Figurative Language Rap

Mrs. Preis' Students performing EducationalRap.com's Figurative Language Rap

Mrs. Preis' Class: Literary Elements

Mrs. Preis' Class: Literary Elements: "Today, practice your literary elements on at this site. Literary Elements Practice Directions: Please make sure you choose the following ..."

Go West & Civil War

Try these games to see what the West and the Civil War were like!

Go West!

Civil War Game

Founding Fathers

Play the "Name the Founding Fathers" game below...

Founding Fathers Game

Then, write three sentences about one of the Founding Fathers that you learned about.

Road to the Revolution

See if you can play through the events that caused the Revolutionary War!

Road to the Revolution Game

Symbolism

Many symbols are used to represent important ideas or beliefs.  One example that we have discussed is the group of symbols that represent America, such as the Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, and the American flag.  Maps also use symbols to help simplify reading them.  Play the games below to test your knowledge of symbolism.

American Symbols Game

Map Symbols Game

Idioms

Practice using idioms on the game below:

Idiom Game

THEN...write a comment with your own example of an idiom!

Skype Debates!

iCivics

Check out iCivics!  This as a virtual world of our government.  See if you can be president, or a justice, or a lawyer! 

Username: MrsPreisClass
Password: Carroll1

iCivics Home!

Simile and Metaphor Games

Try out these practice games for similes and metaphors:

Simile Match

Metaphor Match

Japanese Destruction

In class and through CNN Student News, we have been following the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan last week.  Here are some links that we looked at:

Aerial views of the damage

Before and After views

Figurative Language Baseball

Play Figurative Language Baseball below:

StarrMatica Figurative Language Baseball

Genre Game

Please play the genre games below:

Genre 1

Sink or Swim

Please play the Sink or Swim sentence game below:

Sink or Swim Sentence Game

Then, please play this sentence structure game:   Sentence Sort

CNN Blog

Go to CNN Student News Blog

Answer the following post ON THE CNN BLOG:

Encapsulating your generation

An unearthed time capsule could give people in Christchurch, New Zealand a portal to learn what life in their city was like more than 100 years ago.

It got us thinking: if you were building a time capsule to represent your generation, what would you include? What one item or artifact would best describe the time you live in to people in the future?

Webrangers Activity

Check out this Patriot game! Pretend you are a Patriot Spy.  Please comment to show that you played the game!

Patriot Game!

Boston Massacre

Review the events of the Boston Massacre!

Boston History- Massacre

Newseum

Check out the trivia game below to see if you are up to date on current events!

Newseum!