Gina Hicks

Ls521 sum 02

07-08-02

Dropin 2

Summer Fun

Introduction:

What do you do at your house on a summer day? Do you have summer traditions? We would love to hear about them!

Information:

You will be writing to inform classmates about your summer traditions, or activities you enjoy at your house during the summertime. Think about all the “fun” things you do during the summer! You will get to share your story about your special times with the class!

Activity:

1. Using the web site: http://www.planet.eon.net/~bplaroch/indexb.html, create a story about your summer traditions, or summer activities you enjoy at your house.

1. Follow the web site through all of the steps of the writing process to complete your story. Follow the directions below to complete your journey through this writing site.

a. Once you are at the site, scroll down to #6.

b. Click on #2. Writing

c. Scroll down and click on WritingDen.

d. Click on Tipsomatic.

e. Click on Paragraphs.

f. Click and read Prewriting Paragraphs.

g. Click on “Back”

h. Click and read Writing Paragraphs.

i. Click on “Back” – five times.

j. Write your story using paper from the Writing Center. Remember to include at least 3 details.

k. Scroll down and click on Revising (with the moving eyes).

l. Read the first, two paragraphs.

m. Click on “Back”

n. Meet with a friend and revise your story.

o. Click and read the first paragraph on Editing.

p. Scroll down and click on “Roget’s Thesaurus”

q. Under “Look Up,” click on “Dictionary”

r. Type any word that you would like to spell check in the white rectangle and click on “OK”

s. Repeat step “r” until spell check is finished.

t. Write your Published copy. You can work with a parent volunteer to type your story, or use the paper in the Writing Center for Publishing Work.

u. Share it with a friend.

2. Use the rubric below to grade your story before you turn it in.

Rubric:

2 points = Followed all of the steps of the writing process. Wrote an interesting story with at least 3 details.

1 point = Followed most of the steps of the writing process. Wrote an interesting story with less than 3 details.

0 points = Need to follow more of the steps of the writing process. Need more details.

Web Dropin #3

Introduction: Remember what fun it was to blow bubbles outside and watch the wind take them up into the sky and over the tops of houses? We used to guess if our bubbles would as high as the nearest bird flying by.

Information: Using the web site: http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/index.shtml, you read about an activity involving bubbles. You will actually get to blow your own bubbles. Read the activity section below to find out how to complete this fun activity.

Activity:

1. Once you are on the site listed above, scroll down and click on “Bubbles Galore.”

2. You will read two sections of this lesson plan to get an overview of the activity. First read, “Objectives.” Next read, “Lesson Plan.”

3. Click on the “Back” icon to return to this site.

4. Print and complete the worksheet located at: