ELA Class Work
Week of 12/15 to 12/19
Introduction
ACTIVITY 1 (MUST COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY)
Current Events and Writing Frames
Read the 4 articles below and download and complete the writing frame that goes along with it. When you download the writing frame, make sure to open it with PREVIEW so you can type your answers in it! To open it with PREVIEW, you need to 2 finger click and choose "Open with... Preview." Email your teacher your completed writing frames by the end of the week.
As you go to the article, find the level that you can understand. The levels are on the left in the blue menu.
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Article 1:
https://www.newsela.com/articles/schoollunch-fail/id/6185/
Writing Frame for Article 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8eKmjWnC5BjWUFsNFFvdUUyN3M/view?usp=sharing
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Article 2:
https://www.newsela.com/articles/Fastfood-calories/id/6168/
Writing Frame for Article 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8eKmjWnC5BjTEhDWDlSZ1pEU3c/view?usp=sharing
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Article 3:
https://www.newsela.com/articles/videogames-scholarships/id/6258/
Writing Frame for Article 3 (same as Article 1): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8eKmjWnC5BjWUFsNFFvdUUyN3M/view?usp=sharing
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Article 4:
https://www.newsela.com/articles/music-streaming/id/5990/
Writing Frame for Article 4:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8eKmjWnC5BjdlhsYkJlaDNrYjg/view?usp=sharing
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ACTIVITY 2
House Blinging
Watch the following video:
http://viewpure.com/z5AC7IB3FcI
**Don't forget headphones!
TASK 1:
For the words below, use Pages to copy down the definition of each word or saying.
Using the same document as your definitions, answer the following in COMPLETE SENTENCES!
ACTIVITY 3
The North Pole vs. The South Pole
PART 1:
Watch the following video:http://viewpure.com/Z5VRoGTF60s
**Don't forget headphones!
PART 2:
Look over the following FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) about the Arctic.
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/faq.html
PART 3:
Check out these awesome webcams from the poles!
North: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html
South: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/livecamera.html
PART 4:
Create a KEYNOTE presentation with 5 slides explaining new things you learned about the North and South Poles.
ACTIVITY 4 (MUST COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY)
Describe the Picture
ACTIVITY 5
Holiday Story
Adjective List
A – acrobatic, angry, animated, antique, artistic, athletic, attractive
B – beautiful, big, boiling, bony, breakable, bright, broken, bubbly, bumpy
C – cheap, cheerful, chilly, clear, cloudy, concrete, costly, crowded, cuddly, curly, cute
D – dangerous, dazzling, delicious, dirty
E – edible, elastic, elegant, enormous, expensive
F – fabulous, famous, fancy, fat, filthy, flaky, flashy, flowery, fluffy, fragrant, frilly, frizzy, funny, fuzzy
G – gigantic, glamorous, glistening, gloomy, glossy, golden, gummy
H – hairy, handsome, happy, healthy, heartfelt, heavy, hilarious, horrible, hot
I – itchy
J – jagged, juicy, jumbo
L – lazy, leafy, limp
M – messy, miniature, muddy, mushy
N – narrow, noisy, nutritious, nutty
O – oblong, odd, old-fashioned, ornate, outrageous, oval
P – pastel, peppery, plain, plastic, plush, polished, pointed, popular, powerful, pretty, pricey, prickly, puzzling
R – ragged, rectangular, reflecting, rich, rigid, rough, round, rusty
S – salty, sandy, scaly, scary, scratchy, shabby, shadowy, shady, sharp, shimmering, shiny, short, silky, silly, skinny, sleepy, slim, slimy, smooth, soft, sparkling, spicy, spotted, starry, sticky, stiff, strong, sugary, sweet
T – tall, tasty, thick, tiny, triangular
U – ugly, upset, urban
V – valuable, vibrant
W – warped, wavy, weak, weary, weird, wild, winding, wobbly, worn
Y – yummy
Z – zany, zigzag
ACTIVITY 6 (MUST COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY)
Adjective Quick Check
identify the adjective in each sentence and the noun that the adjective describes. Copy and paste the questions below into PAGES and change the color of the adjective to red and the noun to green. Email it as a PDF to your teacher when you finish.
- The frail woman made her way slowly down the hall.
- Greta’s birthday is on the tenth day of June.
- Larry is the only person I know who writes with his left hand.
- I picked the cutest puppy from the litter.
- What is the funniest movie you have ever seen?
- The colorful kite stood out against the sky.
- Audrey’s expensive ring glistened in the light.
- Rapunzel’s blond hair was full of magic.
- George could not take his eyes off the beautiful sunset.
- All the students gave excellent performances in the play.
ACTIVITY 7
Christmas Parody Song (optional partner activity)
- Pick your favorite Christmas song.
- Look up your favorite song up on the Internet in at least two different places.
- Read the history of the song and or author and summarize the information that you have found. The summary needs to be at least 5 sentences long and done in PAGES.
- Take your chosen song and make a “parody” song. A parody is a humorous imitation. See your teacher if you need more details.
**With your partner, record your new song in Photo Booth and make an iMovie with music and sounds and special effects!
ACTIVITY 8
Alliteration
ACTIVITY 9
History of Christmas Videos
Look at the videos on the History Channel's page about the history of Christmas. After watching the videos of your choice, write down at least 5 new things you learned. Do this in PAGES and email it to your teacher as a PDF.
ACTIVITY 10
ANIMATE YOUR NAME WITH CODE
This activity can be completed at the end of our week, when you finish all other activities on this page.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=madewithcode-name