Tag Cloud

Follow the link below and copy your finished piece of writing into the box. See your word frequency usage. The biggest words are the ones used the most. What should NOT be big in your cloud?

http://tagcrowd.com/

Verbs Test & American Revolution Paper

Don't forget to use this link to help you find lots of perefect 'showing not telling' phrases for your magazine article
http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.com/2008/01/introducing-thesaurus-thursdays.html

Background reading  and further information on the American Revolution
http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/amrev.html
(thanks to Adit for finding this link)

More questions and practice on Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
http://www.grammaruntied.com/verbs/Verbquiz1/Iquizv.html
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/verbs/quiz231.html
http://www.llas.ac.uk/materialsbank/mb061/5.1/9.htm

Make notes on any questions that were wrong and ask me tomorrow if you don't know why.

Homework Week 7

Watch this video to learn about how to use Letterpop
http://www.letterpop.com/how_it_works.php
TQ  to Mimi for making a start on hers...
http://www.letterpop.com/builder.php?newsletter_id=188999

Feel free to access the site and begin selecting and designing your template
log on: rbuxton@charlottlelatin.org
password: sophiag1

Make sure you save your template under your first/last name. You will not have likely begin typing yet, but you may want to find and upload pictures. I will talk you through how to use this on Monday, so it is only for students who want to get a head start on their homework for next week.

Don't forget to practice the verb exercises for Tuesday's test.

Look at the post lower down to view the Magazine cover page software. Your final cover page will be decided as a team, so don't work  on it yet. You may want to just experiment wit hthe software.

H/W sheet is below. (For next two weeks). Don't forget to print.

Revolutionary War

Optional:

Begin investigating these sites below. You will use them next week to create your Magazine front page and article for the your writing activity.
http://bighugelabs.com/magazine.php
You will use this site to create the cover page for your magazine
http://letterpop.com/
use this site to create your article

Patrick Henry

Ddon't forget to use this site with to help with your Patrick Henry vocabulary
http://words.bighugelabs.com/