5th Six Weeks' Hot Words
Patti Svoboda
Composition
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Using Transitions
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Transitions make writing flow more smoothly between ideas, such as between sentences and paragraphs.
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Some transitions have specific meaning. When presenting an idea that is opposite to one before it, the transition, "on the other hand," would be appropriate to use.
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For example, "Doctors caution people about using too much salt. Research, on the other hand, indicates that it is not as dangerous as doctors warn."
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Revising Compositions
1st Six Weeks' Hot Words
This document contains your Hot Words for the remainder of the first six weeks as well as the dates for the quizzes for each.
A New Day
How to add stuff done in Wordle.
1. Go to Wordle.net.
2. Create a Wordle
3. Select "Publish to a public site."
4. Then code will exist @ bottom of public site.
5. Go to blog & create a new item.
6 Click the brackets that mean "Edit in HTML."
7. Go to bottom of blog page.
8. Go to code on Wordle page & Ctrl-C.
9. Go back to blog editing page, click, Ctrl + V, and SAVE at the top of the page.
10. It's done. See!
Now for some more stuff --
Flaming Text.com and cooltext.com
1. Go to cooltext.com
2. Choose logo.
3. Do all the design stuff after choosing.
4. CHANGE FILE FORMAT TO JPEG.
5. Render logo (button).
6. Download image. (Save in Desktop folder.)
7. Then select Insert Images from blog toolbar.
8. Save.
Huck Finn Articles
First, learn what The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about. You'll discover that many people have had misconceptions about the novel ever since its publication.
the following article about theme in Huckleberry Finn.
Springtime in English 3
For my junior English students, spring means that you're about to make some serious considerations in the next several months. You need to start looking around at colleges, gathering information about the ones that interest you, and narrowing your choices to those that most appeal to you. Also, now is the time to take your first SAT and/or ACT tests; the one you take depends upon what the college of your choice requires.
To help you prepare for these rather difficult tests, we are returning to our Hot Words. The list is attached here, and you can find acceptable definitions at the Brittanica link that I am placing here as well.
Below is the link to Arp's EBSCO Databases and Britannica Online to help you with the definitions for the terms.
Login: arphs
Password: tigers
The Roman Empire Continued
Our quiz is rescheduled for Thursday, October 8th.
The timeline project is due next Tuesday, which happens to be the anniversary of the day that the Knights Templar were disbanded in France in 1307 by King Philip IV (for those who are interested in that bit of history).
For some fun check out the webquest below.
http://www.hsdist88.dupage.k12.il.us/aths/resources/AT%20MCweb02/Teacher%20Assigns/English/English10/JuliusCaesar/webQuestRome.htm
The Rise of the Roman Empire
In this unit we will follow the rise of Rome from a republic to an extensive empire. We will also learn about the consequences of the fall of the empire that plunge Europe into the Dark Ages.
Watch the following PowerPoint. 
Early Civilizations
This week we continue our study of early humans by exploring how they began to settle in the fertile river valleys of what is known today as Iraq. We’ll identify the results of large numbers of people beginning to live together as we employ cause and effect skills to discover the six pillars of civilization. Temple in Sumer http://www.mrdowling.com/603-sumerians.html
Early Humans
We begin our study of world history with a glance at early man. Below are links to vocabulary, a slide presentation, and a film that will acquaint you with prehistory. We will have a quiz over the first thirteen vocabulary words on Friday.
