Katie's Trunk

Do you think Katie was right or wrong to run back to her house? Explain your answer. Use evidence from the story as a "quote" to support your response.

Katie's Trunk

Do you think Katie was right or wrong to run back to her house? Explain your answer. Use evidence from the story as a "quote" to support your response.

Paul Revere

Click on the link below to see some 360 degrees views of colonial life. There are six images. Be sure to see them all. You can make the camera move by clicking on the picture and moving the mouse to rotate the view.

Click on the "highlights" below each picture to read a small summary of interesting facts about the picture.

When you are done, come back here and post a comment describing the two things that were most interesting to you AND use a "quote" to show how they connect with our literature selection.

Colonial Images

Tall Tales

A Tall Tale is a story that might have some truth to it, but the story has been exaggerated to make it more interesting. Think of a tall tale that you have read.

What was the name of the tall tale? What in the tall tale could have been true? What was the part that was exaggerated?

Use a "quote" from the story to support your response.

Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison changed her career many times. She was a doctor in Los Angeles and Africa; she did research in outer space; and she started her own group to help poor countries. Think about the theme "Give it all You've Got". What is one way that Mae Jemison gives it all she's got?

Use "quotes" from the story to support your response.

La Bamba

Compare Manuel's experience with the flashlight and his experience with the record. Which one do you think was worse? Why? Be sure to include a "quote" from the story to support your response.

Bonus: What talent do you have that would be fun to watch in a talent show?

Michelle Kwan

Compare Michelle Kwan's determination with Warren Faidley's in Eye of the Storm. How are they alike? How are they different? Use a "quote" from Michelle Kwan to support your response.

Volcanoes

Go to Google and do an "Image Search" for Volcanoes Erupting. Find a cool picture and view it. Then, write a description of the picture. Include a "quote" from our Houghton Mifflin reading selection to support your description.

Be sure your post is a minimum of two complete sentences.

Eye of the Storm

Would you want to accompany Warren on a storm chase? Why or why not? If so, which type of storm would you like to see up close?

Answer the blog with a minimum of 2 sentences and use a "quote" from the story to support your response.

Earthquake Terror

Do you think Earthquake Terror is a good way to begin a theme called Nature's Fury? Why or why not?
Answer the question in a minimum of two complete sentences and use a "quote" from the story to support your response.

Room 19 Survival Guide

Next fall will bring a whole new group of 5th graders to room 19. On the first day of school, they will feel like you did, nervous and excited with anticipation. Take a moment to give them some advice about surviving in room 19. What would you suggest they do, or don't do, to have a positive year with Mr. Del Real as their teacher?