Highlighters and All-Nighters: Recent Episodes
Rachel
A "how to" for my students as they share their ideas with the world via podcast. It also incorporates ELA assignments, tips, troubleshooting, etc.
I hope you enjoy this readaloud of The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. This is one of my favorite stories to teach! Did you know there's an electronic song based on this story?
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I hope you enjoy this readaloud of Horacio Quiroga's The Feather Pillow. Happy Halloween!
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I hope you enjoy this readaloud of Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman. Happy Halloween!
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Grab your pens/highlighters, and mark down the stressed syllables on your vocabulary sheet.
Fifth grade, I've read the beginning of our novel aloud. Feel free to follow along in your books!
I've gone over the responses to Echo & Narcissus to give you a better grasp of the myth.
I've discussed the correct answers to the first two sections. Hopefully, this will help you better understand the story and help you earn full credit going forward.
I've gone over the responses to Prometheus & Pandora to give you a better grasp of the myth.
Now that everyone has turned in their answers, I've gone over responses for Sisyphus & Tantalus. I am still waiting for two more responses before reviewing Prometheus & Pandora.
Follow along with your text as I read Hades & Persephone.
Fun fact: This is the myth I had to act out in sixth grade. I also created Hades's staff, which had a skull on it and was AWESOME.
Follow along in your book as I read our next section aloud. Work will be posted in Google Classroom throughout the week.
Fifth grade, I've read the next section of our novel aloud. Feel free to follow along in your books!
Hello! I hope you're all coping well with the change. I went through our normal vocabulary introduction. It includes pronunciations and drawing suggestions. Good luck!
Fifth grade, I realized I accidentally gave you Unit 15 instead of Unit 14. It is alright. We will proceed with Unit 15 and circle back later. Here are pronunciations and drawing suggestions (aka our normal Monday routine) to help you at home.
I've included samples of two poems and accompanying paragraphs. One has a strong ideological connection, and the other has an emotional connection. Use these to help you prepare and fine-tune your own presentation. You're going to be great!
Here is an example of a successful Book Talk as well as a breakdown of each component to help you prepare your own. Good luck!