Tag: theme

  • Parent Guide: A Lifeline for Lions

    Parent Guide: A Lifeline for Lions

    This week in class, we’re reading “A Lifeline for Lions ” by Pamela S. Turner. In the informational text “A Lifeline for Lions,” Pamela S. Turner discusses an outbreak of a disease that negatively impacted Serengeti National Park’s lion population in 1994. As we read, we will be discussing the themes of Community, Man vs. Nature, and Social Change…

  • Parent Guide: Coping Mechanisms

    Parent Guide: Coping Mechanisms

    This week in class, we’re reading “Coping Mechanisms” by CommonLit Staff. In “Coping Mechanisms,” the author explains the difference between adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms. As we read, we will be discussing the theme of Resilience & Success as it relates to the text. We are trying to answer this big question : “How does a person…

  • Parent Guide: Working at the Hospital

    Parent Guide: Working at the Hospital

    This week in class, we’re reading “Working at the Hospital” by Barbara Radner. In the informational text “Working at the Hospital,” Barbara Radner describes the different jobs at the hospital. As we read, we will be discussing the theme of Community as it relates to the text. We are trying to answer this big question : “What…

  • Parent Guide: Nice Chimps

    Parent Guide: Nice Chimps

    This week in class, we’re reading “Nice Chimps” by Emily Sohn. In the informational text “Nice Chimps,” Emily Sohn discusses a study that explores the altruistic nature of young children and chimpanzees. As we read, we will be discussing the theme of Education & Knowledge as it relates to the text. We are trying to answer this…

  • Parent Guide: College students with disabilities are too often excluded

    Parent Guide: College students with disabilities are too often excluded

    This week in class, we’re reading “College students with disabilities are too often excluded” by Christa Bialka. In the informational text, “College students with disabilities are too often excluded,” Christa Bialka discusses how students with disabilities are not included in many on-campus activities. As your child reads, they will be considering the themes of Community and Prejudice…

  • English 30 Poetry Assignment

    Respond to each of the following in a well-considered post in your blog. Limit your selection of detail to a separate poem for each response. Explain how image and symbol reinforce theme in a poem. Explain how facts about a writer’s life are relevant to your understanding of a poem. Explain how a poem can…

  • Creat a Sitemap for your blog

    Write a page(not a post). Title it Sitemap. You’ll find the code here that you’ll need to paste into your page. Enter Sitemap as the Page Slug. Disable Comments and Pings. Publish. Go to Dashboard–>Options–>DDSitemapGen. Enter the same Slug, update. Add the link to the sitemap via your theme’s menu or sidebar or add a…

  • Here’s an idea that could snowball!

    Find a “copyright-free” etext online at, say, Project Gutenberg or here or here Start a new blog. Parse your etext into manageable chunks and insert into your blog. Add graphics and organizers. Edit theme. Voila. Look at Castle of Otranto and The Jesuit Relations and the History of New France as examples. Search for works…

  • Moving, Graduating, Take your blog with you.

    In your dashboard, under ‘Options/Reading’, you need to check that the number of posts under ‘Syndication feeds’ is set to At LEAST the number of posts in your blog, and that the feed is set to ‘Full text’ before saving it as an .xml file.(look for the xml link in browser bar or meta somewhere…

  • New Widgets for Widget Enabled Themes

    Quick SMS has evolved into “Snow-Mobile.” It’s still a cell phone text messenger, though. Created a “Snowblower.” Look at snowflakes for a demonstration. Enjoy. PS. Thanks for your patience, if dropping Quick SMS borked your theme with a fatal error it’s not all that fatal. Click on “Sidebar Widgets” in your Dashboard and all is…