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Homework 01-04-2017

Class Handout: Types of Haiku and Acrostic Poetry

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Literary Winners

Assigned November 16, 2016

Journal: No journal due this week.

PRACTICE GROUP SKIT

· You should have a final copy of your group script. If you don’t, please email me. See here for the rubric for your skit performance.

· Memorize your lines so that you can perform your skit with the group on November 30 during class. We will only have a few minutes to practice before performing.

· Use the group work rubric that I gave you in class (or find it here) to rate each member of your group. This will be part of your grade on the skit. Either email me the document or a picture of your completed form before class on November 30. Your group will not be allowed to perform until I have all your evaluations.

CHARACTER FACEBOOK

· Choose any character from the entire semester—from Seedfolks, Maniac Magee, Eggs, Stargirl, or Flora & Ulysses. Create a Facebook page for this character using the template given to you in class or find a copy here. This is your final semester project. It is due November 30. These will be presented in a gallery walk during class. Fifth grade literature students will also view your project.

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Homework Journal

Assigned November 9, 2016

Journal: Due November 16. Journals will be collected at the end of class next week. They will be returned the last week of class since there is no class or journal assignment over Thanksgiving break.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Read Ch. 24-End of Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

SYMBOLISM

· Authors use words, objects, events, or characters to symbolize the deeper meanings behind a story. These objects help point to the theme of the story. Choose a word, object, event, or character from Flora & Ulysses. What is its importance to the overall meaning of the story? You may choose from the list below or find your own symbol to write about. Write at least five sentences and use quotes to support your ideas.

o Little shepherdess lamp

o Seal blubber

o William Spiver’s glasses

o Ulysses the squirrel

o Giant squid (Dr. Meescham’s painting)

The following assignments will not be in your journal:

EDIT/PRACTICE GROUP SKIT

Your appointed group member should email you a typed copy of your skit. Please copy me on your email when you send the final copy of the skit. alyssahayesweb@gmail.com
Start memorizing your lines so that you can practice your skit with the group next week. See here for a copy of the skit rubric. Your skit will be performed on November 30 during class.

CHARACTER FACEBOOK

Choose any character from the entire semester—from Seedfolks, Maniac Magee, Eggs, Stargirl, or Flora & Ulysses. Create a Facebook page for this character using the template given to you in class or find a copy here. This is your final semester project. It is due November 30. These will be presented in a gallery walk during class. Fifth grade literature students will also view your project.

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Homework Journal

Assigned November 2, 2016

Journal: Due November 9. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Read Ch. 1-23 of Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

EDIT GROUP SKIT

· Your appointed group member should email you a typed copy of your skit. Take some time to look over your skit. Use a pen or pencil to mark any changes that you feel need to be made. What could make it better? More clear to the audience? More interesting? More reflective of the theme? Your group will finalize your script next week in class. See here for a copy of the skit rubric.

WONDERFUL WORDS

· Words are very important to this story. As you are reading, look for unfamiliar, interesting, or important words. Record AT LEAST 5 words from this week’s reading. Include the word, page number, definition, and why you chose that word. See below for a way to record the words.

1) cynic (p. 5) a person who has negative opinions about other people and about the things people do; especially : a person who believes that people are selfish and are only interested in helping themselves

I chose this word because it seems important in understanding the main character, since she declares herself a cynic.

2) …

ILLUSTRATIONS VS. WRITING

· Reflect on the way this book is written. Write at least 5 sentences. Use the following questions to guide your thinking. How do the illustrations contribute to the story? How does the author use the comic book style? Do you think this is effective? How would you describe this author’s style of writing?

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Homework Journal

Assigned October 26, 2016

Journal: Due November 2. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Read Ch. 32-End of Eggs

Ch. 23-End of Stargirl.

LITERATURE CIRCLE JOB

· Use the paper glued into your journal to complete your assigned job in preparation for your group’s discussion next week. If you need a copy of your job or related materials, click below:

o Literature Circle Job Descriptions

o Discussion Director

Types of Questions Sentence Starters

o Creative Connector

o Literary Luminary

o Word Wizard

o Stupendous Summarizer

BOOK THEME

· Use the graphic organizer that you glued in your notebook during class to write about the theme of your book – Eggs or Stargirl. If you don’t have the graphic organizer, find it here.

