Plot Diagram

Types of Conflict—an Activity for Kids Who Rocked the Plot Diagram

Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_10OfdEss

Identify the types of conflict and (in your OWN WORDS) take a few notes.

Internal Conflict    definition:

Examples:

Examples in stories you’ve read:

External Conflict     definition:

Type 1:

Examples:

Examples in stories you’ve read:

Type 2:

Examples:

Examples in stories you’ve read:

Type 3:

Examples:

Examples in stories you’ve read:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGcR2Cnd9w (Aladin)

What conflict type is being shown here? How do you know?

Name a DIFFERENT type of conflict that could be added in this scene (or movie):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPQjUJFVFC4 (Despicable Me)

What conflict type is being shown here? How do you know?

Name a DIFFERENT type of conflict that could be added in this scene (or movie):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COC8W8uLdI8 (Wreck it Ralph)

Based on the trailer (and/or your knowledge of the movie) what types of conflicts exist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hiWgSZUZN0 (Twister)

What conflict type is being shown here? How do you know?

Name a DIFFERENT type of conflict that could be added in this scene (or movie):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiJ8rPu4vU (Safety Not Guaranteed)

Based on the trailer (and/or your knowledge of the movie) what types of conflicts exist?

Dialect and Imagery

DIALECT
Dialect--Which American Dialect Do You Use?

Now Try and Match the Speaker to the Region of the US (bonus)


IMAGERY
Imagery Quizlet--you only need to know what IMAGERY is, don't worry about knowing each type :)

8th grade survey (last one!)

 click here please

Memorial Day

http://zinnedproject.org/materials/whom-will-we-honor-memorial-day/

* Howard Zinn's opinion piece on Memorial Day--famous for being anti-war and honoring of the dead by preventing future violence 

http://zinnedproject.org/materials/the-first-decoration-day/

* A people's history of Memorial Day--less traditional than most Memorial Day remembrance essays

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_memorial_1.html

* Quick site for background.  Good place to look first.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson119.shtml

* Memorial Day Internet Scavenger Hunt, plus other resources

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/meaning-memorial-day/40391

* Short background on Memorial Day

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Memorial-Day.shtml

*Includes several pieces of background from Veterans and Veterans Affairs

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/meaning-memorial-day/40391

* Short background on Memorial Day

http://www.clintonherald.com/opinion/x2117418864/Remembering-why-we-celebrate-Memorial-Day?zc_p=1#sthash.kpeOLpW7.dpuf

* History of why poppies are handed out for Memorial Day

http://www.chicagonow.com/interesting-chicago/2014/05/memorial-day-is-the-day-of-the-dead/

* Opinion piece on the meaning of Memorial Day and how it should be celebrated

http://life.time.com/history/faces-of-the-american-dead-in-vietnam-life-magazine-june-1969/?iid=lf#40

* Details on LIFE magazine's way of honoring the dead during the Vietnam War--seen as patriotic by some and the opposite by others.  Good primary source.

Macbeth Act I, Scene III

Macbeth has fought bravely in a war, and because he is such a good fighter and so loyal to the king he is being promoted from Thane of Glamis to Thane of Cawdor. The audience knows he's been promoted (in Act I, Scene II) but Macbeth doesn't know yet.

Read the scene and answer the quiz questions.

Text: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth_1_3.html

Quiz: http://www.enotes.com/quizzes/macbeth-act-1-scene-3-326

8th grade reflection on project

8th grade only: Please take this brief reflection survey today

Semicolon comic

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon

Grammar--conjunctions resources

Schoolhouse Rock: conjunction junction what's your function?

Games:
Quick game--choose the right conjunction (bubbles and robots)

Quiz 2 (or 1) player game

if...although...sword fight

conjunction wheel game

RAGS TO RICHES--play when you're feeling ready to be a millionaire!

Resources:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/coordinatingconjunction.htm

Some Selma Resources

" The real problem many critics have with this film is that it's too black and too strong. Our popular reimagining of the civil rights movement is that it's something we all did together and the battle is over; that's just not true." http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/01/10/376081786/selma-backlash-misses-the-point

"Based on several LBJ biographies, I'd say not entirely. It's true that early on Johnson told King he didn't want to drive off support for Great Society legislation by inflaming southern allies, but he was a persistent and masterly behind-the-scenes manipulator. He fought passionately for voting rights without any push from King." http://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376120614/the-selma-criticism-for-how-it-portrays-lyndon-b-johnson-is-it-fair

"As he did with slavery and Japanese-American internment, Obama sought to incorporate Ferguson into the turbulence of American history. The Department of Justice's damning Ferguson report, which it released last week after a lengthy investigation, depicted a present-day municipal government dedicated to theplunder and predation of its black citizens. Obama readily observed that Ferguson wasn't an isolated case, but also noted that these racist acts are no longer "endemic" in America. He also refused to accept that Ferguson meant that the struggles of Bloody Sunday were for naught. "If you think nothing’s changed in the past fifty years, ask somebody who lived through the Selma or Chicago or L.A. of the 1950s," he said to applause.

At times, it felt like Obama was addressing not the civil-rights movement veterans who had assembled in Selma, but today's new generation of activists and marchers. "We do a disservice to the cause of justice by intimating that bias and discrimination are immutable, or that racial division is inherent to America," Obama told the crowd and the country. "To deny this progress—our progress—would be to rob us of our own agency; our responsibility to do what we can to make America better."

Edmodo sign ins for classes

8th graders--click here!

7th graders--click here!

6th graders--click here!

go nuts! (respectfully!!!!)

http://padlet.com/FrisbeeTeach/w9bosrwpuvj9

6th grade padlet practice

Kevin, Esveidy, Omar, Christian, Ben will post a picture

literary device practice with images

http://padlet.com/FrisbeeTeach/1jdnzo4akiup

Name the device--picture

irony resource

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony  (there is a bit of bad language which Ms. Kruger doesn't endorse, but the examples are useful)

Padlet Photos--WAIT UNTIL WE DO THIS IN CLASS

cat in a bib

cowboy

newspaper

time to eat

beach

blanket

when you are FINISHED

Literary Devices--even more stuff you'll like!

Some Disney examples of irony, allusion, and a few other devices (and literary techniques, too!)

Eye think these are enough idioms for you (that's actually a pun...)

Anchor charts for literary devices--more ideas for your note cards!

Some anchor charts I thought you may want to see from a teacher who is clearly a *slightly* better artist than me (that's an understatement!). from http://bookunitsteacher.com/flipchart/flipchartlanguage.htm

Literary Devices Practice

LOTS of different activities and games to help you practice

flashcards with examples for devices

name that device game

straightforward practice--no muss, no fuss

practice quiz for literary devices

type in the correct answer--if your answer is INCORRECT the box will be blank. If you aren't very confident, start with another website first

Parts of Speech Games to Play for Practice

Games!
http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/demo/rocket.htm

http://justkidsgames.com/play.php?WordPond

http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html

http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/ReadingFun3-6/ReadingFun_PartsofSpeech.htm

Parts of Speech Challenge

parts of speech challenge--can you finish first?

mini-survey for big project

take your short survey here (and thanks!)

Green Screen Tutorial for iPad Movies

Here you go! Green Screen Tutorial for iMovie

and remember... :)