The Rest of Your Assignment
Congratulations! If you have made it this far, you
know how to turn your computer on, get to Mrs. G's
English Links, use a mouse to move a cursor, to find
and use clickable text, and print out an Internet
page. Now complete the following
exercises:
1. Searching the Web
On the bar at the top of
your screen you will find a search button. Click on
this. At the left of your screen will be a list of
several search engines with names like Excite, Yahoo,
Lycos, and Alta Vista. Point your cursor at the
circle next to one of these engines and click. A
white text box should appear near your screen's
center. Type the word dictionary in this box
and press return. When the next screen loads, scroll
down to find a list of sites having to do with
dictionaries. Click on the clickable text of the
first entry listed. Write the name of this site in
the space below. Push your back button
twice.
3. Putting Your Skills to
Work
Using all you have learned, find sites
having to do with the topics listed below. When you
find the site, copy the site's address exacly in the
space below. DO NOT visit any site that is not
appropriate for school or you will lose your internet
privileges in my class for the rest of the semester.
I will enforce this rule with your first offense.
a. a picture of a car
b.
a map
c. William
Shakespeare
d. local weather report
4. Using the Internet
to Increase Your Word Knowledge
Go to Mrs. G's
English Links.Scroll down and click on Links. Scroll down and
click on the site titled Where's THAT From?.
At this site, you will find ten multiple choice
questions. Read each question. Look up the word in
bold type in your dictionary to help you answer the
question. If the word is not in your dictionary,
make your best guess. Answer each question. When
you are through, write your score
below.
Return to Mrs. G's English
Links.
5. Looking Up Words the Easy
Way
Scroll down to Research It! Click on
it. This site contains a variety of reference works
like dictionaries. The very first white box, in
fact, is a dictionary. Type the word
compensate in this box and then click on look
it up. Scroll down and you will see this word's
definition. Write the definition marked 1. in the
space below.
Scroll down again
until you see a white text box. Type your next word
in here. Repeat for each word listed below, writing
the definition in the spaces below the words.
a.
holograph
b.
biogeographic
c.
analogy
d.
monotheist
e.
dynamic
Now return
to Mrs. G's English Links.
6. Learning Definitions with Personal
Meanings
Click on Word Play at Mrs. G's
English Links. This site contains many links to
word-related sites. All of the sites are in
alphabetical order. Scroll down to a site called
Etymology of First Names. Click on it. You
will see all of the letters of the alphabet. Click
on the letter with which your first name begins. If
you have been here before in my class, please click
on the letter with which your middle name begins.
Scroll down until you see your name. Write the
meaning of your name in the space
below.
7. Learning Definitions
While Playing Games
Push your back button until
you get back to the Word Play site. Scroll
down to a site called Fake Out! Click on it.
You will see a list of words. Click on any word.
You will see a list of definitions. Only one is
correct. Click on the definition which you believe
is correct. Were you right? Write the word you
chose and the correct definition
below.
Press the back button
twice. Scroll down to the heading titled Write
Your Own Definition. Click on one of the words
below this title. Type a fake definition for this
word in the big box. Then scroll down and in the
appropriate boxes type your initials, Mannford
School, Mannford, Ok and then click submit.
8. Great Verbs
Go to Mrs. G's Link Page. Scroll down to 6785 Verbs. Click. List ten interesting verbs from the list below.
9. Concise Sentences
Go back to Mrs. G's Link Page. Scroll down to Guide to Grammar and Writing and click. Scroll down to Writing Concise Sentences. Read the material here. At the bottom click on the Writing Concise Sentences exercise. Complete the exercise. Then print the exercise.
10. I offer extra credit only to students who have turned in all assignments and are still failing. If you are one of these students, see me, and I will make your extra credit assignment.
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