· You must have at least 3 quotes on your graphic organizer with page numbers. If you don’t have room for the quote, just put the first few words and a page number.

IDEA FOR GROUP SKIT

· Your group will be responsible for performing a skit for the class. We will begin working on this in class next week. You will act out a scene from your book that demonstrates the theme of the book. If you could choose a scene to perform, what would it be?

· Please tell a little about the scene, including chapters or page numbers, and explain why you feel that this scene would demonstrate the theme of the book. Remember, not everyone has read your book, so think about which scene truly depicts the theme.

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Homework Journal

Assigned October 19, 2016

Journal: Due October 26. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Read Ch. 18-31 of Eggs

Ch. 12-22 of Stargirl.

LITERATURE CIRCLE JOB

· Use the paper glued into your journal to complete your assigned job in preparation for your group’s discussion next week. If you need a copy of your job or related materials, click below:

o Literature Circle Job Descriptions

o Discussion Director

--Types of Questions Sentence Starters

o Creative Connector

o Literary Luminary

o Word Wizard

o Stupendous Summarizer

CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS

· Look back in your journal at the types of conflict in a story. If you don’t have that page, look here. Also, reread your last journal entry from Maniac Magee about the types of conflict. What could you do to make your paragraph better – topic sentence, stronger quotes, more details to explain the conflict? Look at my example paragraph here for help.

· Now, write a paragraph about one example of character vs. character, character vs. self, OR character vs. society conflict in Eggs or Stargirl. The conflict can be from last week’s reading or this week’s reading. Make sure to use quotes to support which type of conflict you found in the text. Remember to cite your quotes using quotation marks, parentheses, and a page number. Your paragraph should be at least five sentences.

MY FAVORITE PART

· Write a paragraph about your favorite part of the book so far. Make sure you include a topic sentence. Tell a little about what is happening in that part of the story. What do you like about it? Make sure to explain your reasons. You may or may not include quotes. Your paragraph should be at least five sentences.

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Homework Journal

Assigned October 12, 2016

Journal: Due October 19. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work. lick here for a copy of the rubric.

Read Ch. 1-17 of Eggs OR Ch. 1-11 of Stargirl.

LITERATURE CIRCLE JOB

· Use the paper glued into your journal to complete your assigned job in preparation for your group’s discussion next week. If you need a copy of your job or related materials, click below:

o Literature Circle Job Descriptions

o Discussion Director

Types of Questions Sentence Starters

o Creative Connector

o Literary Luminary

o Word Wizard

o Stupendous Summarizer

CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS

· Choose two characters from this first section of your book. Write a paragraph describing their relationship. Answer the following questions in your paragraph. How are these characters alike and different? How do they feel about each other? Why do they need each other? Is the relationship negative or positive or both? Explain why. Use quotes from the text to support your ideas. Remember to cite your quotes using quotation marks, parentheses, and a page number.

YOUR CREATIVE CHOICE

· Choose one of the following activities to complete about your book. We will share these at the beginning of class next week!

o Draw a picture of your favorite scene in the book so far. Write two or three sentences to describe the scene and why you chose it.

o Write a short poem or song about a character from the book. Include details from the book about the character’s personality or actions.

o Draw a picture of a character from the book. Label the character using words from the book. Try to label more than just physical appearance. How could you label the head – what is he/she thinking? How could you label the heart – what is he/she feeling? How could you label the feet/hands – where is he/she going or what is he/she doing?

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Homework Journal

Assigned September 21, 2016

Begin thinking about which book you would like to choose after Fall Break; Eggs by Jerry Spinelli or Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.

