Moving On

The year has come to a close, my students are spreading their wings and flying off to high school. I will miss them all but look forward to a lazy summer full of travel and planning for next year.

Personality Test

Do a google search for Jung Typology Test
Click on the first link that comes up and take the test
Analyze the results, what careers would suit your personality?

Post to your BLOG the following:

Your personality type for example: "ESFJ"
What do these results mean? Do you agree or disagree?
What careers match your personality type?

Works Cited

Use the following link to create your citations in MLA format:

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php


http://www.easybib.com/ is also a good site for creating citations.

Poetry Anthology

This is the first stop for your poetry anthology project. While I am testing you will have access to laptops to work on your project. The first step is to fill in your theme choice on the sheet left for you. As long as your theme is school appropriate and grandma safe it will be approved ;)


If you have misplaced your instructions, there is a page link to the right under pages. Click on the link and you will be able to see the document - remember it is due June 6th.

Here are some poetry websites to help you get started. If you have a question re-read the assignment sheet to see if you can answer your question without my help; if not, write it down so you do not forget.

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nap/

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/

http://www.poetry.com/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Good luck, stay focused, and work hard. I can't wait to see your creations!

Intro to Shakespeare

Today we have read advice given from a father to a son in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet".

Shakespeare's English is a little different from our modern English.

You underlined words and phrases you didn't understand while reading and listening to Polonius' advice. Have those phrases handy, and click on the link below. It will take you to an online glossary where you can find the meaning to words used by Shakespeare that you are unfamiliar with.

Link to Shakespeare Glossary

http://www.shakespearehigh.com/classroom/guide/page3.shtml

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

Part One: Personal Blog Post

After you record the meanings of the words or phrases you underlined, post three interesting Early Modern English words or phrases you underlined along with the interpretation found in the glossary as a new post on your blog.

Part Two: Personal Blog Post

Research Shakespeare; his life, his death and everything in between. Follow your interests but make sure you have five facts written down in your daybook as evidence of your hard work. Choose one fact that you think is the most important fact about William Shakespeare and post it to your blog as a new post.

Readers Workshop

When you are done, you will choose a novel to read during readers workshop and begin reading until there are five minutes left in class. You will respond in your daybook to what you read with one of the following:

Make one of the following connections:

- Make a prediction

- Ask a question

- Clarify something you had misunderstood

- Make a comment

- Make a connection

If you can not do one of these then you need to go back and reread.