Programs we use in class:
Qconnect This is where you can check your child's grade 24/7. All assignments are listed but you must click the tiny "show all" button, to get the details. I suggest you bookmark this and check it weekly. You get the password from the school counselor and students are also given a code from their English Teacher. Note: When you reach the page, click the "Show
All " button to see each assignment.
learn.conejousd.net This is our school district's place in the cloud. Go to the Google Crome browser and click the sign-in button, top right. All CVUSD students and teachers have an account. (It's the student's ID followed by @learn.conejousd.net.) This is where my students type their writing assignments and submit them to me. All their documents are saved here in their own portfolio. They also receive an email address.
vocabulary.com Students study for their vocab tests here. It's interactive and requires students to learn multiple meanings, figure out words in context, and spell them correctly. My students receive access codes for each vocabulary list.
Useful sites: (triple- click the address, then right-click your mouse, and chose the site.) :
Scholastic Book Clubs:
http://www.scholastic.com/home/
To make a bibliography
www.citationmachine.net/mla7/cite-a-book/manual. Easiest way to create your bibliography.
To find a great book for your reading taste.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/young-adult
Remember all independent reading must be approved by the parents, in order to support different family values.
To fix your grammar demons while having fun!
http://www.grammar-monster.com/
Cure all your grammar weaknesses with interactive activities that give mini lessons when you get something wrong.
Help learning to use transitions: (Copy and paste into your browser)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5HZpmJpfSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gku-vSf9Rk
Sentence variety and sentence grammar (Copy and paste into your browser)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-JRCuwpasA&list=PLx9XZ3ExcjQ9Aq_hftRvXAMtNJf-iOuRm
Writing with Descriptive Detail: "Show Don't Tell"(Copy and paste into your browser)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoRzTtwgP4
Help With Homophones (Copy and paste address into your browser.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUa4FqVn2pA
How to punctuate dialog (copy and paste address into your browser)
https://www.schooltube.com/video/ff82d1ab269446d98a46/Properly%20Punctuating%20Dialogue:%20Introduction
Figurative Language: What it is, how to use it. (Copy and paste address into your browser.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wzQi_nE8rE
Argument Essay: Introduction (Copy and paste address into your browser.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzGy5gizKg
Argument Essay: How to plan your essay (Copy and paste address into your browser.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUKxr946SI