Connections+with+Novels

= WORKSHOP 6 How do we prevent the spread of disease? = =** If you are reading Code Orange, here is a link to a small pox site. **= =** You will need a piece of paper and a pencil. As you read about small pox, make a chart that lists symptoms (effects), causes, treatment (solution), and locations where the disease is found. **= =** Put your paper in the drawer. **= [|Code Orange]

=** If you are reading A Summer to Die, here is a link to St. Judes Hospital, a hospital for children with cancer. You will be able to click on various stories of children who have leukemia. Read two stories, then write symptoms, causes and treatments that you read about. **=

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= If you are reading __FEVER__, here is a link to a Yellow Fever site. = = As you listen about the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1749, make a chart that lists symptoms (effects), causes, treatment (solutions), and where the disease is found. = = Put your paper in the drawer. =

[|Fever]

= WORKSHOP 5 What does it mean to be American? = = = = = = = = = = = = The Outsiders Workshop 5 = = Open the attached file. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil. = == = = = WORKSHOP 4 How do we protect our rights? = ==** If you are reading __FIRE IN THE ROCK__, click on this site. You can watch five videos, view the photo gallery, listen to a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King. When you are done, please explain to me your feelings about what you saw and heard. How did Little Rock nine protect their rights? **== =** [] **=

[|ttp://www.history.com/topics/central-high-school-integration"]
=** If you are reading __Journey to Topaz__, click on this site. You will hear a 9 minute video that explains the Japanese internment. When you are done, please explain to me your feelings about what you saw and heard. How did Japanese citizens protect their rights? **=

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=** If you are reading __Pictures of Hollis Woods__, click on this site. You will listen to two girls who have had many foster parents just like Hollis. When you are done, tell me some of the problems involved with having foster parents and what is being done to improve that system. **=

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= = =WORKSHOP 4= = Al Capone Does My Shirts" = =** The following is a site about Alcatraz. You may go anywhere on the site, but when you are done, I would like a list of 10 things you learned. (Look at the list below for places to go.) **= = = = = =** Famous Alcatraz Inmates **= = = =** WORKSHOP #3 **= = = =I f you are reading **__"DARK WATER RISING"__** please go to this site. There are 10 links you can click on (they are in blue lettering). Please read 5 of them, (you choose the 5). At the end of each section, write me three things you learned that will be helpful while reading your novel. Then go to maps.google and and find Galveston. Draw me a map on the white paper of the area, including the state it is in and the state to the east of Galveston. = = = = [] =
 * [|http://www.alcatrazhistory.com] **
 * Check out these pages on the site **
 * ==** Escape Attempts **==
 * ==** Alcatraz Island Diagram **==
 * ==** Alcatraz Cellhouse **==
 * ==** Alcatraz Inmate Daily Routines **==
 * ==** Alcatraz Photo Gallery (5 pages) **==
 * ==** Alcatraz Most Commonly Asked Questio **==

= = = I f you are reading __**"THE KILLING SEA"**__ please go to this site. It is an actual video of the Tsunami. The end of the video has before and after aerial shots of the land. When you are done, write me 5 things you learned about this Tsunami or about the people and buildings in that area. Then go to maps.google and and find Aceh, Indonesia. Draw me a map on the white paper of the area, including 4 nearby COUNTRIES. = = = =[]= = = = If you are reading __**"EARTHQUAKE TERROR"**__ please go to this site. There are 12 links. Please explore the learning sites (not the game site). When you are done with at least 5, write me 2 details you learned from each site that will help you as you read this novel. (total of 10 facts) = = =

[|http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/k]
= = = WORKSHOP 2 Do we care too much about winning? =

= If you are reading THE CONTEST: =

__**The Contest**__ (Mt. Everest)

You will need the folder marked "The Contest", paper, and a pencil. After you have watched the 7 minute video about climbing Mt. Everest, answer the questions you found in the folder. Put you answers on your paper and then put your paper in the drawer.

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=If you are reading MILLION DOLLAR THROW:=

__** Million Dollar Throw **__

You will need paper, pencil, and the questions found in the folder labeled "Million Dollar Throw". Write your answers to the 9 questions on to your own paper. The site below is for the New England Patriots.

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=If you are reading TAKING SIDES:=

__** Taking Sides by Gary Soto **__

=** You will need pencil, paper, and the questions in the folder labeled "Taking Sides". Write the answers to the 5 questions on your own paper. Below is the link to Gary Soto's (the author) web page. **=

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**The Hunger Games** You will need the chart about your tribute. Use this page to find additional information about your tribute. Once you open the page, scroll down to the name of your character. You will use your completed chart to make a trading card.

