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- Scroll down this page for examples and important links and
instructions for many projects throughout the year!
VIEW STUDENTS AT WORK by
CLICKING HERE
or scroll down.
Click headset
to hear 5th hour singing the Shurley Preposition Jingle! (Can you download it to your iPod? Let me know!)
Listen to
podcasting by clicking on PICTURES below!
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Blackwell PODSQUAD PODCASTS
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1st Hour - 
 
 Group Leader: *Nicole!* Savannah Gage Jack Addy Seth Shane |
| 2nd Hour -
Proof = We planted Leader: *Austin * Ray-proof Alexa-proof Ali-proof Colton-proof a verb error. Can you find it? |
| 5th Hour -
Proof = We planted Leader: *Sarah!* Redmond-mic Austin McKenzie-proof a verb error. Can you find it? |
| 6th Hour -
Leader: Micah Lauren-toothpaste Tosha Ali MacKenzie |
| 7th Hour -
Leader: *Stella!* Laci Jason Steven Sam-proof Sarah |
Click Headset
for Mrs. Blackwell's audio intro for
students' "This I Believe" MP3 oral projects! (to
be posted at later date)
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| 7th Hour - | Conclusion: |
"CARS" & ROUTE 66 !
Descriptive Writing Activity!
1.) Click picture to download
"CARS" Movie Descriptive Writing Worksheet!
2.)
For GAMES, FUN, & RESEARCH,
visit TRACKSTAR for our Internet Activity!
Go to www.hprtec.org ; Click "Trackstar."
Next, under "Find a track," type in #304871
Click VIEW IN FRAMES! Have fun!
Lizards on the Loose! -
Cliffhanger Vivid Verbs Writing Activity & Podcasting Project
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Lizards on the Loose at MMS! |
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| 7th Hour - | Conclusion: |
Castles Descriptive
Writing Project!
Click here! Use this site to fill in the Castle
Spelling Words worksheet.
Castle Project Resources:
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Advertising Poster - Write a brief paragraph advertising for a stay in your Castle. Use 5 sensory adjectives, appeal to 3 senses; use one simile and one metaphor. Illustrate your poster.
Advertising Poster Example - Click here to view. -
Exploring Castles - During this research project, define and use castle terms.
If absent or you have problems with research, click here for resource list of Castle Terms. -
Culminating Activity - Construct a Medieval board game, design and make a coat of arms, illustrate a realistic scene depicting medieval life, or construct a castle. Contest & bonus!
Castle Project Requirement Sheet - Click here to view.
SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE PROJECTS!
Misc. Links:
Constructing a Castle....... http://www.castlesontheweb.com
Clipart for decorating board games, etc.......
http://www.nwlink.com/~badger/clipart.html
http://www.castles.org/kids/VIEW STUDENTS AT WORK by clicking here.
Natural Disasters Research
Click here.
Then click "View in Frames."
Gilligan's
Island Survival WebQuest
Click Picture of Island for a fun Gilligan Site.
Click the words above "Gilligan's Island Survival Webquest" for Pacific Islands Project
& Parts of Speech Year-End
Review
Underground
Railroad - Brainstorming a Narrative
Writing Project on Slavery
Titanic
- Use link for Research; Descriptive Writing; Propaganda Study; Advertising;
Reporting Projects
Click Above Link; Type "Kathy Blackwell" on Author Search;
Scroll down and click on "Tragedy Aboard the Titanic" Track.
Then click "View in Frames."
Egypt-
Explanatory
Writing Project;
PROJECT
INFO SHEET (download here)
Click Above Link; Type "Kathy Blackwell" on Author Search;
Scroll down and click on
"Egyptian Hieroglyphics & Mummification" Track.
Then click "View in Frames."
Exploring
CAREERS! - Research Project; Community Involvement
Click Above Link; Type "Kathy Blackwell" on Author Search; Scroll down and click on "Exploring Exciting Careers" Track.
Then click "View in Frames."
Helping
Verb Music Videos - Click to view pics!Students are video taped singing, dancing, or rapping their helping verb list!
Requirements: Must have kenesthetic movement; must say, sing, or rap helping verb list twice, IN ORDER;
and students must have approx. equal parts.
Nonsmoking
Poster Campaign - Research smoking statistics; Click above; Scroll down to Start a New WS. Research and then Create an on-line poster.
Remember your password!!!
Famous
Inventors - Research Project
using print and Internet sources. The students then write a five paragraph essay.
Click here & then scroll down to see students' PowerPoints examples.
