7th grade English
Projects
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You will be asked to complete various projects throughout
the year. Below are brief descriptions of most of them and links to
rubrics, requirements and other important information. |
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September Literary Devices Hunt |
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You will come across many literary terms in your career as a student. In 7th grade English you will need to understand and identify the following definitions whenever you come across them in the literature we read. Please file this list in the “literature” section of your binder. You will be responsible for committing these definitions to memory and eventually will be quizzed on their meanings, but in order to really understand them you will hunt through various children’s picture books and conduct a “literary device search”. Afterwards you will compile all of your definitions and examples in a small booklet. Please follow these steps: 1. Read each definition and take a minute to digest it. Then, if necessary, simplify the definition into your own words and jot them below the typed definition. 2. Then create a page for each literary device by folding a blank piece of printer paper in half. On one half of the paper, write the name of the term and its definition, making sure to put THE DEFINITION IN YOUR OWN WORDS as well as the direct definition if possible. Leave the other side of the paper blank. This is where the example and a possible illustration will go. 3. Next go on a hunt for an example of the literary device in the children’s books provided. Neatly copy down the example on the blank side of the paper, making sure that all your writing is facing the same way. If you can’t find an example of the term, create your own example of it and write it directly on your piece of paper under the definition. 4. If you have time, illustrate the pages of your packet of literary devices or add some sketches to a few of your favorite examples.
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September to October The Giver by Lois Lowry |
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The Giver Final Project
Now that you’ve finished reading The Giver, you
will complete one of the following culminating projects. You may choose
to work with a partner or individually. All projects will be presented
to the class during the week of October 9th, 2006. The presentation will
also be assessed and included in your final project grade. Most of the
work will be done in class during the week of October 2nd, 2006, but it
may be necessary for some students to work on these projects outside of
class. If you finish early, you will be responsible for keeping busy
while the other students work on their projects.
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late October A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and the Victorian era in England |
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Historical Context - Victorian Newspaper Project:
In order to gain an understanding of daily life in Victorian London and prepare for our reading of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, you will spend the next weeks conducting research. Your final goal is to learn a good amount about three events or topics from the time period (1837 – 1901). You will then take that information and create a page from a Victorian newspaper. Victorian Newspaper rubric |
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As we begin reading A
Christmas Carol, you will be responsible for vocabulary words from
the play. Click on a link below to access the worksheets.
Victorian glossary |
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January Parts of Speech Podcasts |
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Podcast Requirements:
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January Short Stories |
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After reading and analyzing six short
stories, it is your turn to attempt your own! Sentence Opening Sheet - for revising
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Vocabulary Voicethread |
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Vocabulary You are responsible for creating a study aid (flash-card or word-map) for two words from each chapter of the book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. I will assign one word from each chapter and you will choose the other. You will not be quizzed on the words until we finish the entire book. Use the "master lists" below to define the words and determine the page on which they appear.
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First period
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Seventh period |
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May Stories of Surviving: Night by Elie Wiesel The Lost Boys of Sudan and the bookThey Poured Fire on Us From the Sky Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian No Pretty Pictures by Anita Lobel I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer |
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Genocide Project - For your final project you may work with one other student or individually to attempt to provide an answer to the question: “What can we do about genocide?” Choose from the following options or come up with your own idea, but run it by Ms. Reimer before you start working on it. Option 1: Theme Illustration Explain one of the themes from the book They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky through a Windows MovieMaker project that includes historical photographs, statistics about the genocide, short excerpts from the book, and music of your choice. Option 2 : Build Awareness o a P.S.A. (public service announcement) video or audio Option 3: Get Involved o a P.S.A. o a music video
Photos of Kakuma Refugee
Camp:
Art by the Lost Boys of
Sudan:
Portraits of many Lost
Boys today:
Other books that may be of interest:
Other instances of
genocide
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