10/27

AWESOME field study today!!!

HW due Friday:

1. For My People poem
...Your completed draft tomorrow should have all of the writing moves and content pieces from the drafting/rubric graphic organizer below (pasted below). Be prepared to turn in your draft tomorrow with all of your other graphic organizers/drafts stapled behind it.

2. Choice Fiction Novel Final Assignment
...This has been assigned since Tuesday. We had time to work on it class Tuesday morning and afternoon. If you are feeling overwhelmed, you can turn the creative piece in on Monday if you self-advocate and check in with me before class.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES THIS WEEKEND:

Saturday, Oct 29th - No Ivy Day

http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/47820

Sunday, Oct 30th - Portland Parks Basket Weaving

http://www.forestparkconservancy.org/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=254481

Name: __________________________

For My People - Drafting + Rubric

Poem Title: _______________________________________

Writing Moves	Example Line From My Poem
Repeating Lines
Repeating Words/Phrases
Lists
Action Words
Other (student choice)	metaphor/simile shift/change of pace beginning/ending cycle back and connect other

Content	Example From My Poem
Positive Attributes
Misconceptions stereotypes that are wrong!
Hardships overcome

Drafting Process

What I added/changed

What I added/changed

Name: ______________________________ Book Title ____________________________

Book author _________________________

Choice Fiction Novel – Final Assignment

***Use your Reading Journal notes and assignments for support/guidance

***If you need more space you can type your responses or add extra paper

Summarize the book in 3 – 7 sentences…

Good Reader Strategies: What are the main Good Readers strategies we discussed? How can they help you as a reader? Explain how you can use background knowledge every time before you read (not just the first time you pick up a book)… What is the difference between a quick prediction and making a good reader inference? Explain. How does asking questions and making connections help you as a reader? Give a specific example What were three things/big ideas/messages that you took away from your book and reading experience this past month?

Choice Fiction Novel - Final Assignment - Creative Piece Write a 1 page story that takes your main character and places them into a real life setting. Based off what you know about your character how would they act in our world? Create a video, song, skit, animation, or puppet show that either summarizes your book or represents one of the major scenes. Be prepared to share this with the class. Design a poster or new book cover depicting the climax of the story. In addition to the poster/book cover there needs to be a written paragraph that explains what is happening in the scene you created. Make a scrapbook/collage of all the different topics that were brought up in your novel. Explain how 5 of the things in your collage connect to your book and why they are important. Create a bookmark that best represents your book, its messages, and the images it created in your brain. This should have a minimum of 6 things that represent different parts of your book. On the back of your bookmark explain how each represent a part of your book. Re-create the ending to your book and/or add on to the ending. Show the characters and one main idea from  your story in your new ending. It should be at least 1 page. Come up with something else for your final assignment. Run it by Michael FIRST before you go through with it to create some expectations together.