HOMEWORK:
Reading Log, Next Thursday...
That's it for this week...
I will give a summary of the weeks soon (details of what we're doing)
For now:
The kids have created new Reading Log questions and very cool projects. Please check this out and share with your kids.
On the longer projects, a specific "working time period" is given:
Possible Reading Log
Projects
I.
Simple
questions: To be answered in paragraph form (using
your own ideas/opinions; PEEL; etc)
1.) Write a new version of a short excerpt
(about 2 paragraphs) from the book from A VILLAIN’S PERSPECTIVE: ex: choose a
part you really like (an action sequence, etc) and write it through a villain’s
eyes.
2.) Turn your favorite excerpt from the book
into a poem, at least 4 stanzas in length, 4 verses to each stanza.
3.) Write your favorite excerpt in another
style…for exmaple: as a biography; in another narrative perspective (1st
person/3rd person) in another genre (as horror, fantasy, sci-fi, etc)
4.) Re-write the first page/part of the book
from the perspective of a non-important character.
5.) If someone dies, write his/her reincarnation
scene and what he/she will do when back to life.
6.) If someone dies, write an exerpt from the
priest’s perspective at the funeral.
7.) Describe a type of person that would
dislike your book.
8.) Describe who the evil character/antagonist
is and why he/she is ”doing all of those bad things”. Get ”inside his/her head”!
9.) Interview of a Character: Ask ”questions”
to the main character’s friends and provide answers… ex: what do you think
about the main character? What do you think about what’s happening?
10.)
If you
were going to make a movie about the book, how would it be? What would you
change and what would you add? What would it look like?
11.)You’ve suddenly been sucked through a
time/space wormhole and have ended up at a particular scene in the book! Write
about what’s happening, what you’re thinking, how it looks, and how you feel
(from your perspective, of course).
12.)
One of
your characters has been sucked through a wormhole and is now going to hang out
with you for a week: Make a story of this!
13.)
3
paragraph story: You are the main character’s sidekick.
14.)
Write
an epitaph (the speech at a funeral) or an obituary for a character, even if
they haven’t died yet.
II.
Longer
Projects (time
requirements listed next to each)
1.) Write a persuasive news article about the
book to get others to read it. We could put these articles together to make a
persuasive class newspaper…Include:
·
Headline
·
Who?What?Where?When?How?
·
Quotes
·
Pictures
·
Make
it look like a newspaper article (use a cool ”newspaper heading” at the top;
article’s author)…
Like this, maybe:
You
can even use an old newspaper page and glue your project to it…
Time: Good for 2 Reading Logs…
2.) The Book of the Month Book Circle:
Find 3
friends to share this project with…
a.) Write a 4-5 paragraph persuasive essay on
why your book should be the book of the month.
b.) Share this essay with your partners by making
notecards on your main points and holding a persuasive discussion/debate about
why your’s is best.
c.) The debate will be presented in front of
the class… we will vote on the best presentation/most interesting book
d.) The winner gets a prize
e.) The name of book and the presenter will get
a special place on our ”Book Club Wall”
f.) At least one person from the class/group
must promise to read the book next (perhaps we can share our books?)
Good for 1 month of reading log (maybe more if your group is not finished
with the individual books)
3.) Write a script based on an interesting
section of your book… create characters and lines, and perform the play in
front of the class.
Good for 3 Reading Logs
4.) Paint a picture inspired by the book
(feelings you get from the book, symbolic ideas, a scene…) and create a
descriptive writing piece about the picture (explain the picture).
Good for 2 Reading Logs
5.) Make a cool PowerPoint/Keynote as a book
report and present this in front of the class…Include: (cool pictures and key
words)
a.) Introduce the book
b.) Describe the plot
c.) Describe the characters:
feelings/personalities/actions
d.) Tell us why you liked the book: how did it
affect you? Favorite part?
e.) Describe your thoughts/answers to 2
questions from the regular ”reading log questions”
f.) Would you recommend this book?
