A. Benton Period 4-2022-FY Assignments
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- Term
- 2021-2022 School Year
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Choose one of the following activities to complete a book that you have read this year.
Create a book jacket, including illustrations, an enticing synopsis, author bio, and favorable reviews.
Prepare a television commercial about your book. Video yourself acting out the commercial and post to Google Classroom.
Explain why you think this book will or will not be read 100 years from now. Support your opinion by stating specific events in the story.
Write ten questions that test other students' understanding of the story. Make sure you provide a list of answers.
Write a letter or email to a close friend recommending the book you have just read.
Draw a classroom mural depicting major scenes from the book. Label with the page or chapter number.
Write a ballad or sound about the characters and events in your story. Set the words to the music of a popular sound an video yourself singing the song. Upload the video to Google Classroom.
Summarize the book into a comic or story aimed for younger students or your classmates.
Video yourself giving a dramatic reading of a scene in the book. Upload the video to Google Classroom.
Create a book jacket, including illustrations, an enticing synopsis, author bio, and favorable reviews.
Prepare a television commercial about your book. Video yourself acting out the commercial and post to Google Classroom.
Explain why you think this book will or will not be read 100 years from now. Support your opinion by stating specific events in the story.
Write ten questions that test other students' understanding of the story. Make sure you provide a list of answers.
Write a letter or email to a close friend recommending the book you have just read.
Draw a classroom mural depicting major scenes from the book. Label with the page or chapter number.
Write a ballad or sound about the characters and events in your story. Set the words to the music of a popular sound an video yourself singing the song. Upload the video to Google Classroom.
Summarize the book into a comic or story aimed for younger students or your classmates.
Video yourself giving a dramatic reading of a scene in the book. Upload the video to Google Classroom.
Due:
LT: We are learning to connect scenes across a series so we can understand that events in a story are not random.
Success Criteria:
I can reread specific bits from earlier in the book when things are confusing.
I can use post-its and notebooks to design tracking systems that help hold onto the story.
I can make deliberate choices about using my notebook and refraining from going on autopilot.
I can connect scenes that relate across a whole series.
I can consider how characters’ pressures and motivations can cause changes.
Complete the questions about chapters 11-15 of Divergent.
Success Criteria:
I can reread specific bits from earlier in the book when things are confusing.
I can use post-its and notebooks to design tracking systems that help hold onto the story.
I can make deliberate choices about using my notebook and refraining from going on autopilot.
I can connect scenes that relate across a whole series.
I can consider how characters’ pressures and motivations can cause changes.
Complete the questions about chapters 11-15 of Divergent.
Due:
Learning Target: We are learning to synthesize our knowledge to enable us to convey what we have learned through an infographic.
Success Criteria:
I can determine what information should be included in an infographic.
I can utilize digital media to make an infographic about my topic of study.
Instructions: Create an infographic based on the research that you have been conducting on one of the following topics:
Bullying
Climate Change
Freedom of Speech
Internet Safety
Plastic Pollution
Voting Rights
The infographic should include a specific topic that is stated clearly. The type of infographic used needs to strongly support the information being presented. Objects in the infographic should support the data points to make it easy for the audience to understand. Data should be supported with evidence and cited appropriately.
Due Date
March 4, 2022
Upload to Google Classroom under Infographic Project Assignment
Success Criteria:
I can determine what information should be included in an infographic.
I can utilize digital media to make an infographic about my topic of study.
Instructions: Create an infographic based on the research that you have been conducting on one of the following topics:
Bullying
Climate Change
Freedom of Speech
Internet Safety
Plastic Pollution
Voting Rights
The infographic should include a specific topic that is stated clearly. The type of infographic used needs to strongly support the information being presented. Objects in the infographic should support the data points to make it easy for the audience to understand. Data should be supported with evidence and cited appropriately.
Due Date
March 4, 2022
Upload to Google Classroom under Infographic Project Assignment
Due:
Learning Target: We are learning to synthesize our knowledge to enable us to convey what we have learned through a TED Talk.
I can determine what information should be included in an infographic.
I can utilize digital media to make a TED Talk about my topic of study.
Instructions: Create a TED Talk on the research that you have been conducting on one of the following topics:
Bullying
Climate Change
Freedom of Speech
Internet Safety
Plastic Pollution
Voting Rights
The TED Talk should include a specific topic that is stated clearly. Make sure to include your central ideas about your topic. Data should be supported with evidence and cited appropriately. Your TED talk needs to be engaging and demonstrate your personality. You need to speak clearly and slowly so that your audience can understand what you are saying. Your TED talk needs to be a minimum of five minutes.
I can determine what information should be included in an infographic.
I can utilize digital media to make a TED Talk about my topic of study.
