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Students in groups work together to provide background on poets to the class.

Students will choose a speech topic and take 10 minutes to prepare and then deliver a two minute impromptu speech.

Students will create a comic strip of the novel they chose from our class Book Club. After reading each chapter in their novel, they will illustrate what they believe is the most important part of that chapter and write a brief caption describing what is happening in that scene underneath their drawing. They will have one scene and caption for every chapter, resulting in a comic strip that describes the book in pictures and captions in sequence chapter by chapter, one chapter at a time.

6 Traits aligned to Common Core writing expectations

6 Traits aligned to Common Core writing expectations

6 Traits aligned to Common Core writing expectations

6 Traits aligned to Common Core writing expectations

6 Traits aligned to Common Core writing expectations

Students, in groups or individually, are to select a major theme, write a thematic statement for the chosen theme, and provide support both visually and with quotes/examples from the literary work.

Demonstrate sound knowledge of novel and understanding of universal relevance of themes. Students will prepare a PP presentation (min. 10 slides) that identifies and explains a theme through clear, concise, and specific textual references but also establishes a convincing connection to a current issue. use the following rubric as a guide when preparing for your presentation and turn this in on the day of the presentation. Include a title slide that includes MLA header and a works cited slide.