Write back to the blog!

Pick one of these prompts to write about in your comment:

If you could be any animal on earth, what animal would you be? Why?

If you had a magic carpet that could take you anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?

If you found out the world was ending in one week what would you do with the rest of your time on Earth? Why?

Organizational structures webquest

Click on each link below and read the page it send you to. Then write at least two complete sentences explaining how it is organized and how you can tell:

Link #1

Link #2

Link #3

Link #4

Shakespeare links

La vida de William Shakespeare

Birth Order Articles

Read this article on birth order and then click on the section for your birth order.

Articulo sobre el orden de nacimento en español.

Learning Styles

Take this quiz to find out your learning style


This longer test will tell which of your multiple intelligences are strongest

Articulo sobre estilos de aprendizaje en español

Make a shopping list

Practice your reading and note-taking skills by making a shopping list of the things we will need to make each of the following recipes:

Pupusas and curtido

Salsa de tomate

Then decide what you want to order from the Thai Market Menu

OMG! LOL!

What is the difference between the way you write when you text and the way you write in school?

Think of at least five abbreviations, acronyms, or other shortcuts you use when you text, then write the "translation" for each. Don't repeat things that other students have already posted and remember to keep it appropriate for school.

For example:

OMG = oh my god

LOL = laughing out loud

Friday Free Writes

Happy Friday Everyone!

For today's free writes, pick one of these prompts that students found on the internet:

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and....

....you were 80 years old?

....you had a billion dollars?

....all the cars, buses, trains, boats, planes. etc in the world had disappeared?

....you were in another country where you could not speak the language?

How Can You Tell?

We make inferences every day. Pick one the the questions below to write back to. Make sure to post you comment AND reply to at least one other comment from this post or an earlier one.

- How can you tell if your one of your parents had a bad day at work?

- How can you tell if someone is lying to you?

- How can you tell if one of your friends likes somebody (romantically)?

Present Progressive Practice

Hi Victor!

Use this link to practice the present progressive tense:

http://basicesl.blogspot.com/2010/05/practice-with-present-progressive.html

6th Period Writing Activity

Read the following prompts, pick one, and then write your response in a comment (follow the directions on the wall). Make sure you put your name on it so that you can get credit. This is like a free write - don't worry about spelling or grammar - just write!!


Think of a time when you were embarrassed by a teacher. What happened? How did you feel?

If you could go back to being any age, what age would you pick? Why?

Which birthday do you remember the most? What happened that day?