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Terry Gressett, Technology Facilitator, Union Public School |
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Technology for the Classroom |
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biographical Sketch Long before The Lord of the Rings became a series of high-grossing movies, it was a best selling series of fantasy books by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was published in three parts between 1954-1955. Learn more to answer these questions. 1. What do the initials J.R.R. stand for? 2. What book was the prequel to The Lord of the Rings? 3. What book written by Tolkien was published after his death? |
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LANGUAGE ARTS SCAVENGER HUNT |
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Follow the links to answer the questions under each. |
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What is active voice? How does it make your writing better? Scroll down this web site to learn more about writing and benefits of active voice. Then rewrite these sentences using the active voice. 1. Our Thanksgiving dinner was eaten by the dog. 2. The reason she withdrew from he tennis match was because of her hurt ankle. 3. The news that he lost came as a surprise to everyone. |
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It’s Monday morning. Your memory is suddenly fogged. What exactly is the main idea? Visit this site to help jog your memory. 1. What is a main idea? 2. What part of a paragraph often tells you the main idea? 3. Where else in a paragraph might an author state the main idea? |
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Where would you go if you needed help spelling a word, pronouncing a word, or finding a word’s meaning? The dictionary, of course! Try out this online version: 1. Look up the word pendulum. Write the second definition for this word. 2. Find contrasting words for the adjective kind. 3. What are synonyms for the word impatient? |
