Project Based Homework Due 10.1.12

Hello All,

For those of you who completed your first project based homework...Congrats! As I said you will notice how your homework is essential for understanding what I do inside the classroom. You will need it to complete most of your assignments.

Here are few things you need to keep in mind for this week:

1. Tomorrow will be the last day in all of the learning stations. You will continue where you left off yesterday.
2. Wednesday is NO school.
3. Thursday you must bring in your most prized possession. It must be an object that you find to be of value to you and means the world to you. Please read last week's blog for more details.
4. Friday - Vocabulary in Context quiz on all 7 words!

Next week we will go further into Walter Dean Myers' works of literature. We will be discussing the author's use of characterization or character traits in literature. You will create a dating ad home video trying to convince the celebrity of your dreams to choose you over someone else. Your video must include:

1. Creativity - You can use music in the background, create your own persuasive lyrics, write a poem to the person of interest, use sound effects, create a setting, etc.
2. You must identify who the celebrity is that you are interested in (i.e. Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber)
3. Provide a list of reasons why you should be their number one choice
4. Be yourself - you must allow your personality to shine through in order to be convincing and unique.
5. Equipment - you may use your phone, iPad, camcorder, computer camera or any other device that will record your presentation.
6. Time Limitations - your video must be 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 minutes long.
7. Presentation - presentation and professionalism is everything. Please make sure that you check and double check that your home video is saved correctly on your flash drive. Also remember to bring it to school to show the class on Monday and Tuesday of next week.
8. Reminder - If you haven't purchased a flash drive as yet, I suggest you do it rather quickly. All video recordings MUST BE SAVED ON YOUR FLASH DRIVE!

If you have any questions, please email me. All presentations are due on Monday! There are absolutely no excuses!