Comparison & Contrast Essay: Due September 28. Last week you wrote down similarities and differences in your journal about Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman and Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. This week, use that information and the quotes you collected to write your essay using the Comparison Essay format that you glued into your journal in class. Make sure to refer to the rubric to include the correct content, organization, transitions, mechanics, and presentation for turning in your essay. Remember, this essay will not be written in your homework journal. Place your essay in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, just bring your essay to class.

Journal: Due September 28. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Read all of Knots in My Yo Yo String by Jerry Spinelli. Complete the following prompt in your journal:

KNOTS IN MY YO YO STRING

What did you find most interesting about Jerry Spinelli’s autobiography? Why? Did you connect with his life in some way? What did you learn about writing? Write at least five sentences in your response.

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Homework Journal

Assigned September 14, 2016

If you have not acquired a copy of Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli, you will need a copy by September 21st so you can complete your homework. We will be reading some of the book aloud in class that day if you would like to follow along.

· Journal is due September 21, 2016. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Read (or reread) Part III (Chapters 33-End) of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Complete the following prompts in your journal:

A HAPPY ENDING

· Were you happy with the way Jerry Spinelli ended this book? Why or why not? Is there something you would change or add? Write at least five sentences explaining your thoughts about the ending of this book.

McNAB vs. BEALE

· Draw a Venn diagram in your journal. Use it to compare the Beale household to the McNab household. You do not have to write in complete sentences, but use page numbers to cite where you found your information.

SEEDFOLKS AND MANIAC MAGEE

· Create two charts in your journal like the ones in this link. Use them to record similarities and differences that you see in the two books we have read: Seedfolks and Maniac Magee. You can use your Venn diagram that we created in class to help you with this. This is the same chart that we started in class together. You do not have to use complete sentences, but you will need to add page numbers with your quotes so that you can find them later. This information will be used to write your final essay comparing Seedfolks and Maniac Magee. We will talk more about the actual essay in class next week.

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Homework Journal

Assigned September 7, 2016

· Journal is due September 14, 2016. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week. If you need a copy of the rubric, click here.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Read Part II (Chapters 22-32) of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Complete the following prompts in your journal:

CHARACTER CONFLICT

· Write a paragraph about one example of character vs. character OR character vs. self conflict in Maniac Magee. The conflict can be from Part 1 or Part II. Make sure to use quotes to support which type of conflict you found in the text. Also check to see if you used a topic or introductory sentence in your paragraph. Look at the example of my paragraph from class. Please cite your quotes the way that I cited the text in the example paragraph using quotation marks, parentheses, the author’s name, and a page number. In case you lost your copy of my paragraph, you can find it here.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Jerry Spinelli is a master at the use of language. He uses very vivid descriptions and many types of figurative language to draw us into the world of his books. Here are a couple of examples:

· “He loved the early morning. The ‘before-the-workingpeople-time,’ he called it. When even those who went to work the earliest were still sleeping behind the second-story shades. When it seemed as if the whole world had been created just before he woke up on his bedroom floor—the red brick rows of houses, even the windows resting from faces, the cool silent sidewalks and streets. So quiet you could hear the water running far below the sewer grates while the sun shinnied up the rainspouts.” (Spinelli, p. 50) This passage is so vivid! It activiates your sense of smell and sound. It also uses some personification – the sun shinnied, the windows resting.

· “To the ordinary person, Cobble’s Knot was about as friendly as a nest of yellowjackets.” (Spinelli, p. 70) This passage uses a simile to compare the knot to a nest of yellowjackets. Sounds pretty scary to me!

Look back through Part I or Part II of Maniac Magee. Find a passage that really speaks to you, where the author’s use of language really stands out. Write the quote and use proper citations. Then write several sentences explaining why you chose that quote. How did it make you feel? Did you like the words he chose to use? Did you find any of the types of figurative language that we glued into our notebooks? If you cannot find the page of figurative language, click here.

MY FAVORITE PART

· What has been your favorite part of Maniac Magee so far? Why? Did it make you laugh? Cry? Feel strong emotion? Did you relate to the situation somehow?

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Homework Journal

Assigned August 31, 2016

· Journal is due September 7, 2016. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work. Make sure to look at last week’s comments and use any suggestions given to improve your work.

