Sunday, December 13, 2009

Family History: Digital Scrapbooking with Web 2.0 Apps

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Click on the FOOD ADJECTIVE list to enhance your writing!

Wordle: Scrumptious Food Adjectives

Grandma's Cooking!!! Persuasive Essay

Use the FOOD ADJECTIVE list above to write a persuasive essay about your family's favorite holiday food(s).


Describe your family's favorite holdiay food(s). Use the food adjectives gathered from actual menus to convince your readers that your Grandma (Aunt? Uncle? Mom?Dad? Grandpa?) makes the best____________________________.
Be sure to include the following in your essay

1) The chef's name and the dish they made famous.
2) How the Dish is prepared. (step by step)
3) A brief family memoir related to this dish or a holiday memoir.
4) Use vivid language to convince your readers.

If you are unable to view the FOOD ADJECTIVE word list above, click on the link

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1447552/Scrumptious_Food_Adjectives

Friday, September 18, 2009

Internet Safety: Who's Chatting With You?

Do you always know who's chatting with you online? Let's draw some conclusions and make some inferences about an actual online chat. Read the dramatization and write your reflections.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

President Barack Obama's address to Students!

WELCOME BACK!!!!!

Welcome Back to PS/ MS 42Q Students!! I hope you had an exciting summer and that you are looking forward to returning to school for an adventurous year in Technology! We have great new activities planned for the school year including this blog! So please become a member and write a comment about some of your technology goals are for this year. What would you like to learn? What subjects would you like to research? What new software applications interests you? Let me know, so we can include some of your favorites in the curriculum.