1. Assignment 3: Make sure you have finished your Captain Keller Business Letter. Remember that I am looking for proper business letter format and your inclusion of all necessary aspects.
2. Quick Write: This is not as formal writing as the letter. Choose one of the following prompts, brainstorm ideas in your head or on scratch paper, and then write (type) for 10-15 minutes. You should have 2-4 paragraphs. I will be grading you based on the point(s) you make.
*In the Miracle Worker, do you think Helen's worst handicap is deafness or blindness?
*What is the climax to the play?
*How did the institution where Annie grow up make her "strong"?
*Why do you think water, "wah, wah," is the first word Helen recognized?
*How does Annie think Helen can come out of her shell like a chick?
*Who are Annie's antagonists (opponents) throughout her life?
3. Vocabulary: Go to Quizlet here, and first study the vocabulary words and definitions by "flipping" the flashcards and moving the arrows back and forth. After you study the set of words 1-2 times, you may test yourself, play Scatter or Space Race.
As always, please leave a comment to this post letting me know what you completed!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Assignment 3: Captain Keller's Business Letter
Background: In Act I, Kate and Captain Keller discuss writing to Dr. Chisholm in Baltimore to get some help for Helen. Mr. Anagnos states that Dr. Chisholm couldn't help Helen, but that Dr. Bell had suggested that Helen needed a teacher, and that is how Annie got the job with the Kellers. ("Dr. Bell" is Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone while looking for a way to help deaf and hearing-impaired people.)
Your task: Write the business letter Captain Keller would have sent to Mr. Anagnos at the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, asking him to help find a teacher for Helen. Describe Helen, explain what duties would be required, and offer a salary. (Can you find Annie's salary mentioned?)
1. Use standard business letter format found (research this if necessary, paying close attention to the location of the sender and recipient's addresses)
2. Use standard spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
3. Use a formal tone.
4. Include all necessary information.
5. Make sure that what you say is accurate and plausible within the context of the play. (The Kellers lived before rural street addresses. For an address, use "Ivy Green, Tuscumbia, Alabama." The date would be in the spring of 1886.)
Your task: Write the business letter Captain Keller would have sent to Mr. Anagnos at the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, asking him to help find a teacher for Helen. Describe Helen, explain what duties would be required, and offer a salary. (Can you find Annie's salary mentioned?)
1. Use standard business letter format found (research this if necessary, paying close attention to the location of the sender and recipient's addresses)
2. Use standard spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
3. Use a formal tone.
4. Include all necessary information.
5. Make sure that what you say is accurate and plausible within the context of the play. (The Kellers lived before rural street addresses. For an address, use "Ivy Green, Tuscumbia, Alabama." The date would be in the spring of 1886.)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Assignment 2: Teach Someone Something
Directions: You each have already taught another person some skill you know. On your own blog, create your first post: Click new post in the top lefthand corner. Then, write an essay response to the activity.
Report:
When your paragraph response is complete, let me know by commenting on this post.
The questions you are responding to are as follows:
1. What skill you taught
2. Why you taught that skill
3. Who you taught
4. Why you chose that person to teach
5. At the beginning of the lesson: how things went
6. During the middle of the lesson: how things were going
7. After the lesson was over: your thoughts/feelings about the experience
Report:
When your paragraph response is complete, let me know by commenting on this post.
The questions you are responding to are as follows:
1. What skill you taught
2. Why you taught that skill
3. Who you taught
4. Why you chose that person to teach
5. At the beginning of the lesson: how things went
6. During the middle of the lesson: how things were going
7. After the lesson was over: your thoughts/feelings about the experience
Monday, January 10, 2011
Assignment 1: Create Your Own Blog
Welcome to blog world 7th graders! Today you are going to create your own blog by following the directions below. When you are done, don't forget to comment on this post!
Create Blog
1. Google “blogger”
2. Click “create new blog”
3. Sign-in with your gmail address
4. Name your blog with a title and url address
a. Title should contain your name, subject, and grade
b. URL should be the same, for example, EllaEnglish7
5. Choose the design format of your blog
6. Post a comment to this post containing the URL (hyperlink) to your own blog
Customize Blog
1. On your sidebar, add a hyperlink to my blog, which is http://hisenglish.blogspot.com/
2. ABOUT ME: On your blog’s homepage, there is an “About Me” sidebar. Click on it. Then, click edit profile. Under “Extended Info,” write in the “About Me” section write 2-3 sentences that describe who you are and what the purpose of this blog is.
3. SUBTITLE: Click new post. Then go to “Settings”. Under “Description” write a brief subtitle to your blog that explains what it is about.
Create Blog
1. Google “blogger”
2. Click “create new blog”
3. Sign-in with your gmail address
4. Name your blog with a title and url address
a. Title should contain your name, subject, and grade
b. URL should be the same, for example, EllaEnglish7
5. Choose the design format of your blog
6. Post a comment to this post containing the URL (hyperlink) to your own blog
Customize Blog
1. On your sidebar, add a hyperlink to my blog, which is http://hisenglish.blogspot.com/
2. ABOUT ME: On your blog’s homepage, there is an “About Me” sidebar. Click on it. Then, click edit profile. Under “Extended Info,” write in the “About Me” section write 2-3 sentences that describe who you are and what the purpose of this blog is.
3. SUBTITLE: Click new post. Then go to “Settings”. Under “Description” write a brief subtitle to your blog that explains what it is about.
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