Southeast Region Narratives

Watch the videos below to get more information on your southeast region person for your narrative:

Wright Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3beVhDiyio
Eli Whitney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_3RYmKggw&feature=related
Robert Fulton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFi-vbOyuo&feature=related
(not a long video, but at least a little extra info)
George Washington Carver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKSE1_ujTs8

Decide fromn  whose point of view you will be writing your narrative
e.g.  a slave in the field, an observer of the flight,  a passanger on the steamboat etc.

Homework Week 3 Tri 2

Click the title above to see your H/W for next week.

Feel free to work ahead if you would like.
I had added an exercise on 'time shift sentences for further practice

http://odl.vwv.at/english/odlres/res8/Grammar/grammar_exercises/tenses/past_perfect/pastperf3.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Tenses/PastPerfectTest.htm

Watch this video on time shift, past perfect, sentences!


VISITING AUTHOR COMPETITION DEADLINE:  8 Days

Subjects and Predicates - RECAP

Watch these videos to review today's lesson on Subjects and Predicates



This video is  an IMPORTANT simple recap on compound subjects and predicates



Try these online exercises for further practice.
http://harcourtschool.com/activity/predicate_coaster2/index.html
http://www.kwiznet.com/p/takeQuiz.php?ChapterID=2294&CurriculumID=16
Subjects and Predicates Test will be  Fri. Nov 19th

Southeast Region Links

Use these links below for your research on your southeast region person. This will be next week's H/W. Feel free to continue taking notes on your famous person if you would like to do so.

Daniel Boone Photo Tour: http://www.danielboonetrail.com/

Famous People from the Southeast

For any
1. Encyclopedia Britannica: http://school.eb.com/elementary  username: Latinhawks, password: cls
2. Enchanted Learning: http://members.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html  username: charlottelatin61542, password: cider54

The Wright Brothers
1. http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventors/a/TheWrightBrother.htm
2. http://www.wright-house.com/wright-brothers/Wrights.html
3. http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdwrigh.htm
4. http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/wright/
5. Timeline: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=wright+Brothers&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=wright+Brothers&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivb&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=rpHFTPvsOo-q8AbsoMTXBg&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=16&ved=0CF0Q5wIwDw&fp=973e9f93f0f871cc

Eli Whitney
1. http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/cotton_gin.htm
2. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/152.html
3. http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/whitney.html
4. http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ct1763_1818/whitney.htm
5. http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/whitneyo.htm


Jimmy Carter
1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter
2. http://www.cartercenter.org/news/experts/jimmy_carter.html
3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/sfeature/index.html

Robert Fulton
1. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/transport/fulton.html
2. http://www.robertfulton.org/
3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/fulton_hi.html
4. http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/inventors/fulton/index.html

George Washington Carver
1. http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventors/a/GWC.htm
2. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/carver.htm
3. http://www.biography.com/articles/George-Washington-Carver-9240299
4. http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/bio.html