November 6th: College and Career Reflective Blog Post

October 27th--Tell Tale Heart Final Project

The Tell-Tale Heart Final Project

Directions: Choose one of the following activities and complete this as a culminating project for the The Tell-Tale Heart.  This completed project must be thorough, done in a professional manner, and published to your blog.

Creative Writing

• Imagine that you are one of the police officers who come to investigate the shriek heard in the night.  Describe the situation from your point of view.  Make sure to include a description of the house during your search and the man’s appearance and behavior.  Do you notice anything strange about him? What are your thoughts during the chat before he confesses?  What happens after that? This should be at least one page long and consistent with the facts in the story

• Complete a one-page interior monologue for the victim: What is the victim thinking? Does he have any idea what is going to happen to him? Why did he take in the psychopath?

• Pretend you are a defense attorney trying to get an insanity plea for the narrator.  Write down your speech to the jury convincing them that the narrator was insane at the time of the murders.  Be sure to give solid evidence from your story to back up your argument.  Your argument should be about one page.

• Pretend that you are a reported for the local paper.  You have received exclusive rights to interview the murderer.  Set up an interview in newspaper style format with complete questions.  Then, answer your questions in the way that the murderer would.  You must stay in character for both people.  This should be approximately 1-1/2 pages in length

• Use the Tell Tale Heart as a mentor text for your own short story.  Copy Poe’s style and organization but make the events of the story your own. This should be approximately 1 page in length.

Visual Representation

• Choose a sentence or passage from the story and draw a picture of the image that it creates in your mind.  Your picture should be in color, detailed, and be neat.  Be sure to write the passage you chose from the story on your picture.Beneath your project, write a ½-1 page description of the scene you drew, explaining how your project is based on evidence from the text AND inferences you drew from the text.  beyond See Mr. Fulton for help uploading your project to your blog. *Want to do this one digitally? Try out Google Drawing or the InspirARTion chrome apps.

• Choose a scene from the story and recreate it using an online comic strip creator, such as Toondoo or Pixton, and publish your project to your blog.  Beneath your project, write a ½-1 page description of the scene created, explaining how your project is based on evidence from the text AND inferences from the text.

• Retell the story through images using a video slideshow site, like Animoto. Images should all be Creative Commons. Beneath your project, write a ½-1 page description of the scene you drew, explaining how your project is based on evidence from the text AND inferences you drew from the text.

Extra Credit

Complete a project option from both the visual and written options.  Both projects should be published in the same blog post.

October 23rd The Tell Tale Heart Active Reading Lesson

1. Go to this website

2. Click begin, enter 2-3 responses into the text of each page.  One must be a question on each.
3. After reading, click "yes I'm sure."
    Then, click "print" 
    Scroll to the bottom of the text to find your annotations.  Highlight and copy them.  Continue below.

Sept 30--Make 1 Reflection Blog Post

9-23-14 Literacy Narrative Self Assessment

Make 1: Introductions

Make #1 Introductions and histories: Making your literacy and/or science identities

For this first Make, you will further introduce yourself to our class and Intersections community by sharing some parts of your identity related to literacy and/or science.

You may find it helpful when thinking about what to make to consider your science history timelines you did with Mrs. Green and your literacy narrative you did with Mr. Fulton. These areas could provide great starting places, but you are free to go in a different direction if you like. Your make is yours.

Below are some options for your first make:

Possible Activities for Make #1

The makerspace for your first make will take place during you science and ELA classes.  We will have four days of makerspace, and will post pictures of our makes and the stories behind them to the Making STEAM G+ community. Sharing is part of the “make” here. Think about how the tools you use to make your symbolic “make” represent a bit about where you come from in terms of science and literacy. You will later reflect in writing on the choices that you made.  

Below are possible options for your first make.  

• Collage your History— Bring together images from magazines, words, quotes, drawings, or other things to represent important moments of your history.

• Create 3D Poetry, making an object out of materials like construction paper and cardboard, and compose poetry on it with words that you write and/or cut out.

