Schedule of Assignments
Links for all assignments will be here once they are created. Blog Discussions will happen on your book's post on the blog. The dates may change as we continue working out this first run through of the book club. However, these are the assignments we will be working on. Click on the homework page for your team (on the left under Links) for specific due dates.
Weeks of December 15 and 22
- Begin Reading your book. Annotate with Post-it Notes (The book needs to be read by January 23rd)
- Blog Discussions (ELA Standards S.L.7.1.C, S.L.7.1.D, RI.7.1)
- Vocabulary Work (ELA Standards RI.7.6, RH.6-8.4) Rubric
Holiday Break
- You may want to read a few chapters of your book over break, especially if it is a slow read; don't forget to annotate with post-its!
DO NOT finish your book over break. You will be creating discussion questions about the book for the first three weeks of January. If you read the whole book early, these discussions will be really hard to do. Since they are worth a lot of points, it would be best to still be reading the book while you are doing these discussions.
DO NOT finish your book over break. You will be creating discussion questions about the book for the first three weeks of January. If you read the whole book early, these discussions will be really hard to do. Since they are worth a lot of points, it would be best to still be reading the book while you are doing these discussions.
Week of January 5
- Continue Reading and Annotating your book.
- Short Research Project about a topic that's confusing you or one you are curious about (ELA Standard W7.7) Project needs to be shared with your group and teacher by January 12th.
- Continue working on Vocabulary (ELA Standards RI.7.6, RH.6-8.4)
- Blog Discussions - Create questions for your group - Rubric link (ELA Standards S.L.7.1.C, S.L.7.1.D, RI.7.1)
Week of January 12
- Continue Reading and Annotating your book
- Compare your book to a video (ELA Standard RI.7.7) - Due Jan 19th end of day
- Continue working on Vocabulary (ELA Standards RI.7.6, RH.6-8.4)
Week of January 19th
- Complete Reading and Annotation by the end of the week. Hand in your 10 best annotations.(A Day - Thurs, B Day - Fri)
- Complete your vocabulary packet - Due January 21 - Rubric (ELA Standards RI.7.6, RH.6-8.4)
- Blog Discussions - Create questions for your group. Must be done by Friday - No lates for this project. (ELA Standards S.L.7.1.C, S.L.7.1.D, RI.7.1)
Last day for late work - Wednesday. Annotations and blog discussion from this week are going to be 3rd quarter grades. The short research project, blogging from the week of Jan 5th, video comparison, and vocabulary work are a part of the 2nd quarter grades and need to be handed in by Wednesday.
Week of January 25th
- What is your author's bias? Compare your author's presentation of the topic with another's writing (ELA Standard RI.7.9 & RI.7.6)
Weeks of Feb 2 &9
- Complete a summary essay in which you summarize the main ideas of the book. Weeks of Feb 2 &9
(ELA Standards RI.7.2 and RI.7.3)
- Sample Essay - Full essay with intro and conclusion
- Revision Guide - Use this to revise yourself, and have a friend grade you with it. Make changes based on what you find.
- Final Copy & Rubric - Copy and paste your final copy on this page. Put it above the rubric.
- Revision Guide - Use this to revise yourself, and have a friend grade you with it. Make changes based on what you find.
- Final Copy & Rubric - Copy and paste your final copy on this page. Put it above the rubric.
