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Create a Slides presentation introducing your WH vocabulary words. Be neat, scholarly, on time and creative. You must include a title, a minimum of 8 vocabulary words, pictures illustrating each word.

Select one of the characters from Wonder. Describe the conflict (man v. self, man v. man, man v. society, man v. nature). Use evidence to support the explanation.

Students choose a famous person to conduct research and complete a biography research paper of the person's life.

Write a letter to Daisy explaining the character's feelings and reactions.

Used for grading response poems written by students.

Students write a personal Mission Statement and three goals that are related to their Mission Statement. Each goal will have it own Action Plan and Resource List

Students write a personal Mission Statement and three goals that are related to their Mission Statement. Each goal will have it own Action Plan and Resource List

After reading several short stories by Mark Twain write a literary analysis of one story describing how Twain uses literary devices to provide and enhance the satire that speaks to society's need to look at themselves and their follies and foibles in the hope of making an improvement in the foolishness and corruption of society. Support the understanding of satire with references to the text by describing three specific literary devices Twain uses to help him develop the satire in his story.

Re-write a scene from Night of the Spadefoot Toads from the view point of another character, describing what the character is feeling, seeing, hearing and experiencing. RL5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

After reading several short stories by Mark Twain write a literary analysis of one story describing how Twain uses literary devices to provide and enhance the satire that speaks to society's need to look at themselves and their follies and foibles in the hope of making an improvement in the foolishness and corruption of society. Support the understanding of satire with references to the text by describing three specific literary devices Twain uses to help him develop the satire in his story.

This rubric will be used to evaluate short-answer questions about literature.

This rubric will be used to evaluate short-answer questions about literature.

Comprehension Story Questions

Always cite text evidence to support your answer

Students are asked to completely fill out the packet with details, higher level thinking and connections to the texts. Students are asked to create a visual of the reading, and define words that are difficult to understand.

Students will know homework expectations which would include completeness, accuracy, requirements, legibility and time management.