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Date Assigned: 10/14/14 (Tuesday)

Completion Date: 10/16/14 (Thursday)

Assignment Duration: 3 School Days

**PARENT NOTE: This can be completed at home if time in class is not used well, but all effort should be made to allow the student to complete this in class as each afternoon students will have time to complete the work.

Assignment Description:

Students will be completing a self-guided study of a Native American culture.  This assignment will require students to complete 3 distinct assignments over the course of study.  This is a large assignment, and I have devoted quite a bit of learning time to this project.  Studnets will be working with a partner to complete the 3 assignments.  Work should be done in class, and can also be accomplished at home.

Assignment Components:

1. Informational Powerpoint (Only Choice for 4th Grade) & Presentation OR PhotoStory with Narration (Possible Choice for 6th Grade and approved 5th graders)
2. Native American Craft (Shelter, Tool, Clothing, etc.) – Must be approved by Mr. D.
3. Write a Legend based on what was learned in research.

**NOTE: Students should complete the research & informational presentation prior to starting a craft, and should complete the craft prior to starting to write their legend.

Date Assigned: 9/17/2014 (Wednesday)

Date Due: 10/23/2014 (Thursday)

Assignment Duration: 30 School Days

Assignment Pacing: To stay on track, students should have completed the following steps by these dates: (NOTE: These dates are tentative and may change due to unknown interruptions to our work schedule.)

• Complete research (9/26/2014)
• Complete Presentation (10/3/2014)
• *COMPONENT DUE DATE – Give Presentation (10/6 to 10/9/2014)
• Begin making craft – Tuesday (10/6/2014)
• *COMPONENT DUE DATE – Craft complete and presented in class. (10/14/2014)
• Begin Legend- Tuesday (10/13/2014)
• *COMPONENT DUE DATE – Ledged completed and turned in (10/23/2014)

Assignment Supporting Documents:

• Native American Project Requirements (CRITICAL DOCUMENT)
• Presentation Topics and Example Notecards (Guide for research and simple info for Presentation displays…NO LENGTHY INFORMATION ON DISPLAYS)
• Tribe List (Student Tribe Choices – Partners determined here)
• Native American PPT-rubric
• Native American digital story rubric

Assignment Prompt:

Directions for Writing: Write a narrative story about our Rafting Trip.  Include as many details and descriptions as possible.  Include character development and dialog in your story.  This piece only needs to be 2 paragraphs long but may not be longer than 2 type-written pages(Double Spaced).

Date Assigned: 9/9/2014 (Tuesday)

Date Due: 9/23/2014 (Tuesday)

Assignment Duration: 9 School Days

Assignment Pacing: To stay on track, students should have completed the following steps by these dates:

• PREWRITE (Graphic Organizer) – Tuesday (9/9/2014)
• SLOPY COPY (1st Draft) – Wednesday (9/10/2014)
• TYPED – Monday (9/15/2014)
• REVISION 1 (Word Choice) – Tuesday (9/16/2014)
• REVISION 2 (Sentence Fluency) – Thursday (9/18/2014)
• EDITING & FINAL DRAFT- Tuesday (9/23/2014)
• TURNED IN TO MR.D & POSTED TO BLOG – Tuesday (9/23/2014)

Submitting the Assignment:

• Turn in Final Drafts with all supporting documents (Organizer, Sloppy Copy, Typed 1, Revision 1, Revision 2, Any Other Revisions)
• Include a rubric scored by you and one other student.

Assignment Supporting Documents:

• Organizer – Narrative Map
• Organizer – Narrative Details
• Grade 4 Narrative Checklist
• Grade 5 Narrative Checklist
• Grade 6 Narrative Checklist
• Grade 4 Narrative Rubric
• Grade 5 & 6 Narrative Rubric

Assignment Prompt:

Directions for Writing: Write a narrative story using the Harris Burdick picture prompt. Include the sentence, that accompanies your picture, somewhere in your story.

Date Assigned: 8/25/2014 (Monday)

Date Due: 9/10/2014 (Wednesday)

Assignment Duration: 12 School Days

Assignment Pacing: To stay on track, students should have completed the following steps by these dates:

• PREWRITE (Graphic Organizer) – Tuesday (8/26/2014)
• SLOPY COPY (1st Draft) – Thursday (8/28/2014)
• TYPED – Friday (8/29/2014)
• REVISION 1 (Word Choice) – Tuesday (9/2/2014)
• REVISION 2 (Sentence Fluency) – Thursday (9/4/2014)
• EDITING & FINAL DRAFT- Tuesday (9/9/2014)
• TURNED IN TO MR.D & POSTED TO BLOG – Wednesday (9/10/2014)

Submitting the Assignment:

• Turn in Final Drafts with all supporting documents (Organizer, Sloppy Copy, Typed 1, Revision 1, Revision 2, Any Other Revisions)
• Include a rubric scored by you and one other student.

Assignment Supporting Documents:

• Organizer – Narrative Map
• Grade 4 Narrative Checklist
• Grade 5 Narrative Checklist
• Grade 6 Narrative Checklist
• Grade 4 Narrative Rubric
• Grade 5 & 6 Narrative Rubric

Each Year I assign a first project of the year called a “Personal Project.”  This projects is a short research project for students to work on in the first few weeks of school, in order to get their feet wet. Students may choose any topic they are interested in, as long as it isn’t a topic of research they have completed in another class or grade.  Their topic must be approved my the teacher prior to beginning.  There is a timeline for completion, and some of the work will need to to take place outside of school.

Students may choose a Poster Project OR a PowerPoint Project.  They may not do both.  They may not switch after declaring their project type.  Students must use the rubric as they work on their project to assess their work performance prior to turning it in.  By using the rubric, students should be able to anticipate what score they will recieve from the teacher.  All students should be able to attain a high score by meeting the criteria on the rubric.  They may get assistance from peers OR adults, but adults may not complete the project for the student.

Time Line:

Assigned: 8/21/2014 (Thursday)
Due 8/29/2014 (Friday)

Below are the rubrics for our beginning of the year personal projects.

• Personal Choice Project-Poster RUBRIC
• Personal Choice Project-PowerPoint RUBRIC
• PowerPoint storyboard for planning your PowerPoint