Some students wished to make revisions to their poems. If you took your poem home for revisions, please complete those and return the poem by Wednesday, September 7. We will allow time in class if you wish to perform your poem for the class.

Read Part I (Chapters 1-21) of Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Complete the following prompts in your journal:

FACTS ABOUT ME

· In Maniac Magee, Jeffrey Lionel Magee becomes a legend in the town of Two Mills. His history is “one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball.” (p. 2) So what about you? Write three facts about yourself:

o one completely true

o one exaggeration, but sort of true

o and one wonderful lie that should be or could be true, but it isn’t

· Don’t forget to mix up the order. In class next week we will share our facts and your classmates will try to guess which of your facts is actually true!

MANIAC RUNS

· Write a paragraph to describe Maniac’s running. Reread all of the passages where you see him running. When does he run? What does he look/sound/feel like when he runs? What do you think is the deeper meaning behind his running? Use quotes from the text, especially to support your opinion about the deeper meaning behind Maniac’s running. Please cite your quotes the way that I cited the text above using quotation marks, parentheses, and a page number.

CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS

Choose a character that Maniac meets in Part I (Mars Bar, John McNab, Mrs. Beale, etc.). Write a paragraph describing their relationship. Answer the following questions in your paragraph. How are these characters (Maniac and ______) alike and different? How do they feel about each other? Why do they need each other? Is the relationship negative or positive or both? Explain why. Use quotes from the text to support your ideas. Please cite your quotes the way that I cited the text above using quotation marks, parentheses, and a page number.

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Homework Journal

Assigned August 24, 2016

· Journal is due August 31, 2016. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work.

Finish reading Seedfolks, including the article at the end titled “From Seed to Seedfolks” (or you can find it here). If you have already finished the book, make sure to reread any chapters that pertain to your assignment this week. Complete the following prompts in your journal:

MY GARDEN

· If you had a plot in this community garden, what would you grow? Why? Are your reasons the same as any of the characters in the book?

· If you like to draw, add an illustration of your garden as well.

FROM SEED TO SEEDFOLKS

· Write a response to the author’s article. Choose three ideas from the article that you thought were interesting. Tell me why you thought they were interesting.

· Questions to guide your thinking: Were you surprised/inspired by where Paul Fleischman got his ideas? What do you think he wants you to learn about yourself and the world from this book? What parts of himself did Paul Fleischman include in this book? Did you learn anything about the writing process in the book?

Complete the Seedfolks Poems for Two Voices project to wrap up our study of Seedfolks. This will not be completed in your journal. It will be turned in separately during class on Wednesday, August 31. A rubric was handed out in class and one is also attached here. If you are having trouble writing your poem during the week, email me your draft by Monday, August 29, and I will be happy to provide some feedback (AlyssaHayesWEB@gmail.com). Use the Character Development graphic organizer that we completed in class to help guide your thinking if you need it. I have also attached examples of the poems and a video of the author reading one of the poems.

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Homework Journal

Assigned August 17, 2016

· Journal is due August 24, 2016. It is to be placed in the basket upon arriving at WEB for first block. If you do not take first block, your journal will be collected at the end of 2nd block and returned by the end of the day.

· Glue your rubric on the next clean page of your journal, preceding your work for the week.

· Refer to the rubric for details about quality and presentation of work.

Read at least pages 1-44 of Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman. You are welcome to read ahead, but please be willing to reread parts of the text if next week's assignment requires it. Complete all three prompts in any order you choose:

MY JOURNAL COVER

· Decorate the outside of your journal making sure your name is clearly visible.

· Answer this question inside your journal. What does your journal cover tell me about you?

CHARACTER MOTIVATION (This may take a couple of days.)

· Characters are always motivated to act, react, or speak in certain ways – good or bad. Think about the characters in this story so far. In your journal, create a list of characters. Next to each character, write down what motivated them to get involved in the garden. Use page numbers to support your answers.

CHARACTER CONNECTION

· Which character do you connect or relate to the most? Why?

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