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Use the following links to answer the questions.  Use a word document to answer and then copy and past all your answers as a comment to this post.

Haiku Poetry

1. What is a haiku poem?

2. What is a syllable?

3. Where do haiku poems come from?

4. Write YOUR OWN haiku poem.

Metaphors and Similes - read the section on metaphors and similes

5. What is a metaphor?

6. Make YOUR OWN example of a metaphor.

7. What is a simile?

8. Create YOUR OWN example of a simile?

9. What is the difference of a metaphor and simile?

Cinquain - read cinquain section

10. What is a cinquian poem?

11. What is the history of a cinquain poem?

12. Create YOUR OWN cinquian poem.

Open a word document and complete the following Webquest.  You will have one hour to complete it.

New Thoughts

1. What new thing are scientists using to indicate oil spills?

2. How does it work?

Populations

3. According to this article, when will the shrimp fisheries be back to normal? (Include an approximate date)

4. When will the blue crap population be back to normal? (Include an approximate date)

Author Opinion

5. How does this author feel about the oil spill?

6. Give 3 pieces of evidence to support your opinion.

Another Opinion

7. How does this author feel about the oil spill?

8. Give 3 pieces of evidence to support your opinion.

Write a paragraph showing your opinion of the oil spill and use any information from the articles in class or the webquest you just completed to support your opinion.

Once you have finished, copy and paste your answers from the Word Document into a comment on this post.

First you will need to open a Word Document to complete the instructions below.

Click on the following link to open the webquest.  Try to complete the “Starting Out Task”

Web Link

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6th Grade Directions

7th Grade Directions

Fourth quarter is here already!  Make sure you are checking the website for your weekly agenda and to keep up on your book posts!  We will be reading a mystery book first this quarter so make sure you are able to locate one.  If you need help, please let me know!  We will be doing the book posts as well as a project to go along with this book.

For fun

http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/sweber/lsmith/bookmarks/READING%20WEB%20QUEST.html

I can’t believe it is already 3rd quarter!  I have uploaded the information you need to post about your biographies on the book blog page for your grade.  We are going to post once a week about the biographies that we are reading.  At the end of four and a half weeks (February 29th), you will use everything you have posted to do a book talk with the class about the biography you read.  This will be different from other book talks we have done because the bulk of your work will be coming from the your responses posted on the website.

Just a reminder the book project you selected for 2nd quarter is due on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. 

Click here to upload the instructions.

Please make sure you are regularly checking the book discussion sites so that you can complete the posts you need to about the book you are reading!  The current one is due on Monday, November 21, 2011.

Just a reminder that Parent/Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, November 9, 2011, and Thursday, November 10, 2011, from 4-7 pm in the middle school gym.