Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Coding




You will be learning some basic coding to create games on line.  These 19 lessons are tutorials.  That means they will teach you as you do the lessons how to code and make objects and characters move on your screen..You will need about an hour to finish them.

Go to this website

(https://code.org/learn)


  1. Click Begin Now.. be patient and wait for it to load, 
  2. Watch the short video.
  3. Then follow the instructions.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Private Peaceful: A Minute Past Three


This is a picture of typical trench where soldiers spent their days and nights.

1. Who is Captain Wilkie? How is he different from Sergeant Hanley? (p.120)

2. Is the war going well for the soldiers? How do you know this? 

3. What problems were there in the trenches? 

4. Anna, the girl from the estaminet, reminds Tommo of Molly. Write about a time when you saw someone who reminded you of a person you know.  Tell what it was about that person (not just looks) that reminded you of them.

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember the blog rules.  You can read them. ->

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Markus



Here are some facts we know from When You Reach Me:


  • The notes from the Laughing Man suggest Sal will die unless he saves him.
  • Markus notices that Laughing Man always avoids him, running away quickly.
  • Markus punched Sal because of something his brother said.
In your opinion:


  1. How does the Laughing Man know that Sal will die unless he saves him?
  2. Why does Markus make the choice to come back and save Sal even though Markus sees the Laughing Man die?
  3. Would you change any of the choices that Markus/The Laughing Man made and how would this affect the story?
  4. Given that you know Markus comes back to save Sal, how would you describe his personality and character?


Do all questions in Microsoft Word and check it with WORD TALK. Use all your COPS skills and include as many openers as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible.