1.  Picture of you as a child

2.  Story describing the picture and the importance of this memory

3.  Story of a relative’s childhood

4.  Story of a historical event your relative remembers from their life

5.  A picture or video of the historical event

6.  An item of importance to you.  This could be a place you have visited, an interest you have, something that makes you unique.  It can be a picture, a video, a link to a web page, a song, a drawing or poem you made.  Be creative with this!

Examples of our Digital Book Talks

Take a look at a few of the digital Book Talks that your classmates completed.  To see more, go to the individual student blog pages or check them out with a QR code reader in the hallways.  This was a long project and you all really worked hard on it. Well done!

Working on Persuasive Arguments

Have you ever tried to convince your parents to buy you the latest gadget or new toy?  Have you ever tried to convince your teacher not to give you homework or a friend to play the game you want? Have you convinced a sibling to watch your favorite TV show? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you already know a lot about persuasive writing. 
Today you are going to start writing persuasive essay.  First you need to think about something you are really interested about and care a lot about.  Then, you will do some research so you have solid facts to base your essay on.  Finally, you will plan and write an persuasive essay.

To begin, use this scholastic web site.

Click to go to Scholastic Writing Workshop on Persuasive Writing

Once you have finished researching your topic, plan out your essay using this Persuasion Map

Jonas Avatar

Want to create your own avatar of a character in The Giver? Click here to go to Voki.

The Giver

 

Use quizlet to study the vocabulary words in chapters 1-3 in The Giver.