UPDATES: Omitted Assignments!

Please read below for updates on journals:

• Dialectical Journal #2 (Due 9/28) – EXTRA CREDIT, Not Req’d
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• Dialectical Journals #3 & #4 – DO NOT COMPLETE.  I’M CUTTING THESE ASSIGNMENTS TO HAVE STUDENTS FOCUS ON FINISHED READING AND BEGINNING THEIR UNIT PROJECTS.
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• Unit #1 Project (Due 10/4-5) - If time permits, Bonus Points may be given to those groups who opt to present Thursday instead of Friday.
• 6TH Grade Focus Question: What can you create that details how your island/civilization came to be?
• The goal is to have students use their knowledge of literary elements (characters, plot, conflict, etcetera...- just as they've been seeing in their novel The Running Dream) to help them create a personal narrative or short story from the perspective of a native islander that details how their island/civilization came to be.
• This means using their knowledge of what they've learned in Social Studies to help them write this assignment.
• 7TH Grade Focus Question: What experience will you share that illustrates a typical Market Day for the Natives of Texas?
• The goal is to have students use their knowledge of the internal/external conflicts that the Greasers/Socs faced (in The Outsiders novel) to aid them in creating a personal narrative from the perspective of a Native of Texas or an original short story to illustrate a typical Market Day.
• This means using their knowledge of what they've learned in Social Studies to help them write this assignment.
• 8TH Grade Focus Question: What can you create that portrays life’s obstacles on the journey from the Old World to the New World? 
• The goal is to have students use their knowledge of the obstacles that Eleanor and Park/Brian and Julius faced in the class novels (life’s hardships) to help them create a personal narrative from the perspective of an immigrant who is going from the Old World to the New World.  Students may also opt to create a drama (play) instead of a personal narrative or even a scripted puppet show to portray this.  Either way, they must create a writing assignment for this ELA/R-specific Unit Project.
• This means using their knowledge of what they've learned in Social Studies to help them write this assignment.