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Students are to create a dance in groups that is at least 2 minutes long but no longer than 3 1/2. The dance needs to have a noticeable beginning, middle, and end. Students will apply the creative process to the composition of short dance pieces, using the elements of dance to communicate feelings and ideas.

People often express their feelings about historical issues or events through artwork such as songs, novels, short stories, paintings, sculptures and movies. For this project you will do one of two things: 1. You will choose a work of art which someone else has created to interpret an event or issue in world history. You will research the event or issue related to the artwork then analyze the artist's interpretation of the the event or issue through their artwork. You will then present your research, the artwork and your analysis to the class. Be prepared to answer a question from the class or the teacher. or 2. You will create your own work of art which is your interpretation of an event or issue in world history. You will research the event or issue, come up with your own interpretation of the event or issue then express that interpretation in a work of art of your own in any medium you choose. Be prepared to answer a question about your artwork from the class or the teacher.

Speaking quizzes, Voice Thread activities, and Pair Work activities

A six paragraph critique (#1) of a college essay and one secondary source analysis. Students critique a college essay, supporting their position with reasons and textual evidence, as well as compare and contrast their ideas with those of the secondary source analysis. A six-paragraph critique (#2) of an ad's visual rhetoric. Students discuss the effectiveness of the ad in rhetorical terms, as well as its subjective impact on them; and then compare and contrast their objective and subjective judgments.

You will write a one page typed or two page hand written review of an approved hispanic book or movie. You paper must discuss the setting, characters, plot, theme, and any other imporant background information. In addition you must discuss the relevancy of the story and critique the book.

Students sequence events of a story through either writing it on sentence strips and ordering them, or with pictures. Students use book as reference tool. Learning Standard ELA Grade 8 Writing: students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding. Grade 8 Writing AGLI 21304 - Use an outline or other organizer to share information. ABLLS H48 - Tell about experience or story.

Opening activity writing responses to various themes presented . A new theme will be introduced each day. Students choose from variety of response formats. Grading is based on thoroughness, neatness, thoughtfulness, analysis, and mechanics.

Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. This rubric is designed to be transdisciplinary, reflecting the recognition that success in all disciplines requires habits of inquiry and analysis that share common attributes. Further, research suggests that successful critical thinkers from all disciplines increasingly need to be able to apply those habits in various and changing situations encountered in all walks of life. This rubric is designed for use with many different types of assignments and the suggestions here are not an exhaustive list of possibilities. Critical thinking can be demonstrated in assignments that require students to complete analyses of text, data, or issues. Courtesy of AAC&U: http://aacu.org/value/index.cfm

The students will put together a poster per group to show during their oral presentation. The poster will contain information that the students collected during their lab. The students will structure their presentation using the Scientific Method.

used to score written lab reports

This rubric is aimed at evaluating the PERFORMANCE of a lab experiment, rather than the REPORT. (I do not require a formal report for most labs - but would use a separate rubric for scoring one if I did)

This is the rubric used for most of the science labs in this class. Grade is based on what you write and report in your lab notebook. NOTE: Procedures should include any safety precautions need for the lab.

Problem solving is the process of designing, evaluating and implementing a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal. This rubric distills the common elements of most problem-solving contexts and is designed to function across all disciplines. It is broad-based enough to allow for individual differences among learners, yet is concise and descriptive in its scope to determine how well students have maximized their respective abilities to practice thinking through problems in order to reach solutions. This rubric is designed to measure the quality of a process, rather than the quality of an end-product. As a result, work samples or collections of work will need to include some evidence of the individual’s thinking about a problem-solving task (e.g., reflections on the process from problem to proposed solution; steps in a problem-based learning assignment; record of think-aloud protocol while solving a problem). Courtesy of AAC&U

Locate a challenging vocabulary word from your independent reading book. Then, use context clues to infer what the challenging word means.

SLO Course Description: Students will be able to write clear and structurally accurate simple, compound, and complex sentences.

SLO Course Description: Students will be able to write clear and structurally accurate simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Dance students will perform a chosen dance from our world dance unit and perform in front of the class. They will begin the presentation with a brief introduction about the dance. The students should explain the title of the dance, what country it is from, why it is performed and what the dancers wear in the dance. After the introduction the dance students will perform this world dance with knowledge of the steps and performance quality.

Totally Unbelievable Speaking Club!!! Build your public speaking skills with this weekly class activity based around a choice of 26 different topics.

Write a movie review focusing on the events displayed in the movie viewed in class. This assignment also grades your writing process from creation to publication.

In groups, students were to create/use a product to "market" using ten descriptive adjectives, five of which had to be from vocabulary units. The project included a title page, a written paragraph, a poster, and a presentation.