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2010-2011 notes are being updated for 2011-2012 academic year. May 7th, 2012.
Dear Students,
This page is for your convenience. Scroll down to review past assignments. These assignments are pages in your autobiography.
We will continue to explore English Language Arts in the 21st Century - Past, Present, and Future through the essential question: Do we create a self or do we inherit a self? All assignments are designed to investigate, identify, define, demonstrate, draw reasonable conclusions, and explain the points-of-view of each 8th grade student in respect to English Language Arts in the 21st Century - Past, Present, and Future. We will use the essential question to guide our investigations, identifications, definitions, demonstrations, conclusions, and explanations. No one assignment can be taken out of the context of the complete body of work. Each assignment is like the facet of a diamond in that it illuminates one part of the whole. Wait patiently in hope-filled expectation and you will assemble your body of work.
The essential question is the basis for everything we have studied, written, viewed, and/or explored this year - remember this as you continue working on your revisions. Autobiographies will be bound beginning May 30th and completed no later than June 9th.
- Wizard of Oz: Irony, Symbolism, Imagery (final exam for the fairy tale unit)
- Weather-related memory with David McCullough's introduction from the Hurricane of 38, new ending to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and the comparative analysis - CIrcle of Life first and last scene of the Lion King (midterm take home compositions)
- Veterans Day: "Open Responses, Ballad, and Friendly Letter" (1st quarter take home exam)
- Lion King Journal Entries (final exam for the myth unit)
- Veterans Day: "Open Responses, Ballad, and Friendly Letter" (1st quarter take home exam)
- 2 Delight Songs
- Delight Song for the museum wall presentation with your black and white photograph
- Delight Song designed as a page in your autobiography and your Self-portrait Collage
- 7th Grade MCAS Long Composition: Identify some you did that you were proud of and why you were proud.
- Parts of a book pages
- Cover page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- 5 Collages
- "Self-portrait collage" collage
- "Family" collage
- "Friends" collage
- "Favorite Things" collage
- "Pet" and/or "Endangered Animal" collage
- Folktale (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
- Research: Place At the Table (family tree, family collage, culture of origin maps)
- Symbolic Family Tree
- Family collage
- Culture of Origin World Map
- Culture of Origin COuntry Maps
 Family Genealogy Research Paper
Research paper includes the following pages:
- 1500 - 1800 word or more research paper
- Works Cited Page
- Culture of Origin Maps
- Family Tree - symbolically illustrated
- Family Collage
- Delight Song - museum wall format
- Delight Song - laid out and designed as a page in your autobiography
- Self-portrait Collage
a. Symbolic Family Tree (s):
Graphic Organizer Used to Collect Genealogical Information:
b. Culture of Origin Maps:
c. Fabulous Realities Collages:
- Self-portrait
- Family
- Friends
- Pets
Make connections. How do writing expectations change throughout the years?
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A paragraph includes a topic sentence.
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Paragraphs include a
sentence that defines
the topic and explains
your point-of-view.
This is like a thesis statement.
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Introductory paragraphs
of a paper include a
thesis statement.
The introductory paragraph is
like a road map in that it identifies the direction of the paper.
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Paragraphs include
supporting details.
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Paragraphs include specific
examples or evidence that
support the author's point-of-view about the topic.
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Paragraphs include
supporting evidence that
must be cited in a Works Cited page.
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Paragraphs include
a concluding sentence.
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Paragraphs include
connections from the
examples to the topic.
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The thesis statement is not only restated in the
concluding paragraph
but also used to support
the original road map
provided in the introductory
paragraph.
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Note: Whenever you complete a journal entry use your highlighters to prove you have included all three parts:
Walking in Another's Shoes Project
"The easier it is for you to imagine walking in someone else's shoes;
the more difficult it than becomes for you to do that person harm." (Michael Chabon)
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