Gerrits - 8 - 4th Assignments

You have been invited to a Victorian New Year's Day Party, honoring Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and celebrating the changes that he has made to his life in response to the visits by the three spirits on Christmas Eve.

If you accept this invitation, you must be prepared to leave behind the 21st Century blue jeans, technology, music, and fast food. Attending a party during this time period was very different from today. Prepare yourself well! The more knowledge you have, the more fun you'll have at the party.


Become an expert on ONE of the following:

History
Fashion
Technology
Etiquette
Entertainment
Research your topic and Create a slideshow with your team 
I can follow rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. (CCSS: SL.8.1b)

Use the Research Notes Template to gather information
Create a Doc and begin your paper

Turn in both your finished paper and this template here.

Use the rubric and graphic organizer to help you create your own short story.

PARTS TO TURN IN HERE:
Rough Draft with Peer Review
Final Draft (ready to publish!)
Graphic Organizer
Book Cover

Create a movie poster using Canva of your favorite short story we read this quarter! Download it as a PDF and upload it here to turn in.

You are a local police detective; your task is to investigate the disappearance of Fortunato. Retrace his steps leading up to his disappearance. Remember to interview anyone who may have seen him that night. After gathering all of your information, write a detailed missing person's report on behalf of Fortunato's family, detailing Fortunato's last day on earth.

Instructions
Read the article about Indigenous Peoples. 
Write down on a Google Doc:
One thing that will stick with you
Two things you have questions about
Three things you learned


R.A.C.E.S paragraph answering Why have some states changed Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day?

PDF to the story to help with your map, figurative language scavenger hunt, and essay.

It is present day, 2032, and you are 23/24 years old. Write a story about who you are, your job, your home, marriage, kids, etc. 
Include imagery (use 5 senses)
Include figurative language (SHOW, DON'T TELL)
Use dialogue to enhance your writing
Use very detailed adjectives to describe your nouns
Then one day, at your job, something occurs and that sends you into a flashback.
Your flashback will also be written in present tense because you ARE back inside the memory
It is a true event that is occuring now (or recently) that you will never forget
Use present tense ("I am" not "I was")
Your flashback should be in italics just like this.
After your flashback, come back to "present day" (year 2032)

Create 5 google slides - each slide needs at least 3 examples of 5 different figurative language devices using pictures, songs, poems, excerpts from stories, etc. Write the definition on each slide.

Choose 5:
metaphor
simile
personification
allusion
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
alliteration
idiom
proverb

Create a doc with your table and submit your group story! Each student writes a line, color coded, and continues until the story is finished.

Dialogue required!
Needs to follow a plot diagram (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

Reading together as a class
Open a Google Doc and write your theme paragraph
Turn in here.

Watch the "How to Find A Theme" and the short film "Boundin'" by Pixar and determine the theme. 

Write a theme paragraph.
Claim - What is the theme?
Evidence - Show evidence (quotes, paraphrasing) to prove your claim.
Reasoning - Determine the reasoning behind your claim, how does your evidence prove your claim?

Turn in here!

Must be completed in-class

Grade based on completion, not individual score

In class only