Instructions: Create a TED Talk on the research that you have been conducting on one of the following topics:
Bullying
Climate Change
Freedom of Speech
Internet Safety
Plastic Pollution
Voting Rights
The TED Talk should include a specific topic that is stated clearly. Make sure to include your central ideas about your topic. Data should be supported with evidence and cited appropriately. Your TED talk needs to be engaging and demonstrate your personality. You need to speak clearly and slowly so that your audience can understand what you are saying. Your TED talk needs to be a minimum of five minutes.
Due:
LT: We are learning to analyze characters and cite evidence to support our inferences.
Success Criteria:
I can analyze character development.
I can determine explicit ideas from the text.
I can determine implicit ideas from the text.
I can make inferences based on character traits.
I can cite evidence to support my inferences.
ROAR: I can complete my work independently.
I DO: Show a video on citing text evidence.
WE DO: N/A
YOU DO: Read "All Summer in a Day" and Complete the assignment.
WE CHECK: Turn in to the teacher or on Google Classroom.
Success Criteria:
I can analyze character development.
I can determine explicit ideas from the text.
I can determine implicit ideas from the text.
I can make inferences based on character traits.
I can cite evidence to support my inferences.
ROAR: I can complete my work independently.
I DO: Show a video on citing text evidence.
WE DO: N/A
YOU DO: Read "All Summer in a Day" and Complete the assignment.
WE CHECK: Turn in to the teacher or on Google Classroom.
Due:
Please upload your Digital Text Recommendation Project to this assignment in Google Classroom.
See the attachments for the complete instructions.
Below is the order for the script or journal article:
Script Order (Write this down):
1. Give a Summary of the book that you read (Use the Boxes and Bullets graphic organizer).
2. Give the topic/issue addressed in your book. (Use the first graphic organizer).
3. Make your claim and give the evidence from the book to support your claim.
4. Be sure to give opposing views and explain why those views are wrong.
See the attachments for the complete instructions.
Below is the order for the script or journal article:
Script Order (Write this down):
1. Give a Summary of the book that you read (Use the Boxes and Bullets graphic organizer).
2. Give the topic/issue addressed in your book. (Use the first graphic organizer).
3. Make your claim and give the evidence from the book to support your claim.
4. Be sure to give opposing views and explain why those views are wrong.
Due:
Learning Target: We are learning to cite evidence to support our claims.
Success Criteria: 1) I can determine my opinion after reading a text. 2) I can find evidence to support my opinion.
ROAR: (Respect) Pay attention to staff and peers.
I DO: Explain and model how to find evidence to support my opinion.
WE DO: Complete the Before Reading Poll for “Double Dutch Teams are in it to win it”
YOU DO:
1. Answer the before reading poll
2. Complete the graphic organizer using https://www.kamiapp.com/
3. Complete the activity questions
WE CHECK: Submit graphic organizer to Google Classroom and complete Activity questions.
Success Criteria: 1) I can determine my opinion after reading a text. 2) I can find evidence to support my opinion.
ROAR: (Respect) Pay attention to staff and peers.
I DO: Explain and model how to find evidence to support my opinion.
WE DO: Complete the Before Reading Poll for “Double Dutch Teams are in it to win it”
YOU DO:
1. Answer the before reading poll
2. Complete the graphic organizer using https://www.kamiapp.com/
3. Complete the activity questions
WE CHECK: Submit graphic organizer to Google Classroom and complete Activity questions.
Due:
Please take pictures of your reading log to upload, or complete the attache reading log using kamiapp.com.
Due:
Please take pictures of your reading log to upload or complete the attached reading log using kamiapp.com.
Due:
Please take pictures of your warm up sheet and attach, or complete the attached warm-up in kamiapp.com.
Due:
Learning Target: We are learning to analyze the plot of a story.
Success Criteria: I can put events from a story in sequential order.
ROAR: (Respect) Pay attention to staff and peers.
I DO: Explain and model how to put events from a story into sequential order.
WE DO: Complete the Before Reading Poll for “Inventor’s Luck”
YOU DO:
1. Read TeenBiz article: Inventor's Luck”
2. Complete the graphic organizer using https://www.kamiapp.com/
3. Complete the activity questions for both stories on TeenBiz
WE CHECK: Submit graphic organizer to Google Classroom and complete Activity questions.
Assignments:
Turn in your Daily Five sheet under the “Warm-Up week of 9/6/2021” which you can find under the “Classroom” and “Daily Five” tabs.
Read and log what you read.
Make sure your Sourcebook is up to date by Monday.
Get ready to come back to school for face to face instruction.
Bring all needed materials
Bring a face mask
Bring a water bottle
Success Criteria: I can put events from a story in sequential order.
ROAR: (Respect) Pay attention to staff and peers.
I DO: Explain and model how to put events from a story into sequential order.
WE DO: Complete the Before Reading Poll for “Inventor’s Luck”
YOU DO:
1. Read TeenBiz article: Inventor's Luck”
2. Complete the graphic organizer using https://www.kamiapp.com/
3. Complete the activity questions for both stories on TeenBiz
WE CHECK: Submit graphic organizer to Google Classroom and complete Activity questions.
