Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Visual Thesarus

Happy:
Pleased
Glad
Joyful
Cheerful
Blissful
Tired:
Unrefreshed
Ragged
Bushed
Drained
Worn out
Excited
Thrilled
Eager
Keyed up
Agitated
Energized
Bored
Fed up
Uninterested
Jaded
Bored to death
Bored stiff
Angry
Mad
Annoyed
Irritated
Heated
Fuming
Sad
Gloomy
Depressing
Cheerless
Miserable
Distressing

Monday, February 8, 2010

Question 1: What does CIA stand for?

CIA


Right there question: What does the initial CIA stand for?
Answer: Central Intelligance Agency

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency




Thursday, February 4, 2010

Reading Strategy QAR

Reading Strategy: QAR (Question, Answer Relationships)
Purpose for reading: To create and answer different types of questions QAR has four types of questions:
Right there: The answer can be found directly in the text
Think and Search: The answer is in the text , but you need to put together different
'information to come up with the answer (synthesize)
Author and you: The answer is not in the text, but you can use the information in the article to come up with an answer. You need to think about what information the author gave you as you read the text.
On my own: The information is not in the article, but you will be able to speculate (guess) about an answer now that you have read the text.
On my own questions:
Teens Driven to Distraction:
Why do adults think teenagers are bad?

Reading Strategy QAR