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Upon receiving the basic format for I AM poem, think about yourself and create a poem that expresses your ideas of yourself

Students will give a short oral presentation to the class on their book. They will give the title of the book, author, their opinion of the book and the summary of the book in a logical, sequential manner. Following their presentation they will answer two questions to clarify listeners' questions. As a listener themselves, they will not distract others or cause any disturbance while a peer is presenting.

Rubric for book report which includes oral presentation. Your book report is due by February 15th, 2013

Create a character sketch for one of the main characters in the novel. Choose a character you connect with and remember that even though some descriptions will be short, you can look beyond the words on the page to see what the author is telling you about each character.

Capping our iEARN and Kids Can Make a Difference unit, "Finding Solutions to Hunger, Poverty, and Inequality," 12th grade students draft in-class essays based on the unit-long research they have done to propose a specific solution to a one aspect of the global hunger crisis.

L.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

L.1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. L1.1a-L1.1e

For use with a Text Connection Lesson (i.e. connecting text to self, text to world, world to self)

Students will write a Response to literature. They must include 3 paragrahs: summary of text, text-to-self connection, and opinion of the text.

A paragraph is a group of sentences developing one topic. This rubric will assess how well students develop the topic and support main ideas within a written paragraph.

This rubric is to measure the expectations for a simple recount.

Argument Essay scoring rubric.

Rubric for basic book report - setting, characters, plot, theme, writing mechanics, format

Students must identify symbols from the novel and describe their significance on a poster. The poster must also include visual images of each symbol, its description and evidence from the text to explain its significance. Using the poster paper provided, magazines, internet sources, or hand-drawings, create a poster that is neat, organized, and appropriate to convey how each symbol is interconnected to the theme of the novel.

After reading, students will be using their schema (own ideas) and information from the text to make connections, e.g. text to text, text to self, text to media, text to world.