• Sculpt and Build--Use foil, Popsicle sticks, cardboard or any other materials on hand.

• Badge--A make you can proudly wear! Create a badge as a symbol of your science and/or literacy identity.

You are not limited just to just these above options.  Your make can combine options or go in a totally different direction. Below is a list of materials that will be available to you, and yes, you are free to bring in other materials from home that you might want to make with.

The following materials will be on hand for you to use:  
fabrics, cardboard, wire, foil, masking tape, scissors, duct tape, construction paper, glue gun and glue, and popsicle sticks

Fantasy Football Sign up

Step 1:
   Tap here and create a Yahoo account.  Be sure to write down your Yahoo username and password (just use your school password and username).

Step 2:
   Fill out this form to send Mr. Fulton your Yahoo email address.

3. Tap here to join the league.

Sept 11th--Mentor Text Poetry Project Self Assessment

Inquiry Documentary Project Assignment

May 19th--Inquiry or Second Semester Learning Map Making

Below are directions for making your map. The first slide contains directions for making a map of your inquiry. The second slide is for making a map of your second semester learning.

May 16th--Annotated Bibliography Assignment

Below is an example of a An annotated bibliography, written by a student last year:

Jontai X

ELA

Mr.Fulton

25 March, 2015

Annotated Bibliography

S, Fullerton . “What is Greek life?.” California State University, Fullerton. N.p., 20 Sept. 2011. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.

According to this page on Fullerton.edu, a group of men and women called sorority for women and fraternity for men. They are a community, offer fellowship, participate in activities and prepares you on your future. It also means you could give time and effort to help with philanthropy activities and service projects. You may also have to pay once your in a greek organization. I think this is a great use of my research project because it explains the good benefits of joining a greek organization. I think this is kinda credible just because it has .edu and looks like it was made by a college.

Mayfield, Julie , and Lindsey Mayfield. “7 Considerations When Thinking About Greek Life – Twice the College Advice (usnews.com).” US News & World Report | News & Rankings | Best Colleges, Best Hospitals, and more. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.

This article on USNEWS.com considers 7 reason to join a greek organization. Julie and Lindsey Mayfield talk about how it is good to join a greek organization. Julie had never been in a fraternity or sorority but Lindsey has. Julie says there is excessive underage alcohol drinking on school campus. So that’s a con of joining a frat or sorority. Lindsey says its one of the easiest way of meeting new people and provides opportunities to join events. This sorta help my research, mostly the pros of it. I think this website is credible because it was updated and wrote an article about it and those people seem real.

“7 ADVANTAGES TO GREEK LIFE .” Index . N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.

This website on webmisc.onu.edu about 7 advantages to greek life. It shows that this can help you meet new people, having better academics, leadership, and other social stuff. That shows all the pros about greek life. I don’t really think this is a credible source because it doesn’t show where it got there information, no sources, no author, and doesn’t show where it was updated. This really didn’t help my research it had a bunch of stuff everyone and I couldn’t understand it.

Lucier, Kelci Lynn. “College Fraternities and Sororities – Should I Join a College Fraternity Or Sorority?.” College Life – Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Your College Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

This website on collegelife.about.com tells the reader about how greek orginizations help you find scholarships and connect to people after college. Like the alumni. It also tells us that some of these frats or sororities can make you pay a fee and you need to plan out your finances if you join. I think this is credible because it tells you the author and some of her sources. Tis was really helpful to me because this was from a real college and had many of my questions answered.

Staff, Petersons. “Should Your College Life Include Greek Life?.” College Information – Peterson’s – The Real Guide to Colleges and Universities. N.p., 28 Jan. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

This article on petersons.com talks about sterotypes of how fraternitys and sorority do have parties but they also contribute to the college and help with academic activites. It also talks about greek life, housing, and rushing. I think this is a credible sight because it shows the author and they were in a fraternity or sorority. It also was updated recently and also tells more about the author.