=ht [|tp://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hunger_Games] =

**Go to the site below and play the game. I did, and I wasn't ready to compete. I died from trackjacker stings. This is just for fun, you don't need to write anything. Be sure to "TURN THE SOUND OFF".** [|http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames]

If you have time, explore the site, too.
== You will need paper and pencil. Go to the site below and search for things that might interest you about the Hunger Games. Some suggestions might include the names of the tributes from the 74th Hunger Games; information about the 12 districts; difference between jabber jays and mocking jays; biographies of Rue, Thresh, Cato, Katniss, Peeta. As you explore, write me the new things you learn. I might learn something new too. == __[|http://thehungergames.wikia.com]__ = = = If you are reading __ We Beat the Street __, click on the 2 links below to learn about the three doctors. Write me 3-4 sentences describing your feelings as you heard these mens' stories. = = = =[]= =[]= = =

=If you are reading __Lord of the Deep__, click on the link below to learn about chartering a boat to go deep sea fishing for marlin. Write me 3-4 sentences describing what you saw on the boat, the tools used to catch the fish, and the work involved by all the men.= =k[]= = =

=If you are reading __ The Mailbox __, click on the link below to learn about children in foster care. Write me 3-4 sentences describing what you felt when you heard these teen's stories.= =[]= = = = WORKSHOP 6 How do we prevent the spread of disease? = =** If you are reading Code Orange, here is a link to a small pox site. **= =** You will need a piece of paper and a pencil. As you read about small pox, make a chart that lists symptoms (effects), causes, treatment (solution), and locations where the disease is found. **= =** Put your paper in the drawer. **= [|Code Orange]

=** If you are reading A Summer to Die, here is a link to a leukemia site. Watch slides 22 (leukemia) to slide 49 (symptoms). You can go further if you have time. Make a chart listing the symptoms (effects), causes, treatment (solution), and where the disease is found. **= =** Put your paper in the drawer. **=

[|A Summer to Die]

= If you are reading __FEVER__, here is a link to a Yellow Fever site. = = As you listen about the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1749, make a chart that lists symptoms (effects), causes, treatment (solutions), and where the disease is found. = = Put your paper in the drawer. =

[|Fever] = = = WORKSHOP 5 What does it mean to be American? = == If you are reading __Bud, not Buddy__ click on the link below to here about the Great Depression of 1930 and how it affected children. When you are done, write me a summary paragraph of what you learned. When you are done, put your paper in the drawer. == []

= If you are reading __FEVER__, here is a link to a Yellow Fever site. =

Put your paper in the drawer.
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= If you are reading **Kira Kira**, watch the link to see how machines prepare chickens today. When you are done, write me summary describing how chickens are prepared for shipping to grocery stores. =

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Al Capone Does My Shirts"

 * The following is a site about Alcatraz. You may go anywhere on the site, but when you are done, I would like a list of 10 things you learned. (Look at the list below for places to go.) **


 * [|http://www.alcatrazhistory.com] **


 * Check out these pages on the site **
 * ** Famous Alcatraz Inmates **
 * ** Escape Attempts **
 * ** Alcatraz Island Diagram **
 * ** Alcatraz Cellhouse **
 * ** Alcatraz Inmate Daily Routines **
 * ** Alcatraz Photo Gallery (5 pages) **
 * ** Alcatraz Most Commonly Asked Questio **

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__** [|My Side of the Mountain] **__ = = = =

= WORKSHOP 1 =

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==If you are reading __ Lord of the Deep __, click on the link below to learn about chartering a boat to go deep sea fishing for marlin. Write me 3-4 sentences describing what you saw on the boat, the tools used to catch the fish, and the work involved by all the men.==

WORKSHOP 3
You will need your ALPHA SQUARE. Connect to this link. Type in the words from your ALPHA SQUARE. Remember to type in each disaster word 4 times. If a word is misspelled WORDLE will underline it. Click on it for a correct spelling suggestion. Print your WORDLE to WKRSA. [|http://www.wordle.net]

Workshop 6

==If you are reading __Running Out of Time__, here is a link to a diptheria site. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil. You can either read it or have it read to you by clicking on "Listen". As you read, make a chart that lists symptoms (effects), causes, and treatment (solution) of diptheria. Also find where the disease is found and list locations on your paper==

Put your paper in the drawer.
[|Running Out of Time] = =

If you are reading __Code Orange__, here is a link to a small pox site.
===You will need a piece of paper and a pencil. As you read about small pox, make a chart that lists symptoms (effects), causes, and treatment (solution). Also find where the disease is found and list locations on your paper===

Put your paper in the drawer.
[|Code Orange]

[] ==If you are reading A Summer to Die, here is a link to a leukemia site. Watch slides 22 (leukemia) to slide 49 (symptoms). You can go further is you have time.== [|A Summer to Die]

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