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Write a short analysis of one character and interpret how the character fits into the theme of the novel. Students will have a visual interpretation, a character study and personality traits graphic organizer, and a summary of at least one theme from the book. Use evidence throughout this project to support the overall character study. The project is 4 separate pages produced using Prezi, Presentation, Emaze, or any presentation application approved by the teacher.

Write a Personal Narrative Essay about an important, life-changing event from your life. Describe your memorable event in chronological order. Include reactions in your personal narrative such as dialogue, specific details and emotions. Include a reflection in your essay on what you learned from this experience (conclusion). Your personal narrative should be a five paragraph essay with an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

This is a rubric based on the standards for argumentative writing. It is actually a literary analysis based on novels we read in class.

Your task is to write a poetry critic's blog entry that analyzes the figurative language, structure, and theme of a poem. Through your analysis you should be able to explain the meaning and impact of the poem. You will also be assessed on how well you respond to the analysis of other critics.

Poetry Portfolio: This project is the final assessment in the unit of Poetry. This is a task wherein students compile original and selected poems from various poets showcasing one main theme as well as the use of imagery, sound effects, poetry structure and rhyming all presented in one portfolio. The students also have written summaries that are presented within the portfolio to demonstrate the ability to analyze poetry on various levels.

This is a rubric for a poetry book consisting of several samples of different forms of poetry.

Students explain issues and ideas developed by an author analyzing, supporting evidence, and implied meaning. The written response is a structured and coherent text that responds to the ideas and issues introduced in a story with an understanding of grammar and usage of specialized vocabulary , accurate spelling and punctuation and language features of a 'response to literature'.

The students have been exposed to a variety of poems and have compiled original poetry showcasing elements of poetry including the use of imagery, sound effects, rhyme scheme, alliteration, etc. The students have participated in several conferences with their peers and teachers, and have had to creatively present their poem/s to a high standard.

A generic rubric used to grade poetry written in elementary and middle school.

This project is a summative assessment over the craft and structure of informational text. Learning objectives for the unit should be covered in the project/ this rubric provides the guidelines that assess your knowledge and application of that knowledge.

Rubric to use to evaluate Responses bell ringer prompts

Ms. Crook's Unit 1 Book Project

Students have been asked to prepare a short speech on a on paragraph types and present it in front of the class.

• Your book report should be creative and neat. • The final project TYPE will be your choice, with a different format to be used each month. Each project MUST INCLUDE the following items in some form: • A “cover page” with your name, the title of the book, the author’s name, and a reader’s review (YOURS!) of the book, rating it from 1 (really bad) to 10 (LOVED it!). • Illustrations representing the book, either drawn or copied and printed, are included. • Some format representing the main characters, minor characters, main plot line, major conflict and resolution, and settings. • Copy of AR Test on the book. • Proper mechanics--NO spelling or grammatical errors; grade-level effort is shown in writing and illustrations. • Project is chosen from acceptable types and is NOT a duplicate of yours OR another student’s in type or content.

Ms. Crook's Unit 1 Book Project

Create a News Broadcast video, script, or a Front Page with multiple stories to explain the key ideas from your informational text anchor book. Choose 3 key ideas from the book to report on. You must use at least 3 quotes from the book. Goal: Summarizing and compiling information from the text (book) in a creative way that also uses details to support the central idea of the text.

Informational writing includes non-fiction writing that describes, explains, informs, or summarizes ideas and content. The writing supports a statement based on research, observation, and/or experience. This writing piece is based on reading graphic novels. Students are informing the reader about graphic novels, noting the qualities or traits of a graphic novels.

Students will be able to match words and definitions, complete sentences with vocabulary words, write definitions for vocabulary words in student language, and write original sentences for selected vocabulary words that contain textual evidence proving the student's understanding of the word.