This Blog is for my college class EDIC 210 I am creating this to show I have an understanding on how to create a blog to benefit my future students.
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Contact Me
I can be reached by different methods:
Via Email: www.Ms.Pierce.hisd.edu
Via phone: 713-861 5568 ext. 552
or you can post a comment on the blog: http:// spityamind.wordpress.com
Thank You and I will be looking forward to talking to you soon. Take Care!!!!!!!
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Useful Links
Useful Online links for Students:
Word Processing:
Google Docs & Spreadsheets : http://docs.google.com/ (formerly Writely.com)
Presentations:
Spreadsheets:
Other Productivity Tools:
Create a Graph: http://nces.ed .gov/nceskids/createagraph
Gliffy.com : http://www.gliffy.com/ – create simple diagrams, floor plans, mind maps, graphic organizers, etc.
ReadWriteThink : Student Materials : http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Quizlet : http://quizlet.com/ – Flaschcards made easy!
May2
Reading List
This is the reading list for the remander of the year:
1) Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
2) To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
3) I Know Why The Kaged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
4) Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe – Edgar Allen Poe
May2
Assignments
Assignment 1: Write a haiku
Assignment 2: Read “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” By: Maya Angelou
and answer these questions:
1) What was the poem about?
2) What did you like most about the poem?
3) If you could change anything about how it was written how would you change it? Explain.
4) Write your own interpretation of the poem?
5) Write another poem in the same style as this one.
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Creative Writing 9th Grade Class
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End of the Semester
We will be taking our last 2 field trips of the year to close out the Spring Semester of 2012:
Friday, May 11, 2012 The Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Departure 10am – Return 12pm
Friday, May 18, 2012 -May 19, 2012 Six Flags Over Texas
Departure 6am May 18 – Return May 19 12pm
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