Obituary Criteria:
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Can NOT
be an obituary for yourself.
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Must tie into theme.
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Must include a picture.
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Will be at least one page (handwritten).
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Cannot be morbid or cruel.
Brainstorm~
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Who died
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How it will tie into your theme
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POV of obituary
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Tone you want to write it in
ANTI-POSTERS
DUE DATE:
Tuesday November 20, 2012
Our health class has been discussing the effects
of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. Each
student will create an anti-poster as a project dealing with either:
Tobacco Alcohol
Drugs
You will be required to choose one of the above
topics and create a poster board size advertisement against their topic of
choice.
Grading Criteria Points
1. Neatness & Appearance 10 pts
2. Must be colored 5pts
3. ORIGINAL Advertisement/Slogan 15 pts
appropriate to chosen topic _________________
TOTAL 30
points
J16- Create a list of 5 things that you’re thankful for. Pick one and write about it.
J17- You are a turkey. Write a letter to the president convincing him to create a new law that prohibits eating turkey for Thanksgiving.
J17- Read “Avoid…” p. 4 in the Student Issue. List the 5 refusal skills.
J18- What are some ways in which you can integrate some healthy choices into your Thankgiving break?
J8- How would you feel if the president announced tomorrow that all people with brown eyes must leave the country.
J9- What would some of the affects of this happening be on our society/economy?
J10- Write about what you know about WWII and the Holocaust.
J11- What is steriotyping and discrimination? Does it still occur today?
J13- Read “Risk and Protective Factors” and list 3 of each that apply to you.
J14- Read “Where to Go for Help” and write a paragraph about what you learned from this article.
J15- Why do teenagers try drugs? Have you or anyone you know, ever been faced with this choice?
J16- Read “Legal but Deadly…” (Student Issue 2) List 3 things per section that tells why the legal drug is deadly.
Thanksgiving
Writing Assignment~
- Write a story or a narrative
poem using one of these titles:
- Too Much Food!
- The Day the Turkey Came to Dinner
- What’s That in Your Pumpkin Pie?!?
- The Best Thanksgiving Ever
- No Turkey for Thanksgiving
- A Thanksgiving Dream
Or~
- Write a story using one of
these story starters:
- I knew something was wrong as soon as I woke up. I just didn’t feel right. Then, I looked in the
mirror. WHAT? Feathers?!? It was true. I had turned into a turkey tw0 days before Thanksgiving …
- Chuck yawned as the teacher read the story of the first Thanksgiving. He yawned again. Suddenly, he found himself surrounded by people dressed just like those in the book. …
- “Wake up, sleepyhead!” I heard my mother say. “Today, you’re cooking Thanksgiving dinner.”
Criteria
- Must use
figurative language throughout. (Metaphors, similes, assonance, onomatopoeias,
hyperboles, etc. Refer to notes!)
- Stories must be
1 ½ pages. (Handwritten, or typed=1.5 spacing/12pt font.)
- Must have a
plot.
- Introduction-
setting, characters, conflict, mood, etc.
- Rising action
- Climax
- Falling action
- Resolution
- Will share
tomorrow in small groups and vote on winning stories/poems! (For a prize!)
Read “Who Was King Arthur” (p. 669)
Answer questions:
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Does the fact that there may have been a real
King Arthur make the legend more interesting to you? Explain.
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Based on the article, what seems to have made the
Dark Ages “dark?”
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How was Arthur’s legendary Camelot a contrast
(opposite) to the Dark Ages?
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How would you say the world has improved since
the Dark Ages?
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What threats from that time still remain?
**When finished- Do “Vocabulary Practice” on the top of page
668. (1-8)
J11- Tell me about your favorite meal.
J12- My favorite part of fall is…
J13- Write a poem about fall using the words: Brown, orange, cold, food, celebrate, eat, donkey.
J14- Once I jumped into a pile of leaves and found…
J15- Write a set of directions for the Pilgrams that explains one of the following: *How to play football. *How to cook a turkey. *How to gorge on a Thankgiving feast.
J11- Read FYI: Background- Write 10 interesting things you learned.
J12- Describe a time in which you’ve experienced an internal conflict.
J13-
