Weekend homework

• No official homework for homeroom but Tuesday you will be presenting your Fotobabble setting descriptions to the class. Check back later in the weekend for a screencast on how to do a Fotobabble if you are having difficulties.
• If you are part of the Thriller presenters make sure to practise at least twice a day over the weekend and everyone else just once.
• Have a great weekend and make sure you get outside because the weekend is suppose to be nice.

Homework

fotobabble.com Descriptive Setting Assignment

1. Your setting is walking up to a spooky house.

2. using a graphic organizer (like the one we used in class) Brainstorm all the feelings you have using the 5 senses (taste, touch, sound, sight, smell) as you approach the house.

3. Write your first draft.

4. Make sure to use descriptive adjectives and include similes and metaphors.

5. Edit and revise your work.

6. Complete a final published copy. Type it into Open Office or another word processor.

7. Find a picture of your spooky house on the net.

8. Create and record a fotobabble (see the technology tips section of the blog for review).

9. Post your fotobabble and your text to your wiki page.

10. Be prepared to present your fotobabble to the class.

Stormbreaker questions 1-5 or 5-10.

Practice Thriller

Math Quest tomorrow on angles, triangles and quadrilaterals, review your math vocabulary book to help you study.

Homework

• Language Arts: Find 5 words in the Stormbreaker chapter that you are having trouble with, define them (in the context of the story) and create a sentence for each.
• Math: Page 63- 64 Q.4-8

Dance Hall

Dance Hall is a genre of dance in the Caribbean, check out one of our own laying down some dance hall moves: