Drunk and Distracted Driving

Watch the Mythbusters explain the real dangers of drunk and distracted driving.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVXk79yn8W4&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8&feature=youtu.be

http://youtu.be/4LLp80XVGd8

The Things They Carried, Ch. 1

Listen to the rest of Chapter 1. at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfWLXEaiEDg

start at 12:20 & page 7.

Mental Illness & Suicide Notes

View the Mental Illness PowerPoint and fill in the blanks.

Then view the Suicide Prevention PowerPoint and fill in those blanks.

The Things They Carried Vocabulary

Click on THIS LINK to view your vocabulary words and their definitions for Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried.

Publishing & Celebrating

Week 8:

This week we will sharing our work, celebrating our work, and evaluating the works of others. We will be reading each others' stories and begin working with a digital storytelling tool called Storybird.  Storybird collects art from a variety of artists and lets you use that art to express yourself.  I have signed you all up for Storybird accounts. 

1. Please see me for your login information and log in to Storybird.

 

2. After you have logged in to Storybird, start exploring the tool.  Start by looking at my own story: Mary Ann Reads a Book.  Type a comment about something specific that you liked. Then, explore at least five other stories, commenting on things that you liked.  Send me links to the stories on which you commented in an email to skappelman@scarboroughschools.org or as a comment below.  

• A good, specific compliment is not: I liked your story.  
• A good specific compliment is: I liked how you used dialogue to show how feisty your character is! Great use of indirect characterization!
• You can view Storybirds from last year's students, too: 
• The Legend of T Bone by Drew
• Max, the Photo-Taking Polar Bear by Jonny
• Cat on the Run by Bry
• The Tale of Cynthia Mercury by Celenia
• The Day the Clouds Drifted Away by Adara
• The Freaky Boat by Amanda 
• The Perfect Day by Janelle
• Finding Friends by Lizzie
• Sally's Adventure by Jesstine

3. Create your own Storybird!

Night by Elie Wiesel

Vocabulary: to view the Slideshow, click HERE. Copy down all words and definitions onto your vocabulary packet.

Revising, Editing, Publishing

Week 7

1. Finish revising your stories.
2. Have an editing conference with Kapp.
3. Make edits.
4. Choose a story to publish:

• break up the story to at least five pages plus a cover
• create original illustrations for each page and cover OR find images on the internet and cite each image correctly on an additional works cited page (remember, this is alphabetical!)
• if you use "found images" (instead of your own drawings), you will need to create a book for each of your stories following the above guidelines