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Welcome to the Middle School English Page on the Crefeld Wiki
You may be wondering what a wiki is. It's not a bird. A plane. Or even a new word to describe something cool, hip, or exciting. Although, wikis are certainly just that!

Our former Technology Coordinator Sarah B. introduced me to wikis and how they can be used as a tool to enhance my teaching and the students' learning. The word wiki comes from a Hawaiian phrase, **//wiki//**-**//wiki//**, meaning fast. Jimmy Wales, however, applied it to the Web-based encyclopedia he was building, Wikipedia. Now the prefix has come to mean a Web site that allows users to add and edit content collectively. Students can interact with each other and the classroom material outside the actual building. Additionally, they can see each other's work, and so can parents, grandparents, etc. Instead of telling them what they're up to in English class, they can show them!

Enjoy our revolving, evolving wiki!

= 2013 - 2014 Year =

=//Trash//=

Important Literary Terms for MS to Know

We used this handout to discuss theme. Use this to help you write a theme for //Trash// and other novels this year.



Review for Trash Test

Summer Reading Due on October 4
For the other book you read:

You can create a storyboard sketch using the storyboard I gave you for the plot of the story. You need to write a paragraph that explains the drawings.

Or create a song list for the theme in your book, with a paragraph explaining this. You MUST talk to me before you do this.

=Oral Traditions=

Oral Traditions

Oral Traditions Myth

[|Circle of Stories]

[|StoryCorps]

=Second Semester =

Roald Dahl
Memoirs = =

= 2012 - 2013 =

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Review

Poetry

Book Report Guidelines

Locomotion

=Black Ship Before Troy=

Black Ships Before Troy - The Iliad Questions

Character Sheet for Black Ship Before Troy

Students' stories

Greek Shield Link

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=African American Literature and Heroes=

MONSTER Questions

Monster Final Project

Monster Movie Trailer Gallery

Hero's Essay

MIDDLE SCHOOL PORTFOLIO REFLECTION

[|Neil Gaiman]
Coraline Unit

Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book Questions

Watch Graveyard Book online []

Graveyard Final Project

Final Project - Movie Trailer Gallery

=The Boy in the Striped Pajamas=

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Questions

The Boy in the Striped Pajama Glogs

Jimin's Glog

Julie's Glog

The Giver

Future Earth

Ari's Future Earth Story

Brennan's Future Earth Story

Daisy's Future Earth Story

Grace's Future Earth Story

Harrison's Future Earth Story

Iris's Future Earth Story

Isaiah's Future Earth Story

Jai-Lynn Future Earth Story

Julian's Future Earth Story

Julie's Future Earth Story

Misc. from past years

Roald Dahl

Mosaic Essay

The Giver

[|Photo Credits: Brass Doors by Todd Ryburn.]