Tuesday, December 18, 2012

HW for Tuesday, 12/18



Work on your IRP! It's due Thursday, 12/20!


See detailed project instructions below:
Don't forget to change the directions on your gallery card if your project changes.

Creative Project:
Come up with some way to visually present your book. This will not be presented orally. You will post this in the classroom gallery‐style. Your creative project should include a gallery card –with one typed paragraph that briefly summarizes your book and a second paragraph that gives your project a creative title and explains your projects’ significance to the book. Your gallery card should also include any necessary instructions for the viewer on how to interact with your work.

Some ideas . . .

• a diorama of a particular scene
• if there’s a movie version of your book, choose a short scene to que up; you should also print the exerpt from the book and your gallery card should explain how the two scenes (movie and book) are similar and/or different
• create a website about your book that students can go through on their own
• a power point presentation that students can go through on their own
• a board game that two students could play on their own—directions should be simple and printed out
• if food is important in your book, cook something that’s mentioned and bring that in for everyone to try—make sure it is clear why this is relevant to the content of your book
• draw portraits of the main characters or draw important scenes from the book

These projects should be neat and well‐put together, not something you work on the night before it’s due!

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 12/18



Click here, and choose a book you would like to own -- remember the title and author.  Parkmont will buy it for you.  Happy Holidays!

Thursday, December 13, 2012

HW for Thursday, 12/13

Please work on draft 1 of your gallery card.  See the link to the right for an example.  Remember how well most of you did on these last session!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

HW for Tuesday, 12/11

Read packet 6, write a 200 word journal response.
If you're doing King Arthur, what do you think of the story of the Green Knight?  What might a moral or lesson of that story be?
If you're doing Gilgamesh, what do you think about Gilgamesh's grief?

Monday, December 10, 2012

For Danielle

Danielle, please complete your make up work.  Once you've completed draft one of your compare/contrast essay, you will need to ask someone to edit it for you, then you will do draft 2 based on their edits.

Also, you will need to complete this project this week:
Hero’s Journey and Archetypes Powerpoint

Please email me (ngedutis@gmail.com) to get my approval on the movie/book you would like to study.  You should also make sure to share your project with me.

HW for Monday, 12/10

Draft 2 of your Compare/Contrast Essay.

Friday, December 7, 2012

For Rakicia

Rakicia, please watch this video and write 250 words comparing/contrasting it to what you've read of Gilgamesh so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSZg5DTW7Hw

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

HW for Tuesday, 12/5




IRP 6
Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

Monday, December 3, 2012

Daily Warm up for Monday, 12/3

Peer editing and/or this site:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm
(Click the 8th grade level).