The What-if Question Genie

This is a great site to help with ideas for writing. The genie helps come up with a what if question. Students read the question and write. If they don't like the question, all they need do is click on the genie to get a new what if question.

Here are some of the questions listed. Cute and fun!

What if an opera singer was saved by a huge kid?
What if a monkey tackled a recipe?
What if a millionaire lost a job because of a school?

CNN Student News

Direct from the site...
"CNN Student News is a ten-minute, commercial-free, daily news program for middle and high school students produced by the journalists and educators at CNN. This award-winning show and its companion Web site are available free of charge throughout the school year.

At CNNStudentNews.com, you'll find a wealth of teacher materials presented free of charge, including Daily Transcripts for each show, Daily Discussion questions, the Media Literacy Question of the Day, in-depth Learning Activities, downloadable Maps and additional support materials to help students understand the news.

In addition, the educators at CNN offer Discussion Guides for CNN documentaries and initiatives, including Black in America, Latino in America and CNN Heroes."

Check this out for the most recent news video.

The Week in Rap Special

In honor of graduating seniors, the Week in Rap team has put together a video of the last 18 years in rap. Watch and remember...

The Last 18 Years In Rap from Week in Rap on Vimeo.

Jonathan Bird's Blue World

Jonathan Bird's Blue World is a wonderful site that explores the oceans. You'll find webisodes, study guides, sea stories and links. Check out the videos on sharks, sea cows, shipwrecks and killer clams. You'll find loads of videos and support materials to extend your study of the ocean.

Fire Mountain

Enjoy a West VIrginia foltale retold by some of our students!

El'Rabo

Enjoy our West Virgina folktale, El'Rabo

My Practice Pop-Up Book

Remember ZooBurst? Well I decided to give it a try today and made my first pop-up book. It's not really a book. It's just one page but I had fun trying it out. I've tried to edit the html code so it will fit but I have had some trouble with that. Check it out below and move the book slightly so you can see all three objects and their speech bubbles. I'll keep trying to make changes so it fits correctly!