http://kfink.learnerblogs.org A Collection of Thoughts Sun, 06 May 2007 15:38:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New blog page: room140.wordpress.com http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2007/05/06/this-blog-has-moved/ Welcome Back!! I hope you all enjoyed your time off - and I hope you read the novel during vacation! :) To see if you did all your reading, you need to answer the following questions on your own blog. Remember to use complete sentences, check your spelling and punctuation, and support ... http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2007/01/04/anc-assignment-for-1907/ Copy the following questions to your own blog and answer them using complete sentences and details and examples from the novel. Check your spelling, capitalization and punctuation! 1. Describe Beth Ann's new behavior. How does Mary Lou feel about it? 2. How does Mary Lou react when Mr. Furtz dies? http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/11/anc-question-for-monday-december-11/ This week my 7th Grade Reading class began reading the novel Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech. They will be reading the book using Literature Circles. Yesterday they read the first 22 pages of the book and wrote a blog post in their role that I assigned them. The roles are: Connector Your ... http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/12/01/literature-circles-begin/ On your own blog, write a 20 word summary for the Titanic story. http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/11/13/20-word-summary/ This page contains things you should know/understand in order to be successful during Monday's Chalk Talk activity. During the chalk talk the class will be split into two groups. Each group will space themselves out around the piece of banner paper. On the paper I will have written things about the ... http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/26/finishing-tangerine/   I stumbled upon this blog by Scott Westerfeld the author of The Uglies and The Pretties. Did you know there's another book in the series? Read this blog to find interesting things about the author and his books. Can you find blogs by other authors? Do some research and email the ... http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/18/author-blog/ On page 164, Paul writes "I used to be aware of every hour in every day. But now, with soccer games, and football games, and school, and cross-curricular projects, whole chunks of time fly by and I'm amazed at what day it is." On a separate piece of paper, write ... http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/18/10-18-writing-assignment/ Based on the reading you did over the weekend, answer the following questions on your own blog. Copy and paste the questions to your blog. Questions should be in BOLD, but answers should not. Answers should be below each question. See this example: This is the question that you copied from ... http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/13/monday-october-16-assignment/ You are going to write a news report about the sinkhole incident at Lake Windsor Middle School. Start with the Scholastic News Writing Page for help in writing a news article. Remember to use Who, What, Where, When and Why when writing your article. Follow these guidelines when writing your article: Be clear ... http://kfink.learnerblogs.org/2006/10/04/tangerine-10-4/