Using Impress (and Moviemaker) to create a winning biographical presentation: Frequently Asked Questions...

1. Why can't I type when I first open Impress?
I don't know. But by clicking on "Outline" and beginning to type and then clicking back on "Normal," you should be able to type freely.

2. What do I need on my title page?
You need your title, your name, the date, and the name of the class.

3. What is a thesis statement?
Your thesis is your main idea - your topic sentence. Tell who (or, in some cases what)your project will be about.

4. What is a hyperlink and how do I insert one?
A hyperlink is a link to a webpage about your author that you wish to include in your presentation. To add one, first find the website you want to include and copy its URL (web address). In Impress, click "Insert," then click "Hyperlink" and paste the URL (the web address) into the box marked "Target." If you want the link to appear as something other than the URL in your presentation, type what you want it to appear as in the "Text" box. Or you can simply type the URL directly onto your slide.

5. How do I add a picture?
Basically, you do the same thing you do to add a hyperlink. Find the picture you want on the web, copy the URL (web address) and click "Insert" and then "Picture" and then "From File." Copy the URL of the picture into the box labeled "Location."

6. How do I add a video or animation?
Find a video on either www.youtube.com or google videos - or downloaded to your documents. Copy the URL (web address) of the video and then add it as a hyperlink. See question number four above.

7. How do I copy and paste?
To highlight what you want, either drag the mouse over it or hold down Control and "A." To copy, hold down Control and "C." To paste, hold down Control and "V."

Go to Moodle.
Click to continue the site.
Click on English 9/ Careers.
Click on the Freshman Quarterly Assessment 1 test.
Do your best.

Go to Echo.
Click on "Google Apps" at the top of the page.
Click "Create New" in the upper right hand corner.
Click document.
Get typing.

Students: Click here and take the survey...please. :)

Questions for Group Discussion: The Night Country by Loren Eiseley

1. In the selection, Loren Eiseley, the narrator, describes a scene in which a group of young people kill a turtle. How did the description of this event make you feel? How would you have reacted had you been in the narrator's place? Have you ever been in a similar situation? If so, how did you react?

2. Have you ever had an experience like the one the narrator had with the gold wheel, in which you found yourself (probably at a young age) somewhere unexpected, neat, or fantastical? Describe this to your group. Did you have a special place you went to as a young child? If so, describe this. If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?

3. Discuss your "I likes" and "I wonders" with the group about this reading selection.

Click here for Moodle...

Once there, click "Continue to this website..."

Log in the same way you did to the computer.

Click "English 9/ Careers."

Answer "Yes" to enroll in the class.

Click "quiz one, pre-assessment."

Get rolling.

Click here for the Capstone FAQ!

American Literature Poetry Assignment:

You are to write a poem, somehow related to Spring, in any form you want - sonnet form, free verse, etc... It must be at least ten lines long (or four haiku). We will share our poems, in a poetry slam, on Monday, May 1, 2010.

Some information on poetry:
Rhyme scheme
Meter
Free verse

Dramatic Literature Estudiantes: Click here for the persuasive essay reference page.

Novels Class: Click here for the Things Fall Apart Web Search.

Dramatic Lit Pukes: Click here to complete the Macbeth Web Activity.

Novels: Click here for your assignment.

Click here and take the brief student survey...you know you want to.

Novels students - click here for the descriptive essay assignment.

Novels Class: Click here for the World War One Webquest.

Click here for blogger info...

Click here to set up turnitin.com accounts.

American Literature Moops - click here for the Salem Witch Trials/ McCarthyism webquest. Answer in complete sentences (and fully) - the assignment will be due Monday.

Students - click here and answer the survey carefully and honestly.

Juniors: To register for the multiple choice portion of the quarterly assessment test:

1. Click on the Moodle link on your desktop.
2. Ignore the security warning and continue to the website.
3. Enter your user name and password - these are the same as your computer log-in (firstname.lastname/ student ID #).
4. Click on CHS ENGLISH INTERIM ASSESSMENTS 0910.
5. Add yourself to the class.

Juniors: To register for the essay portion of the quarterly assessment test:

1. Go to criterion.ets.org.
2. Click "Add a Class."
3. Enter your user name and password - these are the same as your computer log-in (firstname.lastname/ student ID #).
4. Enter the class ID (englisheca11) and the class password (warrior).
5. You are registered. When you click on the link, answer the prompt fully - this counts as a class grade.