Good for 3-4 Logs (ask Andy)
6.) Make a beautiful Comic Book of your
favorite part of the book, including drawings, comic strip sections, speech
bubbles, etc.
Good for 3 Reading Logs
7.) Make a Travel Brochure promoting visit to a special place/setting in your book. Make it look real,
with color pictures, folded up in thirds or something, with descriptive,
attention grabbing, and persuasive text for each cool setting! Make it ”sell”.
I will print these out for you.
Go to link:
Cool brochure
pics and ideas:
https://www.google.se/search?q=travel+brochure&biw=1280&bih=905&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=E_ASVLaiEMSaygPQ_oCACA&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ
Good for 3 Reading Logs
Requirement: Blog The Book!
Take
any project above (or even some question answers you’re really proud of) and
post it on the blog!! This is actually a REQUIREMENT!!! Everyone must blog twice a term! You have to
take the responsibility to find he time to do so!
I thought everyone should have a copy of these for the Persuasive Essay Unit we're doing in class:
Persuasive
Writing: Signal Words
TRANSITIONAL PHRASES
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INTRODUCTORY
PHRASES
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In
my opinion
I
believe
It
is my belief that
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There
is no doubt that
From
my point of view
It
seems to me that
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I
question whether
I
(dis) agree with
I
maintain that
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CONCLUDING
PHRASES
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For
the reasons above
As
you can see
As
I have noted
In
other words
On
the whole
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In
short
To
be sure
Without
a doubt
Obviously
Unquestionably
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In
brief
Undoubtedly
In
any case
Summarizing
In
any event
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SUPPORTING
OPINIONS
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First Furthermore
Second In addition
Third Also
Finally Last
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Equally
important
In
the first place
Likewise
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Besides Further
Next Again
Moreover Similarly
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INTRODUCING
DETAILS
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For
example
In
fact
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For
instance
As
evidence
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In
support of this
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CAUSE
AND EFFECT
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Since
Because
of
Due
to
For
this reason
Therefore
If…then
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Caused
by
This
results in
Consequently
Accordingly
As
a result of
Leads
to
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In
effect
Brought
about
Made
possible
As
might be expected
Give
rise to
Was
responsible for
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COMPARE
AND CONTRAST
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Similarly
Compared
to
In
like manner
On
the other hand
Although
Even
though
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Likewise
In
the same way
Contrasting
On
the contrary
As
opposed to
Rather
than
Nevertheless
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As
well as
Have
in common
All
are
The
same as
Conversely
Whether
of not
In
spite of
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COUNTERING
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I
realize you
I
understand you
Even
though you
Although
you
Some
people
It
may be that you
Your
idea to ____ deserves some merit
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Believe
Feel
Maintain
Want
Support
Argue
State
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But
Yet
However
I
doubt
I
question
Let
me explain
On
the other hand
Nevertheless
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TRANSITIONS
When you want to start an example or
illustration:
She
loves fine clothes. For example, her prom dress cost nearly two hundred
dollars.
Jim
sometimes becomes bored easily. For instance, I remember something that
happened last summer.
When you want to contrast one thing
with another:
Mary is one of my best
friends. However, she sometimes
makes me angry by being late.
Jack
is a good swimmer. Even so, he has never won a trophy,
I saw
her once when I felt awful. Nevertheless,
we had a wonderful time.
When you want to add another idea:
Tom is crazy about his
motorcycle. Furthermore, he does all the maintenance on it himself.
Mr.
Johnston is an excellent teacher. Moreover, he is very popular with his
students.
Everybody
likes Lou. In addition, he seems to like everyone he meets.
When you want to show that one thing
causes another:
Sam
isn't very organized. Consequently, he sometimes doesn't seem to know
what he is doing.
One
time he forgot his wife's birthday. As a result, she was very angry.
Al
jogs three miles a day. Therefore, he is in good shape. .
When you want to summarize or
generalize:
That
really bothered me. But on the whole, he is a pretty good guy.
He is
sensitive, warm, and considerate. In short, I love him.
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