Melanie Duncan
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· Come to
class prepared – this means bring all materials with you!
· Be in
your seat and ready to work when tardy bell rings.
· Follow
directions the first time given.
· Be
respectful of fellow classmates.
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vDaily Work
and Quizzes - 50%
vTests - 25%
vProject - 25%
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folder that will stay in classroom
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Green
Each nine weeks
students will be
assigned a project.
Information for
each project will be given to the students at the
beginning of the
grading
period. Projects will count
as 25% of the
student’s grade, so
please encourage your
child to do
his/her best on
these projects!
BOOK IN A …………………..
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After
reading your book, you will select a book report container. The container can be a plastic bag, a manila
envelope, a can, a shoebox, or anything else that might be appropriate for your
book. You will decorate your container
to convey some of the major details, elements, or themes found in your book.
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Contents of
your container will be the following:
a. Questions
You will
write ten
questions
based
on the book. Five of
the
questions will be about
general content. Five other
questions
must require
more
thinking.
b. Vocabulary You will create a
ten-word
glossary of unfamiliar
words from
your book.
c. Items You will include five items
that
have a connection to
the
story.
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The final
part of the project is your presentation.
You will present your “Book in a …………” to the class. You must explain the connection of the
container to the story, tell about the five items you included, and then share
information about three of the book’s literary elements – setting, characters,
conflicts, climax, or resolution.
BIOGRAPHY CARD AND
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
You will
create a biography card for an
individual of your choosing. Directions and
requirements for creating the card and the
presentation are below.
You will also use
the same information to create a
PowerPoint
presentation about your
individual.
BIOGRAPHY CARD
(All
biographical information can be found
on the internet. I will be
taking you to the
lab six (6) class periods to work on this.)
Things to include on the front of the card:
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Picture of person you are researching
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Name of person
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Title or occupation of person
Things to include on the back of the card:
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Date of birth and death
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Family information – spouse, children
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School or schools attended
Ø
Outstanding achievements and accomplishments
Instructions for typing the front of your card
(Be creative)
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Open a blank word document
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Go to page setup under file and
change
margins to 1” on all sides
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Format your page for two (2) columns – Do this at top of page on
menu bar
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Go the internet site that you found your biographical information
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Copy the picture you found on the internet to your blank word
document – Do this by right clicking on picture and then choose copy
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Go into your word document and right click and hit paste
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Beside your picture write the individual’s name using Word Art
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Under your picture write the title or occupation using Word Art
Instructions for typing the back of your
card
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Using the same word document that you created for the front of your
card, hit enter until you get to the top of the second column. You will begin the back of your card at the
top of column two (2).
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Type the words Birth, Death, Schools Attended, Occupation,
Achievements in BOLD – Do this by
hitting Ctrl B or hitting the B on the menu bar. To turn bold off, use these same commands. Example: Birth: April 4, 1919
Death: September 22, 1950
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Type the information about your individual out from each heading
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You can use any font as long as it is easy to read. Also, you can use any font color except
yellow or white! Be creative putting
your information on the back. Remember:
You want your card to be interesting and attractive so that others will
want to read it!
Instructions for creating your
PowerPoint presentation
vOpen up a
blank PowerPoint slide.
vYou can
choose the type of layout you want for each slide.
vTo create a
new slide, go to Insert on the menu bar and click on new slide.
vTo format
background, go to Format on the menu bar and click format.
vSlide 1 must contain the individual’s
picture, name, and occupation. Basically
the same information on the front of your biography card.
vSlide 2 must contain personal information
such as date of birth, birthplace, name of parents,
name of spouse, name of children, date and place of death.
vSlide 3 must contain information about
education of your individual
vSlides 4 & 5 must
contain achievements and accomplishments of your individual.
Any of these slides can contain pictures
if they apply to that slide!
The project for this nine weeks is
a
student-created anthology,
or
collection of
poems. The students
will work in
groups to compose their
own anthology. They will be given
time in class
to work on this. They
will also be going to the computer lab
to type their final drafts. The
following is a list of the types of
poems that will be
included in their
anthologies:
Couplet Quatrain Haiku Cinquain
Diamante Acrostic
I Am Poem by any poet
Picture
Book
You and your group will be creating
your own picture book.
It must be about our Appalachian
culture.
The book must have a front and back
cover. BE
CREATIVE and
COLORFUL!
Your book must contain pictures on
every page – this is a PICTURE book!
Your book must tell a story – It must
have a beginning, a middle, and an
end. It
needs to have a plot. It can
teach a lesson or tell how characters
live and relate to one another. I do
not want a SENSELESS story (one
that doesn’t tell the reader anything)!
Each day
the students will begin my
Class by reading a page in the reading
journal and answering
questions
about the reading selection. We will
grade each
selection every day,
however, I will only record one of
these grades each week. The
students will not know which
selection I will take for a grade.
Hopefully, this
will encourage them
to do their best each day.
Each day
the students will be given
vocabulary words and their
definitions that
they will write in
their journals.
Every other Friday
they will have a vocabulary quiz on
these words. They
will be able to use
their journals on these quizzes, so
this should be an easy 100 quiz
grade!
Every other
Friday the students will
go over specific spelling rules and
complete assignments pertaining to