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Five Senses Analogies 1) Choose 3 different main branches (ideas) from your spider web or brain sheet. Try to choose ones that are very different and opposite of one another. tastes like
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Narrative Story Survey 1) Each person in your group will read a different narrative stories from other students. (So if you have 3 people in your group, you need to complete 3 charts!) 2) After you read the story, please complete the following chart for the story.
Title of the narrative story
What happened in the story? (Plot/ Action) Where? (Place) List the characters in the When? (Time, story. Season, Indoor/Outdoor) A second thing I liked about the story is... One thing I liked about the story is...
Somthing that can be deleted from the story is... Draw a picture to represent the story.
Something that can be added to the story is...
Plot Structure Dot Diagram • Exposition – Beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced. • Rising Action – Where the main character faces a series of conflicts. (Write down at least 4 rising action events since there are four dots!) • Climax - the most exciting part of the story when we learn the outcome. • Falling Action – Events leading to the end of the story. • Resolution – End of the story.
Recent News Articles MORE WEBSITES
Find 3+ news articles or cartoons that are related to your topic. Use these websites to start your research:
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/s tories/ http://teachingkidsnews.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/news http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ http://magazines.scholastic.com/
http://www.bbc.com/newsround/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
https://www.studentnewsnet.com/
Expository Essay Outline Choose one which fits your essay or create your own outline and complete Standard Expository Essay
Argument 1: _____________
Thesis: ________________________ Argument 3: _____________
Argument 2: _____________
Comparing History to Today Essay
In History: _____________
Thesis: ________________________
Today: _____________
Written Explanation of Political Cartoon A. List of historical places, dates, names, events that your political cartoon refers to:
B. List of current places, dates, names, events that your political cartoon refers to:
C. Explain in ONE sentence, what your Political Cartoon is trying to tell its audience. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
looks like
smells like
Idea 1 feels like
sounds like
tastes like
looks like
Idea 2 feels like
tastes like
smells like
sounds like
looks like
Idea 3 feels like
smells like
sounds like
Narrative Story Survey 1) Each person in your group will read a different narrative stories from other students. (So if you have 3 people in your group, you need to complete 3 charts!) 2) After you read the story, please complete the following chart for the story.
Title of the narrative story
What happened in the story? (Plot/ Action) Where? (Place) List the characters in the When? (Time, story. Season, Indoor/Outdoor) A second thing I liked about the story is... One thing I liked about the story is...
Somthing that can be deleted from the story is... Draw a picture to represent the story.
Something that can be added to the story is...
Plot Structure Dot Diagram • Exposition – Beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced. • Rising Action – Where the main character faces a series of conflicts. (Write down at least 4 rising action events since there are four dots!) • Climax - the most exciting part of the story when we learn the outcome. • Falling Action – Events leading to the end of the story. • Resolution – End of the story.
Recent News Articles MORE WEBSITES
Find 3+ news articles or cartoons that are related to your topic. Use these websites to start your research:
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/s tories/ http://teachingkidsnews.com/
http://www.timeforkids.com/news http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ http://magazines.scholastic.com/
http://www.bbc.com/newsround/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
https://www.studentnewsnet.com/
Expository Essay Outline Choose one which fits your essay or create your own outline and complete Standard Expository Essay
Argument 1: _____________
Thesis: ________________________ Argument 3: _____________
Argument 2: _____________
Comparing History to Today Essay
In History: _____________
Thesis: ________________________
Today: _____________
Written Explanation of Political Cartoon A. List of historical places, dates, names, events that your political cartoon refers to:
B. List of current places, dates, names, events that your political cartoon refers to:
C. Explain in ONE sentence, what your Political Cartoon is trying to tell its audience. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
