Expert Project Research

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.  Read quietly while it powers up.

*Note:  Please have your independent reading book each day.  One book review on a book from the recommended list is due by June 13th.

*EXPERT PROJECT RESEARCH DAY -- Please use this day to continue your research or to begin writing your feature article. You have a copy of the Feature Article rubric.  TODAY, please create a new document and name it as follows:

                              Period ____  Feature Article

THEN, share it with me today   (abaltrushes@gmail.com)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and Expert Project /Feature Article

"You Have A Secret That Can Ruin Your Life"

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*Independent Reading:  I would like to see your book each day. Please have it open at the bell. There will be one book review required for this last six weeks. The book must be from the recommended book list. This review is due by June 13th.

*NOTE:  The Feature Article will be due June 5th.  June 6th is scheduled for textbook return.  Your final in this class will be your presentation of your expert topic.  We will begin on the first day of finals week to ensure that there is enough time for all to present.

*Second Feature Article:  "You Have A Secret That Can Ruin Your Life" (Handout) -- Read and annotate this article and complete the questions (handout).  Finish for homework.

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading and expert project

"You Have A Secret That Can Ruin Your Life"

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*Independent Reading:  I would like to see your book each day.  Please have it open at the bell.  There will be one book review required for this last six weeks.  The book must be from the recommended book list.  This review is due by June 13th.

*NOTE:  The Feature Article will be due June 5th.  June 6th is scheduled for textbook return.  Your final in this class will be your presentation of your expert topic.  We will begin on the first day of finals week to ensure that there is enough time for all to present.

*Second Feature Article:  "You Have A Secret That Can Ruin Your Life" (Handout) -- Read and annotate this article and complete the questions (handout).  Finish for homework.

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading and expert project. Finish the article that we began in class.

Expert Project Research

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Please get your netbook when you arrive.

 

*NOTE:  We are scheduled for textbook return on June 6th.  That is the day that your Feature Article is due, but you will not have class time to complete it.  Next Friday there will be a presentation on getting yourself ready next year for college, so there will not be time on that day for expert project research.

 

*Independent Reading -- I would like to see your book each day.  I would like to see you reading at the beginning of class.  

*Today:  I had planned a second feature article to read, but that will be delayed until next week.  For today, you have time to continue your expert project research.

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading and Expert Project research.

 

 

 

 

Feature Article -- "Heaven Can't Wait"

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*Independent Reading -- please have your independent reading book out and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

*Feature Article ("Heaven Can't Wait") -- You were asked to complete the final few paragraphs for homework and to complete the questions on the handout.

*The due date for the Feature Article is going to be June 6.  Starting the week of May 27th we will begin writing the article.  Prior to that time you will have research time available to you.  Finals week is when you will give your presentation.  That is your final.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and Expert Project Research.

Feature Article: "Heaven Can't Wait"

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*Independent Reading Book:  Please have your book out.  I am doing a check for credit.  

*Feature Article:  Yesterday I gave you the writing prompt for the feature article that you will be writing as a culminating assignment for your expert project.  We also started an article yesterday, "Heaven Can't Wait," that demonstrates characteristics of a feature article.  Please take the article out and be attentive as we read (SLANT).  Assignment: questions on the article (handout)

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading.  Expert Project research. 

Feature Article Prompt

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* Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out.  If you do not have one today, please have it by tomorrow to show me.

*Feature Article Prompt -- I want to show you today where your research (Expert Project Topic) will culminate.  Please keep this copy for future reference.

*An Example of a Feature Article (Handout) --  In reading the article "Heaven Can't Wait,"  we will identify the different modes of writing that characterize a feature article.  First, please number the paragraphs.  As we read this article, we are looking for not only what the author is saying but how it is being said.  What modes of writing are being used?  The modes of writing are described with the following link:

Eight Modes of Writing

 HOMEWORK:  Independent reading book.  Expert Project research if you have internet access.