Mrs.+Douglas

Lesson Plans exist daily for the following:

 * MOODLE - online environment for vocabulary exercises; quizzes; discussions
 * DAILY SAT Q of the DAY - update daily for online practice and saving of practice questions in READING AND WRITING
 * ONLINE - Go ERIE Times NEWS - Students access the paper every day, for updates of current issues - in order to WRITE essays; editorials; and current event reaction essays.
 * PSD website development of Short Story Reactions - with links to the TIGER PRIDE Freshman English WIKI
 * Access to the Freshman English Website - with numerous resources and links to short story information; author study; word practice; word fun; grammar daily exercises;
 * NOODLE tools for research and coordination with the library resources;
 * Shelfari for book sharing;
 * Jog the Web for web-crawling activities which target the web search.
 * Grammar Girl - Podcast daily warm up
 * Errors in English - Daily warm up
 * PBS Masters links to masters of writing and literature
 * Brainy Pics; Wordle; Study Stack; Quizlet and Free Rice links for students to practice and enjoy word study.
 * Word Workout - Developed by Jim Thompson in Coordination with Theresa Douglas based on books kids read and word practice with those books.

Podcast project using GARAGE BAND for winning Poems from the Peace Poetry contest: Poetry Out Loud! Podcast Episode 1,2,3 Project - Using Garage Band to complete Writing to Life (publishing writing); Dramatic Reading: and a Creative presentation of Poetry Out Loud using an image persona created from Photo Booth!

Monthly writing Contests: Using technology for word Processing and document saving, as well as download from PSD as PDF or WORD documents

Gallery of English - Memoirs upload PDF Peace Poetry Contest - Global save Bill of Rights Essay - global save and email top 5 VFW Essay - Audacity audio CD with written essay Letters to Authors project - WOW - very powerful hard copy/global save sent to project in Dallas, PA What Makes America Great - Lessons from John Stossel and current events. - coming in January and February contest involves upload to website by student

Really fun lesson for Shakespeare:

Using the Green Screen; integrating an online teleprompter; dressing in costume; using I-Movie - The Shakespeare Minute - Students recreate a one minute performance of an important moment in Romeo and Juliet - acting out the part and speaking the language of Shakespeare!

Poetry Out Loud in the Pocket Challenge: Poem goes in the pocket and is read aloud. A podcast performance is created and posted on the website


 * == What an adventure...for students and CFF teachers. Click the link "Language and Literaure 9ss project" for the full text of this exciting project. ==

//**MHSFreshmanEnglish channel at youtube; and working on Short Story Project #2.**//
 * //**During February - Students are using MOODLE, presenting their short story project, uploading projects to the**//

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**The latest literary writing/composition project For Freshman English:**

**"Bridging the Gap between Shakespeare and modern Cinema/Film"**

**Students are comparing the character development of Benjamin Button in a "The curious Case of Benjamin Button" to Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man."**

**COMPARE, CONTRAST, UNVEIL, & CONNECT the character of Benjamin Button to the Seven Stages of Man as described by Jacques in his monologue from the Shakespeare play, AS YOU LIKE IT!**