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1. Get ready to see some incredible videos of nature.  Choose 3:

2. Now answer the following questions in your blog:

a) Describe the environments shown in the videos you chose. What plants or animals lived there?
b) How are the places you saw different from the nature we have in New York City?  How, if at all, are they similar?
c) Of the environments you saw, which were the most interesting?  If you could travel to one, which would it be and why?

–> Click HERE to see an example

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Now that you’ve used images I chose to create a poem, it’s your turn. One little thing, though: many of the images on Flickr are copyrighted– meaning you’re not allowed to use them without permission.  But there’s a section of Flickr called “Creative Commons”.  Pictures in Creative Commons are free to use in your as long as you give credit to the photographer.

Go to Flickr’s Creative Commons page by clicking HERE.  Find a picture that sparks your imagination or makes you feel something deeply.  Write a poem about it in your blog.

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Pick a pic by clicking below.  Write a poem based on what it makes you think about…

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…so let us in on it! Welcome back 7th and 8th graders. Your first assignment of the year is to create a slideshow of what you did this summer. Think your summer was boring? In that case create a “top 10 list of why my summer was boring“. Was your summer A M A Z I N G ? Tell us all the details and don’t forget to include pictures.

Below is slideshow about my summer:

Now it’s your turn:

Create a Powerpoint about your summer. Click HERE to see how. If you don’t have pictures to bring in, you can use other people’s photos from Flickr that are similar to what happened to you.

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1. Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe you haven’t. “Sexting” is a dangerous new trend that is ruining the lives of many teenagers. Watch the slideshow below to find out what it is and why you should avoid it.

2. Click HERE to watch a video about a teen who committed suicide because of sexting.

3. Now watch “Pressure Pic Problem” by clicking HERE. Choose your answer below:

A) Send them. He’s earned it.

B) Now way! Not in a Million Years.

C) Send a picture of your dog’s butt.

4. Finally, pretend you received the message below from your boyfriend or girlfriend. Reply to it in your blog. Make sure to include good reasons for saying “no”.

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We’ve heard from the boyfriend who broke into his girlfriend’s social networking account.  Now it’s time to hear what the girlfriend has to say. Click HERE to watch The Break-In: Girlfriend’s Story.  Then click below to choose your answer:

A) Contact the king of the internet and have him banned for life.

B) He’s a Stalker, change your identity.

C) Tell him that if he likes you he needs to trust you.

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In your blog do one of the following activities:

1.  Pretend you are the girlfriend in this video.  Write a break-up email to your boyfriend now that you know he broke into your social networking account.  Include all the reasons that led to your decision to break up with him.

2.  Pretend you are the boyfriend in this video. Write an apology email for breaking into your girlfriend’s social networking account (it better be good!)  Include all the reasons you know what you did was wrong and how you will make it up to her.

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PNegron just created a fantastic movie review of Twilight using XtraNormal. Why not make your own?

CLICK HERE TO SEE PNEGRON’S REVIEW

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As far as I know, All of you have recently finished writing the final draft of your first story. Many of you posted your stories on your blog. I’ve been checking them out and they are CAPTIVATING! So good, in fact, that they should be made into movies. Using this really cool site called XtraNormal, create a scene (or many scenes) from your story. For example, RBrown, wrote a very edgy tale about love and violence that I took a scene from and a made a movie with. Check it out:

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Now it’s your turn.

(1) Click HERE to watch a video on how to sign up for an XtraNormal account.

(2) Next, click HERE to watch a video on how to make an XtraNormal movie.

(3) Finally, click HERE to see how to put your movie into your blog.

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Are you an amazing artist or a talented writer?  Judging from a lot of the work I’ve seen from you, the answer is “yes”. Scholastic is having a contest for young artists and writers to show off their talents.  Winners will have their work published in the magazine Spark.  Click Here for more info.  Either way, check out Spark, it has really cool work from teens.

Click below to see a video of some of the artists who received awards

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