Resource English/Dyslexia
Students and Parents- All assignments for my classes have been listed below AND sent in an email. A hard copy is available in the school office. You may use notebook paper, if needed, just make sure everything is clearly dated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time. If you would like to call or text me, please email me and I will share my cell phone number. If you are unable to email, you can contact the school office for my number. I appreciate all of your help and understanding. We will all get through this TOGETHER!
DYSLEXIA STUDENTS: Please watch the attached youtube videos for extra practice:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdXPky-LNzj5GWsvHuqeaQ6SdpkjgSFc-&feature=share
AMI DAYS- The students will have 5 days, following the AMI day, to turn in the material.
AMI ASSIGNMENTS:
Day 1-5 (March 16th-March 20th)
Packets- Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms
These are now available in the office, if you didn’t receive one in class on Friday, March 14th.
Days 6-20 (March 30th-April 17th)
English
Mrs. Pearson
AMI for March 30th-April 17th
Current Events:
You are assigned to watch or read current news from a mainstream news source (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CNN, Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper, etc.) at least 3 days per week AND complete all of the questions below EACH of the three days. You can use a television, newspaper, or website from a phone or computer. I have listed some additional sites below. Feel free to write the answers on notebook paper, but if you do, please clearly list the date and news source. If you have any questions, please email me.
Additional news websites you can use:
https://news.google.com/?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/
https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning
AMI 3/30-4/17
Current Events #1-#9 (Remember to complete 3 of these per week!)
DATE:_______________ (must use a story from TODAY’S news)
NEWS SOURCE: ____________________________________ (name of television network channel or name of website or name of newspaper)
TITLE or TOPIC: _____________________________ (Example: Coronavirus, or Seals in the zoo)
Answer each question with a complete sentence. REMEMBER- you must have a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb). It must be a complete sentence containing at least 6+ words!! Think and be creative!! Use lots of adjectives (descriptive words)
WHO? __________________________________________________________________________________________
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WHERE? ________________________________________________________________________________________
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WHAT? _________________________________________________________________________________________
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How do you feel about this news story? Explain (you could be sad, worried, or think it’s funny--just write a complete sentence telling how YOU feel.)
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Write a funny PUN (You can copy from the internet!) _______________________________________________
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