Language Arts Links

Assignment 1 (Writing Poetry):

Instructions:

1. Use the poems you have written in your Word Work duotang to help you.

2. Click on the following link: Poetry Writing

3. Enter your name (use a capital letter!); then click on "Continue".

4. Read the example poem of the apple. Click "Select a Theme".

5. Pick a theme to write a poem. It can be a poem you have already written or you can write a new one.

6. Follow the prompts to complete the poem.

7. Save Final at the end. This will save the file in "Downloads".

8. Go to Google Drive. Use the + sign to File Upload. Click on "Downloads" in the far left and find your poem. Once this is done go to your website.

9. Upload your poem by clicking on "From Drive" and clicking on your poem.

Assignment 2:

Instructions:

1. Use Google Docs to write a newspaper article about an event in the book, "Danny Chandelier". After you write 2 paragraphs, highlight the text and click on Tools, then Word count. You need to have between 150-163 words. Add or delete depending on what you need. Do not go over because it will not work in the website.

2. When your article is done, highlight all the words again and right click to copy.

3. Click on the following link: Create Newspaper Article

4. Type in each line on this webpage to create a name for your newspaper; an appropriate date; and headline based on your article.

5. Now click in the "Enter Your Story" section, right click to paste.

6. Now click on "Generate" to create your newspaper clipping.

7. Now "Download you image"

8. Go to Google Sites and open your website.

9. Upload your newspaper clipping by adding an image from your layout or use Images, then upload. The picture will be in "Downloads".

Assignment 3 (Create a Post Card):

Instructions:

1. Pretend you are one of the characters in Danny Chandelier.

2. Click on the following link: Postcard Creator

3. Click on Get Started to write to another character in the book. Follow the prompts to create the postcard.

4. When complete, print it and then screen shot it by pressing on the "Windows key" and "Print Screen" buttons on the keyboard.

5. Upload this to your website from the Downloads folder.