Assignments:
Turn in your Daily Five sheet under the “Warm-Up week of 9/6/2021” which you can find under the “Classroom” and “Daily Five” tabs.
Read and log what you read.
Make sure your Sourcebook is up to date by Monday.
Get ready to come back to school for face to face instruction.
Bring all needed materials
Bring a face mask
Bring a water bottle
Due:
Please attach a picture of your reading log for dates 9/6/2021 to 9/10/2021 to this post. You do not have to read on 9/6/2021 since we are not having school on that day. Attached is a reading log if you need to print one out.
Due:
Please open the attached document in Kamiapp.com and complete each day of this week.
Due:
Standard: 8RL10- By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band Proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Learning Target: We are learning to develop our personal reading identities based on the history of books and authors that we have read to help us choose books.
Success Criteria:
I can identify my favorite books over the years
I can explain why these books were my favorite
I can create a textual lineage that reflects particular authors and books that have impacted me deeply.
Instructions:
1. Students are to brainstorm about books and authors that they remember reading. The books can be books that they read independently, someone read to them, or that they have read with others.
2. Students will draw out a timeline on a sheet of paper.
3. Students will divide and label the timeline into ages, grades, time periods.
4. Students will draw, write, or print the names of the books that were read at each time period.
Due Date: 9/8/2021
Learning Target: We are learning to develop our personal reading identities based on the history of books and authors that we have read to help us choose books.
Success Criteria:
I can identify my favorite books over the years
I can explain why these books were my favorite
I can create a textual lineage that reflects particular authors and books that have impacted me deeply.
Instructions:
1. Students are to brainstorm about books and authors that they remember reading. The books can be books that they read independently, someone read to them, or that they have read with others.
2. Students will draw out a timeline on a sheet of paper.
3. Students will divide and label the timeline into ages, grades, time periods.
4. Students will draw, write, or print the names of the books that were read at each time period.
Due Date: 9/8/2021
Due:
Please complete one of the book reports attached to this post to show that you read a book. Be sure to write complete paragraphs when completing the book report form. I am attaching both fiction and non-fiction book reports, but you only have to complete one based on the type of book that you read. Let me know if you have any question.
Due:
Please attach a picture of your reading log for dates 8/30/2021 to 9/5/2021 to this post. You do not have to read on 9/3/2021 since we are not having school on that day. Attached is a reading log if you need to print one out.
Due:
Please open the attached document in Kamiapp.com and complete each day of this week.
Due:
Please attach a picture of your reading log for dates 8/23/2021 to 8/29/2021 to this post. Attached is a reading log if you need to print one out.
Due:
Please complete the Daily Five sheet for this week and attach to this post in Google Classroom.
Due:
Learning Target: We are learning how to access assignments in Google Classroom.
Success Criteria:
1) I can create an account on www.kamiapp.com.
2) I can open a document in Google Classroom using kamiapp.com.
3) I can create text boxes on Kami app to write answers on the document
ROAR: (Respect) I can think before I act.
I Do: Review how to open a document from Google Classroom using www.kamiapp.com
We Do: Help each other open a document using kamiapp.com
You Do: Complete the Information Sheet online
We Check: Share with a neighbor one thing that you wrote on your information sheet
Success Criteria:
1) I can create an account on www.kamiapp.com.
2) I can open a document in Google Classroom using kamiapp.com.
3) I can create text boxes on Kami app to write answers on the document
ROAR: (Respect) I can think before I act.
I Do: Review how to open a document from Google Classroom using www.kamiapp.com
We Do: Help each other open a document using kamiapp.com
You Do: Complete the Information Sheet online
We Check: Share with a neighbor one thing that you wrote on your information sheet
Due:
Learning Target: We are learning how to access assignments in Google Classroom.
Success Criteria:
1) I can create an account on www.kamiapp.com.
2) I can open a document in Google Classroom using kamiapp.com.
3) I can create text boxes on Kami app to write answers on the document
ROAR: (Respect) I can think before I act.
I Do: Review how to open a document from Google Classroom using www.kamiapp.com
We Do: Help each other open a document using kamiapp.com
You Do: Complete the assignment for today in Google Classroom
We Check: In Google Classroom, comment on this post about one of the
I'll see you on Monday during your regular class time on Google Meet!
Success Criteria:
1) I can create an account on www.kamiapp.com.
2) I can open a document in Google Classroom using kamiapp.com.
3) I can create text boxes on Kami app to write answers on the document
ROAR: (Respect) I can think before I act.
I Do: Review how to open a document from Google Classroom using www.kamiapp.com
We Do: Help each other open a document using kamiapp.com
You Do: Complete the assignment for today in Google Classroom
We Check: In Google Classroom, comment on this post about one of the
I'll see you on Monday during your regular class time on Google Meet!
Due:
Please complete the Daily Five sheet for this week and attach to this post in Google Classroom. Answers are in the Google Slide presentations for each day.