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Now that you have finished the quiz, go back to the Poe site, read some more about Mr. Poe, and create 3 questions that were not part of the quiz. If you have a good question, we’ll use it later to challenge the class!

Post your questions on the blog by clicking on “Comments?” You can use your epals address for the e-mail.

Reflect on the progress you have made in your independent reading. Questions to consider: 1. Have you been reading daily? 2. Have you chosen challenging reading material? 3. Have you been logging regularly? 4. How can you improve your performance and achievement in this area? 5. What grade do you think you deserve and why?

“Just as the lone individual can do much harm in society, Cotton Mather says, the lone individual can also do much good, and this theme subtly dominates Seedfolks” (From http://www.bookrags.com/shortguide-seedfolks/themesandcharacters.html)

Below are three questions to read and respond to…

1) How can one individual do great harm in a society? Can you think of examples?

2) How can one individual do good in society? Can you think of examples?

3) How could YOU do great harm or great good for society?

Be sure to respond to ALL THREE QUESTIONS by clicking on “Comments.” Use the e-mail address tgnierlich@gmail.com for the e-mail address.

How is your paper about prejudice and your reading going? What’s going well? What are you having trouble with? Can you give a two sentence summery of what you think about prejudice?

Please click the Comments link below and leave a comment. When it asks for an e-mail address, please use tgnierlich@gmail.com. Be sure to sign your name so we know who said what.

When you are done with today’s tasks, you will go to one of these two sites and silently work on the activity.  If you finish the activity, we will print it.  If you don’t get it done, it does not save, and you will need to work on it some other time.

CD or DVD Cover

Think about creating a CD that tells your life in music, or a DVD that tells about your life in a movie.  You can create a cover for the CD of your life or the movie of your life.  To get started, click http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/cd-dvd/

Acrostic

Create an acrostic poem with your name!  Click http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ to get started.  This page will tell you what to do.