Thursday, February 22, 2018

Reading Response Reminder

Five total reading responses are due per trimester.

Four are standard:
-Fiction
-Non-Fiction
-Biography
-Journal prompts (Based on a fiction book)

Each trimester, there is an additional teacher created assignment.  This trimester is the Biography Project.  This DOES NOT take the place of the regularly assigned biography response.

The four standard assignments are due by FRIDAY, MARCH 2nd. (Two of these assignments were already due by January 24th)

The Biography Project is due THURSDAY, MARCH 8th.

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Biography Project / Reading Responses

Five total reading responses are due per trimester.


Two reading responses were due on January 24th.  Two additional reading responses will be due by March 2nd.  Additionally, a  biography project will be due on Thursday, March 8th. Due to this fact, I will be suspending word of the week and reading log homework for some time. These two assignments will resume on March 12th. It is assumed that students will be reading nightly in order to  complete their reading assignments/biography projects on time.

Links to all portions of the project are available below:

Intro Letter for Biography Project
Project Overview
Interview Guidelines
Interview Questions
Sample Biography Essay Amelia Earhart
Book Report Rubric
Presentation Rubric


Students are encouraged to type their work in Googledocs and sent it to me for feedback prior to Tuesday, March 6th. I will not be providing feedback on March 7th, which is the night before the project is due.

All projects must be printed and be ready to turn in on March 8th.  NO printing will occur at school on March 8th.  If students need to use a school computer to print, they should be prepared to do so by March 7th at the latest.