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Writer’s Workshop I.C.T Tasks Term 3
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 * TEACHER || GREEN || BLUE || PINK || YELLOW || PURPLE ||

Focus - PUBLISHING & PROOF READING Week 9

This week you have been editing your written work in Writer's Workshop. It's time to get those wonderful pieces of writing typed up in Microsoft Word. Use pieces that you have proof read in class so they are corrected.

Remember - - in Word if there is a red underline it means the spelling isn't right. You can then RIGHT CLICK on the word and then choose the correct spelling from the list. - you can ask a friend good questions like 'Does this sound right?' or 'Do you know a better word for _____?' - save your work in your folder in ROOM 16

Happy typing :)

Focus - PARAGRAPHS & PUBLISHING Week 6

Only a few games this week. These will help you order ideas and sentences to create a paragraph.

[|http://primarygamesarena.com/redirect.php?id=1081]

[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/paragraphs/cricket/flash1.shtml]

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Once you have played all of these games, you can continue publishing. Scroll down to see Week 3 instructions if you need.

Good luck and happy typing. :)

 Focus - SENTENCES & Types of words Week 5

This week we are looking at sentences - types, parts and more. Hopefully these games will help you understand them even more.Try and play as many as possible but remember to read all the hints and explanations as you play.

[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/interestsentences/compoundsentences/quiz.shtml]

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[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/flash6.shtml]

[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/flash4.shtml]

[|http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/clubhouse/]

[| http://www.edontheweb.com/the_ed_files_flash.asp?ModuleID=127&MovieName=Edontheweb3.swf]

[|http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm]

[] (Choose your year level and the sentence activity)

[| http://www.quia.com/pop/35934.html?AP_rand=575640015]

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[| http://www.storyit.com/magnets/index.htm] Make your own sentences

[] (these games play an ad before you an play. Just be patient.)

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[| http://www.ezschool.com/Games/PartsOfSpeech.html]

[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/word_types/play.shtml](this is a little bit harder and covers lots of things.)

[] (this is a tricky quiz about types of sentences. Have a go)

Hope you like them!

If you want to spend 10 minutes at the end publishing that is awesome :)

Focus - VERB TENSES Week 4

This week I have found a number of games to play to practice using verb tenses-

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[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/blastrocket.shtml]

[|http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/viper/viper.html]

[|http://www.ezschool.com/Games/AlterVerbs.html]

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[|http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/pasttense.htm]

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Hope you like them!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">If you want to spend 10 minutes at the end publishing that is awesome :)

<span style="background-color: #f1eea2; color: #6600cc; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 190%; text-align: center;">Focus - PUBLISHING Week 3

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">This week in Writer’s Workshop I would like you to begin publishing a piece of writing.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> You can choose any piece you want but you must be proud of it.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Remember you need to type it up in Microsoft word. Make sure you save it in your folder eg. Room 16, 3/4Y 2010, and then in your own folder.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Remember to save your document as the title of your work. For example if your piece is called ‘The Magic Keys ’, save your document as ‘the magic keys.docx’ (you don’t need to put the doc.x on the end)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Remember to save every 10 minutes – just in case.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Try and get as much typed up as possible.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> If you are not sure about spelling, leave it for now. I will teach you how to use the ‘spell checker’ on Wednesday in ICT.

<span style="color: #6600cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">*** You can save 10 minutes at the end of your computer session to revisit any of the games on the –ENGLISH WEBSITES – page on Wikispaces. NO ‘Questionaut’ or working on your Wikis this week please.

<span style="background-color: #b270d2; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%; text-align: center;">Focus - Punctuation Week 1 & 2

Practice your punctuation with these cool games –

1. Alien punctuation (Mixed) []

2. Splat (Mixed) []

3. Punctuate the texts (Mixed) []

4. Capital letters and full stops []

5. Dragon land (Question marks) []

6. Commas []

7. Mixed [|http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar2.htm#]

Once you have had a play of all these cool games, head to Wikispaces and look for the new page called __- English Websites –__ and have a look at some of those sites too. Choose something you need to practice and don’t be afraid to look for something easier or harder. You want it to be just right for YOU.