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Create a booklet made up of the work completed by the individual members of your literary circle: Literary Luminary, Character Captain, Vocabulary Enhancer and, Artful Artful Adventurer

Create a board game that reflects aspects of the entire novel. Questions that show insight will earn higher marks than those that are simply recall questions. Your board game can be based on one that is already in existence such as Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit. The final project should include connections between the novel and other real world or fictional experiences, luminated plot points that show the plot progression, a list of vocabulary words from the novel and their definitions and character charts that reflect the major characters from the novel.

Living History writing with Historical Facts

History Project

poster description for a poster concerning the trail of tears, as part of an investigative unit.

Rubric for evaluating student presentations for Literataure Circle projects. Can be applied to any presentation.

Write a short analysis of this character. In one paragraph, explain the character’s relationship, motivation, influence, or conflict. Use evidence to support the explanation.

Teaching groups will select a chapter from the first four chpaters of unit 1 in the textbook. Teaching groups will produce a lesson, complete with presentation, an exciting activity and an informative worksheet. Each group will practice their lesson in class before presenting their activity to the 9th grade students.

Students will write an editorial which will include two examples of the new vocabulary learned in this unit. The writer's main point should be obvious and his/her opinion clearly expressed. The articles will be peer reviewed and then a final copy will be turned in on Friday, February 13th