Wax Museum Project
The Wax Museum is the culminating activity after discussing important figures in history and reading either a biography or autobiography about a person you would like to research. The person selected needs to have contributed to the world in a significant or positive way
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Requirements:
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Decide on a person who has contributed to the world in a significant or positive way.
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Tell the name of your person to your teacher.
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Read a biography or autobiography about the person you have selected.
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Take notes as you read the book. (You will be turning in your notes.)
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Use one additional source to find information on your person. (ie. the internet, magazine article, book, movie, etc.)
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Complete the poster page provided on the life and contributions of your person.
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Prepare a 1 – 2 minute, first person, oral description of your selected person and why their contributions are significant.
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Memorize your 1-2 minute oral report. You, as the Figure will come to life when visitors to the museum click a
button that says “tell me more information.”
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Dress up as your historical figure on the day of the Wax Museum and be prepared to “come to life and give your
report”.
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Participate in Eastwood’s best Wax Museum ever!!
Wax Museum
Wax Museum
Wax Museum
Book Report Due Oct. 21, 2009
Wax museum: Choose a person who has influenced the world or the USA. Read an autobiography or biography on that person. Dress up as that person and give a 2 minute presentation.
Notes and Biography Poster are due Oct. 9, 2009
NAME______________________
Mystery Book Report
20 piece puzzle
Due _________
1. Write or type your name, title, author, and illustrator of the book on the puzzle paper.
2. Write or type a 5 paragraph essay about the story on the back of the puzzle paper. Tell who the characters are and what happened in the story.
3. On the front side of the paper draw the climax scene of your story and color it. The more details and color the better.
4. Draw your 20 puzzle pieces over the top of your picture and cut your picture apart. Put your puzzle pieces in a small paper bag.
5. On the paper bag write your name, the name of the book, and the author. Make the bag look nice.
You will be trading your bag with another student. Each student will put a puzzle together that is not their own and read about the book inside the bag and then tell us about the book from the information on the back of the puzzle.
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Mystery Book Report
20 piece puzzle
Due _________
1. Write or type your name, title, author, and illustrator of the book on the puzzle paper.
2. Write or type a 5 paragraph essay about the story on the back of the puzzle paper. Tell who the characters are and what happened in the story.
3. On the front side of the paper draw the climax scene of your story and color it. The more details and color the better.
4. Draw your 20 puzzle pieces over the top of your picture and cut your picture apart. Put your puzzle pieces in a small paper bag.
5. On the paper bag write your name, the name of the book, and the author. Make the bag look nice.
You will be trading your bag with another student. Each student will put a puzzle together that is not their own and read about the book inside the bag and then tell us about the book from the information on the back of the puzzle.
______________________________________________________________________
Book Report Due Oct. 24, 2008
Wax museum: Choose a person who has influenced the world or the USA. Read an autobiography or biography on that person. Dress up as that person and give a 2 minute presentation.
Notes and Biography Poster are due Oct. 21, 2008
Climb or Die - Mount Everest Research-- Due 10/6
--Who was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
--What suppplies are neededd for the climb?
--Why do climbers of Mounot Everest carry oxygen with them?
--------Include: Proctective Clothing
Shelter
Food
First-Aid
Medical Supplies
and Other Necessities
Thursday January 24, 2008
Multimedia: All About Verbs--Verb Poem written in a diamante style. All of the words have to be verbs or forms of verbs.
1. Brainstorm for 2 minutes all of the verbs you can think of.
2. Look over your list and write a diamante poem. Did you title your poem? Do you need to perk up your words? Check out the "Visual Thesarus" book mark. Type your poem in the center of the page, don't forget to add your name at the bottom of your poem.
Example:
Sleep (opposite of line 5)
Snore, Snooze (explain line 1)
Falling, Dreaming, Floating, Napping (first two explain line 1, second two explain line 5)
Perky, Energized (explain line 5)
Awake (oposite of line 1)
3. Google pictures for the ten words of your poem
4. Create a multimedia project, use voice, music, and pictures.
Monday January 14, 2008
Class project: Comic Strip: Persuasive Writing: Grades provide a good indication of how people do in school. Take a side -true or false- and create some dialogue for some characters.
Name ______________________________
Persuasive Essay Introductory Paragraphs
Due Tues. January 15, 2008
For this assignment, practice by writing introductory paragraphs. Follow the directions given.
Persuasive writing attempts to convince the reader that the point of view or course of action recommended by the writer is valid. To accomplish this, the writer must develop a limited topic which is well defined and debatable, that is has more than one side. It is important that the author understand other sides of the position so that the strongest information to counter the others can be presented. In the essay, only one side of the issue is presented.
Like all kinds of five paragraph essays, there is a specific format to be followed.
· The topic sentence cannot be a fact as facts cannot be debated. It should be a statement of position. That position must be clear and direct. This statement directs the readers to follow along with your logic towards the specific stated conclusion that you want them to support. Do not make it personal so do not use personal pronouns. Make it definitive.
Then, in the same introductory paragraph, state the three best reasons that you have to support your position as the remainder of the opening paragraph. These reasons become the topics of each of the three supporting paragraphs. Again, be sure they are able to be supported with additional separate facts
1. School Uniforms. There has been a problem in local schools with discipline and violence. Your school board has decided to institute a school uniform policy in order to cut down on these problems, based on the positive examples that they have seen at other schools. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper stating your position on this issue and supporting it with convincing reasons.
2. Too Much Homework. Some of the parents at your school have started a campaign to limit the homework that teachers can assign to students. Teachers at your school have argued that the homework is necessary. What is your position? Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper stating your position and supporting it with convincing reasons.
3. Litter. A litter problem has developed on your school's campus. Students are throwing trash on the ground, leaving empty soda cans and bottles outside on benches, and dropping napkins and other trash on the cafeteria floor rather than carrying them to the trash can. Your principal has asked students to take more care, but the litter problem persists. The principal has reacted by canceling all after-school activities until the problem is taken care of. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper stating your position and supporting it with convincing reasons.
4. Computers in the Classroom. As part of a new technology initiative, your local school district is increasing the number of computers in every school. The district plan provides for four computers in every classroom. Teachers at your school are lobbying instead to place all the computers together, creating three computer-based classrooms so that all students in a class can work at the computers together, rather than only three or four students at a time. The district is worried about the additional cost of creating and maintaining these special classrooms and is concerned about how access to the classrooms can be provided fairly and efficiently. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper stating your point of view and supporting it with convincing reasons.
Due Wed. January 9, 2008
Name_________________________________
Language Persuasive Writing Prompt
This may be done on the computer or written out by hand.
This page will be the cover page to your writing.
Think about where people live. People live in small towns, large towns or even big cities. Some people live on farms or in houses in the country. Think about where it is best to live and why. It could be where you live now or a place that you have visited. The newspaper is sponsoring a contest for people to write about their favorite place to live. They will print the paper which gives the best reasons. Choose the one place where you would like to live and explain the reasons to persuade people that it is the best place to live.
Write a 5 paragraph paper using the following guidelines:
a. Decide where you would like to live.
b. In the beginning of your paper, name the place and give reasons why you think it is the best place to live.
c. Explain the reasons in order to show why you want to live there. The reasons could include the things that you can do where you live. The reasons may include the kind of people who live there or other things that happen to make it a good place to live.
Check Points to Remember:
Ø Take some time to plan your paper by making notes on the back of this page. This must be done on this page. It will be turned in.
Ø Carefully arrange your ideas. Remember what you know about paragraphs.
Ø Use correct language for the teachers who will read the papers.
Ø Check that you have correct sentences, punctuation, and spelling.
