Who's The Turkey Now?

Check out today's CNN Student News Report. Today, CNN Student News reports on the arrest of a suspected terrorist in New York, a jobs bill aimed at helping American veterans, and a new wave of political upheaval affecting Egypt. We also meet a CNN Hero who works with the disabled in Mexico. And we celebrate the season by exploring some unusual Thanksgiving traditions!
After watching the report, leave a comment below about your favorite Thanksgiving holiday traditions.

Email The Results

Awe! Your getting older now! So,lets tackle learning how to use media to take a quiz and have the results provided for me to easily add to my grade book. Take a look at the following tutorial and follow the instructions to complete the BrainPOP task.


After finishing your quiz and emailing it to me, come back to the blog and leave me a comment on your thoughts about completing a quiz in this manner. Make sure you back up your opinion with an example.

TABITGB Section 7: pages 133-154

I'm sorry I am not here with you to go over Section 7, but considering the time frame, you need to continue on your own. I will try to have a audio post of the reading by the afternoon, but if not, please take a look at the roles prior to reading and then access Google Docs to find out which role you are assigned to fulfill.

Discussion Director:

Your job is to ask at least 5 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page number and paragraph number where the answers are found (if possible). Be sure you ask questions that really make you use your noodle!

You need to ask the following types of questions:

2 Cause/Effect questions
1 Math question
1 Opinion question
1 Mood question

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Passage Picker:

Your job is to pick out 4 passages that exhibit the following:

1 Interesting
1 Descriptive
1 Cause and Effect
1 Passage of your choice



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Word Wizard:

Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 5 words:

faucet p.134 par.
sobbing p.146 par.5
Zen p.138 par. 6
blubbered p.146 par.11
hiccupped p.146 par.11


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Travel Tracer: (Click here for example)

Your task is to discover where the characters move around and the scene changes. It is important to know where things are happening and how the settings alter. Track carefully where action takes place during this section. Describe the setting in detail. Be sure to give the page locations.

TABITGB Section 6: Pages 107 - 132

Oooh! This is getting good! Section 5 ended with Carla making Bradley feel better about his desire to show everyone the good that is inside of him in spite of everything that seems to be going wrong. However, She gives him a kiss on the cheek at the end of their conversation. What do you think about that? (Leave a comment in VoiceThread)

However, it's time to go on to Section 6 and focus on the resolution of our story. Section 6 covers pages 107 - 132 which consists of chapters 28 - 32. Please take a look at the responsibilities of each role below and log in to your Google Docs to see your particular assignment.

TABITGB Section 5: Pages 86 - 106

Ooh, this is getting good. You are starting to see how the author strategically places content, phrases, and certain scenes as clues to what is to come in our story. Our problem has been identified and we are reaching the climatic point of the story, just right before our resolution. Let's continue to dive into our novel and the impact of Bradley's character development.

Once again, we will stay within our groups and use Google Docs to facilitate our discussions. So, here are the roles for this section:
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Discussion Director:

Your job is to ask at least 5 questions, the answers to your questions, and the page number and paragraph number where the answers are found. Be sure you ask questions that really make you ponder!

You need to ask the following types of questions:

2 Cause/Effect questions
1 Inferencing question
1 Opinion question
1 Mood question

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Passage Picker:

Your job is to pick out 4 passages that exhibit the following:

2 similies
1 descriptive
1 passage of your choice

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Word Wizard:

Your job is to complete your role sheet for the following 5 words:

astonishment p.89 par.6
anticipation p.93 par. 19
auditorium p.98 par. 11
scribble p.104 par. 9
befuddled p.105 par. 5

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Adjective Amalgamator

Your job is to write a descriptive letter to Bradley explaining in full detail how to be good person and not be a monster. Make sure you provide ample examples for Bradley so they he can easily understand your instructions. After you finish your letter, copy and paste it into a Wordle at Wordle.net and place it in your Google Doc.

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After you finish with your role, add a comment to the VoiceThread on this section. (click the VoiceThread link to go to the appropriate page.)

Have fun!!!