Assignment
| Date Assigned
| Date Due
| Point Value
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"Who Am I?" Poster
-Create a poster telling about yourself. This should include information like, name, birthday, hobbies, family, etc. You should include at least six pieces of information, and any pictures or art you would like to add.
| 8/26/08
| 8/28 or
8/29
| 15
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Binder cover
-You will get lots of time to make your English binder cover in the computer lab. If you are absent, or need more time, you can complete it at home. You must include, your name, hour and the title of the binder on your cover, plus any other pictures or graphics you wish to include.
| 9/2/08
| 9/4/08
| 10
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Grammar Assignments
-After our mini-lessons on sentence punctuation, you need to complete the worksheet to help you get more practice.
| weekly
| weekly
| 10
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Word of the Week (WOW)
-Every week you are to copy down the posted word of the week, and find another of your own to put in your binder before Friday. You are to write the word, it's definition, use it in a sentence, draw a picture describing it, and an object associated with the word.
| weekly
| weekly
| 10
|
Journey to the River Sea posters
-During our Rain Forest unit, you will be creating posters at your table portraying the setting, characters, and plot of Journey to the River Sea. At the end of the unit, you will turn them in for a grade. This is an in-class activity. Click here to see full assignment details.
| 9/9/08
| 10/10/08
| 105
|
Journey to the River Sea letters
- In class we will complete a mini-lesson on letter writing and discuss the letter written to Maia in the novel. Write a letter back to the Carters as Maia. What would you tell them? What questions would you ask them?
| 9/9/08
| 9/10/08
| 10
|
Journey to the River Sea compare/contrast chart
-in your small groups (in class), you will create a chart with two columns. On one side, write Maia's original ideas of what the twins would be like; on the other column write what they actually are like.
| 10/8/08
| 10/8/08
| 5
|
Journal
-Whenever we do a Literature circle discussion or are asked to answer a writing question in your binder, you should put it in the writing section. When we fill up a few pages, you will receive credit for this journal. This is all in class work.
| Periodically
| Once every few weeks (TBA)
| 5
|
Rainforest Haiku
-After participating in a lesson in class on Haikus, create your own Haiku about the Rain forest. Be sure to follow the Haiku format.
| 9/18/08
| 9/19/08
| 10
|
Descriptive writing graphic organizer
-This in an in class assignment to help the students prepare for writing their descriptive paragraphs. They should write the name of something to describe in the rain forest on the middle "bubble" and describe the item as completely as possible in the other bubbles.
| 9/23/08
| 9/24/08
| 10
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Descriptive writing paragraph (rough draft)
-After completing the graphic organizer, the students should then take those ideas and put them into complete sentences. They should create their best paragraph on one side of a piece of notebook paper.
| 9/24/08
| 9/25/08
| 20
|
Mists of Eden discussion questions
- As we are learning the poem The Mists of Eden, we will answer questions related to it and you will receive 5 point for each day you turn in your questions. This is an in-class activity.
| 9/15
| 9/16
| 10
|
Descriptive writing graphic organizer
-After going to the rain forest room we will create graphic organizers to help us write our descriptive paragraphs
| 9/30
| 10/1
| 10
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Descriptive paragraph (rough draft)
-Using the graphic organizer you made, made a descriptive paragraph about items you observed in the rain forest.
| 10/1
| 10/2
| 10
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Descriptive paragraph (final draft)
- Use your rough draft to revise and create a final draft of your rain forest descriptive paragraph
| 10/6
| 10/7
| 10
|
Rain Forest Unit Test
- After Completing our rain forest unit, you will take and exam to see what you have learned
| 9/29
| 10/14
| 75
|
Short Story Graphic Organizer
- To help you organize your ideas for the short story you will be writing, complete the graphic organizer you were given by filling in your ideas.
| 10/23
| 10/27
| 10
|
Reading Strategies
- During our short story unit, we will be reading and taking notes on our reading strategies for several stories. After you complete each story, turn in your notes.
| Periodically
| Periodically
| 5
|
Group Extended Response
- As a table group, you will be writing an extended response about the story "A Man Who Had No Eyes"
| 10/29
| 10/29
| 5
|
Halloween Stories
-We will be telling a group halloween story in our table groups. If you are participating, you will receive full credit
| 10/31
| 10/31
| 5
|
In-Class Extended Response
- Individually, you will complete an extended response in class based on the story "A Crush."
| 11/4
| 11/4
| 10
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"A Crush" Mind Map
- After reading "A Crush," you will complete a mind map demonstrating your knowledge of short story elements
| 11/5
| 11/5
| 5
|
Short Story Rough Draft
- You will be creating a short story, using the elements we are discussing during the unit. Using the graphic organizer you completed, create a rough draft
| 10/27
| 11/6
| 15
|
Pick-up sticks
-After learning about following directions, you will work at your table to create your own rules to the game pick-up sticks
| 11/6
| 11/6
| 10
|
Short Story Draft 2
- After getting back the rough draft of your short story, you will spend time revising and editing. You will then create another draft
| 11/11
| 11/17
| 20
|
News Article
- We will learn about how to write a news article, and then you will write one of your own. Be sure to include Who, What, Where, When, and Why within the first paragraph
| 11/17
| 11/18
| 10
|
Extended Response 3
- In class, you will individually create an extended response based on the story "A Retrieved Reformation"
| 11/19
| 11/19
| 10
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Lit Circle Discussion
- We will participated in a discussion of "A Retrieved Reformation" in class, and you will turn in your notes
| 11/18
| 11/18
| 5
|
Short Story Final Draft
-Take the 2nd draft of your story, revise and edit, and then type up your Final Draft (we will get computer lab time to work on this)
| 11/20
| 11/26
| 30
|
"A Christmas Carol" flashcards
- You will receive a list of vocabulary words for the play "A Christmas Carol" put those words into flash cards to help you study for the vocabulary quiz.
| 12/1
| 12/2
| 10
|
"A Christmas Carol" extended response
-After reading the prologue and Act 1 of "A Christmas Carol" write an extended response for the following: How does Dickens emphasize the problem of the time in the opening of the play?
| 12/2
| 12/3
| 10
|
"A Christmas Carol" vocabulary quiz
| 12/1
| 12/5
| 30
|
"A Christmas Carol" research project Stage 1
- See the activities page week of December 8th for a full description of the project.
| 12/8
| 12/10
| 25
|
"A Christmas Carol" research project Stage 2
- See the activities page week of December 8th for a full description of the project. | 12/8
| 12/19
| 25
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Party Planning Worksheet
- As a part of stage 2, the students will complete a worksheet to help them pre-write their character sketches.
| 12/15
| 12/19
| 10
|
"A Christmas Carol" reasearch project stage 3
- See the activities page week of December 8th for a full description of the project
| 12/8
| 12/19
| 20
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