Inquiry Research Requirements

May 13th--Website Evaluation

Directions: Below are a list of websites.  Visit them and determine if they are credible or not.
On a sheet of paper, write if the website is credible and list why you came to that decision. Remember to consider: Authority, Bias, Currency, Documentation

1. Should We Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO)?
2. Video Games to Enhance Learning
3. H1N1 Swine Flu Insert Admits it Causes Paralasis, Analyphaticic Shock, and Death 
4. Should We Allow Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports?
5. California's Velcro Crop under Challenge
6. How to Handle Unwanted Friend Requests
7. What Makes a Good Boyfriend?
8. Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
9. New Hartford, Minnesota's Official Website
10. how do i choose a good college?
11. HUVr-The future has arrived

Figurative Language Post-Test

May 6th--Poetry Self Assessment

May 5th--Figurative Language in your Poetry Organizer

April 10th figurative language scavenger hunt

Poetry Portfolio Requirements

Published to your blog by Friday, May 2nd:

Figurative Language Pre-Test

March 31st--Writing Workshop Self Assessment

March 12, Writing Workshop Piece 3 Self Assessment

Writing Workshop Piece 2 Self Assessment

Writing Workshop Piece 1 Reflective Self Assessment

Complete the Reflective Self Assessment below. This reflection is how you are graded in writing workshop. It counts as a project grade, but don't let that scare you. You will receive full credit for your responses so long as you follow directions and provide complete and specific explanations. Be sure to ask Mr. Fulton if there are any parts that you don't understand.

Feb 2014 Book Club Novel Selections

Block 1

Romiette and Julio

The Maze Runner

Mississippi Trial

We Beat the Street

City of Ember

Block 3

Rash

I am the Messenger

Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

Mockingbird

Storm Warriors

Unwind

Block 5

The Hunger Games

Twisted

Death of Innocence

Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry

Rules of Survival

Block 6

Rx

Briar Rose

Elijah of Buxton

Parallel Journeys

Incarceron

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

January 14th--Writing History Timeline

January 7th--Tell Tale Heart Final Project

The Tell-Tale Heart Project

Directions: Choose one of the following activities and complete as a culminating project for the The Tell-Tale Heart.  This completed project must be multi-genre (composed of both text and images), text-based, and awesome.  Your published project should be published to your blog.

Creative Writing

• Imagine that you are one of the police officers who come to investigate the shriek heard in the night.  Describe the situation from your point of view.  Make sure to include a description of the house during your search and the man’s appearance and behavior.  Do you notice anything strange about him? What are your thoughts during the chat before he confesses?  What happens after that? This should be at least one page long and consistent with the facts in the story

• Complete a one-page interior monologue for the victim: What is the victim thinking? Does he have any idea what is going to happen to him? Why did he take in the psychopath?

• Pretend you are a defense attorney trying to get an insanity plea for the narrator.  Write down your speech to the jury convincing them that the narrator was insane at the time of the murders.  Be sure to give solid evidence from your story to back up your argument.  Your argument should be about one page.

• Pretend that you are a reported for the local paper.  You have received exclusive rights to interview the murderer.  Set up an interview in newspaper style format with complete questions.  Then, answer your questions in the way that the murderer would.  You must stay in character for both people.  This should be approximately 1-1/2 pages in length

• Use the Tell Tale Heart as a mentor text for your own short story.  Copy Poe’s style and organization but make the events of the story your own. This should be approximately 1 page in length.

Visual Representation

• Choose a sentence or passage from the story and draw a picture of the image that it creates in your mind.  Your picture should be in color, detailed, and be neat.  Be sure to write the passage you chose from the story on your picture.Beneath your project, write a ½-1 page description of the scene you drew, explaining how your project is based on evidence from the text AND inferences you made about the text.  

• Create a visual map of the Tell Tale Heart.  Your map should include sketches and symbols of important characters and moments to provide a bigger picture the story.  Relevant excerpts (with page numbers) from the story should also be included on your map. Beneath your map, write a ½-1 page description of it, explaining what your map shows and how it is based on evidence from the text AND inferences you made about the text.

Extra Credit

Complete a project option from both the visual and written options.  Both projects should be published in the same blog post.

January 2nd--EA Poe Scav. Hunt