Work over the break

First of all, I hope you guys have a fantastic spring break.

I hate to ruin the party, but I want to mention a few upcoming assignments:

1. Blog Writing #7 (due Monday)

2. Presentation preparation (on the blog). We'll have 3 presentations/day the week we return. You will find the presentation schedule on that post.

3. Read Holes until chapter 28 (until part two). We'll have a vocabulary test chapters 21-30 the week you come back (not sure which day).

4.  Comment on your classmates' voicethread. Some of you finished that in class today. If you didn't, listen to the three people who came after you on "Learning from Failure." Then type a comment to all 3 of them. Tell them if you understood them or didn't understand them. Then you can write whatever you wish.

5. Go to the townsendpress.net
Below the sign in, go to "try out exercises."
Go to "10 Steps to Advanced Reading."
There are exercises for every topic that are at an advanced level.
There is also an EXCELLENT video lesson for each skill (which I recommend for EVERYBODY), which is great for both reading and listening.

Listen to AT LEAST the following three short lessons on the website. You can go directly to them:

about main idea:

http://www.townsendpress.net/class/exercises/assignment/19/2137

about purpose and tone:

http://www.townsendpress.net/class/exercises/assignment/19/2187 

about active reading, in general:

http://www.townsendpress.net/class/exercises/assignment/19/2190 

 When we return from spring break, we'll get to "purpose and tone." If you want to get a head start, you can do the exercises on purpose and tone on the website.