Winter Break reading quizzes

Call of the Wild

Take this online quiz and write down the questions you get WRONG.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Fill out and print a trading card about Harriet Jacobs

Winter Break Reading background

Call of the Wild

Alaska's Gold

Dog sleds

The Klondike Gold Rush

The history of Alaskan dogs (en español)

"Gold fever" in the Klondike (en español)

Texto del libro (en español)

High School Applications

DCPS Common Application for Ellington, McKinley, School Without Walls, and other magnet schools

Academy application for Wilson

Download the application for Don Bosco Cristo Rey here

Type your address into this site to find out what your neighborhood school is

The online application for Capital City PCS is short and simple

Biography links

Use the links below to find biographies:

Famous women from around the world

Famous African Americans

Videos and text from the biography channel

Epic Quests

Read one of the stories using the link below and complete the epic hero archetype sheet so that you will be ready to finish your project on your own over break.

Six different Greek heroes - take your pick!

Author's Purpose Quizzes

Use these links to test your understanding of author's purpose.

1. This practice site will get you ready!

2. This quiz is a great way to start.

3. This reading quiz will tell you if you've really got it.

4. If that was easy try this high school level activity!

Survival Videos

Survival tips with Cody Lundin

El Ultimo Supervivente - Desierto De Sahara

Supervivencia Urbana:Averia en el Desierto

Author's Purpose Webquest

Go to each site and explore for a minute or two, then write down the author's reason for creating it and at least three details that support that purpose.

1: www.weather.com

2:www.hermancain.com

3.www.harmonyremodeling.net

4. The Green Squad

5. www.miniclip.com

Myth sites

Take this quiz to find out which mythical character you are most like! Then search for their story to find out more!

This site has easy to read myths, but you can't print them out.

If you like Odin, read more Norse myths one this site.

Check out Egyptian myths on this site.

Folktales

This site has folktales and legends from all over the world. Click on the title of a story to read it.

This site has over 2000 classic tales and fables. Find a title from the list that sound interesting and click on it to read it.

This site has videos of folktales for younger students that you can watch.

Day of the Dead/ Dia de los Muertos

Learn what goes on a Day of the Dead altar and make your own to print and color

Creation Myths

Click on this link to explore creation myths from around the world.

Pick two that we did not read together, read them, and complete your chart

Spirit Bear Research

Use the following links to find out about the REAL Spirit Bears. Write down your answers to our class questions.

Some basic facts on the Spirit Bear

Scientific information

Answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQs)

A news video on spirit bears (if it takes a long time to load, try something else)

The Melting Pot

Watch this debate on immigration in the US today and fill out the sheet on what each panelist thinks.

Poetry?

Story Core Links

Listen to each story and write down the main idea and the message it gives about heritage. You can listen to it more than once if you need to.


Blanca Alvarez

Ramon Sanchez

Therese Nguyen

I am from poems

Maragarita

irhymespann

Naria Ford-Thompson

boojewel100

Ruben Johnson

A Hudson Community College Student

Another Hudson Community College Student

evans2429

Adryanna

Is this a good source?

Take a look at each of these internet sources. Then decide if you think it is good enough to use for a research paper and why.

Learn about an endangered species

Find out how people in DC are fighting for their right to vote

The Mississippi River is dangerously high.

Where did your puppy come from?

Human Rights

Watch videos on the history of human rights and all of the rights in the UDHR on the Youth for Human Rights website

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Stories about people whose rights were violated

A glossary of vocabulary words you might need to know

You can submit your report on the right you researched here

Places to find poems

The Poetry Foundation website has a poetry tool that lets you search by category.

The Academy of American poems lets you search by occasion.
Teen Ink publishes poems written by teens.

Wacky Poems

Use this tool to create your own shape poem. Make sure you are using a computer that can print!

Use this tool to create your own poem using words from the book Holes

"I Remember" poem maker

Use this online form to create your own "I Remember" Poem

Seminar Procrastination Activity

Take this quiz to find out how much of a procrastinator you are

Finding Themes in Visual Art

Use this link to zoom in on Romare Bearden's "The Block" and identify the visual and narrative themes