Monday, May 31, 2010

Medieval Castles

Take a look around a castle, using the work page as your guide.

Nat. Geo. Castles (currently not cooperating)

Take a peek at feudal life:

Feudalism

NOVA builds a trebuchet!

NOVA Trebuchet

Then, try a siege site (hopefully they work!)

Battlefield Academy

Lego Battle Siege

Nat. Geo. Kids

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

What's a Preposition?

Done with your Bio-Poem? See what you can do on the following websites on prepositions.

Intro to Prepositions-Play some Hoops!

Kangaroo in the Desert

Prepositions Hangman

Cat and Mouse Prepositions

Parts of Speech Review

Parts of Speech Quiz

Characters in the Middle Ages

Below is a link to a website describing various characters from the Middle Ages. Use it to complete the work page describing people in the Middle Ages.

Middle Ages Fiefdom ***You'll need to finish this work page before next Thursday, May 13--we'll be in this lab again during Choice.

Before leaving today, post a comment on this website with the following information:

1. Name and Occupation (Mr. Gremminger-King)
2. One thought about this project or your occupation (I think it's going to be interesting to see what you all can do with this project.)

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Adverbs! Quickly, look at them here!

Test your adverb mettle! Give it your VERY best effort!

Adverb Millionaire

Adverb Battleship

Adverb Quiz

Rats! (hopefully this'll work on your computer)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Greece Project Research

WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHEN TAKING NOTES!!

WRITE DOWN THE MAIN WEB SITE WHEN TAKING NOTES!!

Geography
Mr. Donn's
British Museum
Richmond University

Trojan Horse
Mr. Donn's
ThinkQuest (read story, click 'Forward' at bottom)
The Odyssey

Athens and the Parthenon
British Museum
BBC: Athens
Mr. Donn's
Life in Athens (click on Life in Athens...if it's working...)

Greek Gods
Gods of Olympus (click on each god for details)
British Museum
Mr. Donn's (read what each god did for people)

Monday, March 8, 2010

Adjective activities

Try the following activities when you are done writing your thank you letters:

Adjective Detective

Adjective Mad-Lib

Grammar Blast

Or try some other language review sites:

Confusing Words

Homophones

British Language (Wide Variety of Topics)