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Student self-assessment is “the process by which the student gathers information about and reflects on his or her own learning … [it] is the student’s own assessment of personal progress in knowledge, skills, processes, or attitudes. Self-assessment leads a student to a greater awareness and understanding of himself or herself as a learner” (Ministry of Education, 2002, p. 3).

Students will choose a city in New Jersey and identify the following information: name of the city, county, 5 facts about the city, 1 landmark in that city, mayor of that city, someone famous or notable from that city & 3 pictures of that city

Choose 20 LITERARY TERMS or ELEMENTS. Construct a book, a Power point, a movie (or other, by approval) with element listed, an original, traditional, or quoted example with artistic representation of each. The examples can all come from the same novel, or excerpts from several, from poetry or music. (Oral Presentation of Project with separate rubric.)

Create a board game that reflects aspects of an American Literary Time Period. Questions that show insight will earn higher marks than those that are simply recall questions. Your board game can be based on one that is already in existence such as Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit. Your final project should include a list of vocabulary words pertinent to the literary time period and their definitions; genre and style, characteristics, and the historical context of the period. Also be sure to include examples of significant authors and titles.

Students are to write a short story that demonstrates their understanding of the stages of plot and the characteristics of a short story.