ELA 6th
Study for City of Ember Test:
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/city_of_ember.htm
ESSAY SMART:
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use the ACTIVATION CODE: 4096150-10
Narrative Extra Credit - Must be done by May 13, 2011 to receive points.
This is an extra credit assignment, worth up to 100 Language Arts points. I will be grading based on the product and the amount of effort put into the project. Extra credit is only offered to those students who have been showing consistent effort.
Personal narratives are nonfiction stories that are told in first person (using the word “I” throughout). They are stories that can actually happen. There are no fantasy elements in personal narratives. We see these stories very often in the novels we read, but, like we talked about in class, many musicians use things that have happened to them to create lyrics to their songs. For example, Taylor Swift almost always writes songs about things that have happened to her.
For this extra credit assignment you will do the following activities:
1. Choose a song which has a narrative in the lyrics (You may not use ANY Taylor Swift songs). Be sure that the person singing is using first person (“I”).
2. Rewrite the story that is being presented in paragraph form. This means you are taking what you hear and putting it in your own words, continuing the narrative form (using “I”). Make sure it reads like a story, with a beginning, middle, and end.
a. Please print out the lyrics when finished, so I can have a copy to refer to.
3. Answer the following reflection question in a complete paragraph:
How does this song relate to you? Did you choose this song for a certain reason? Why?
4. Complete one of these projects
a. Do you prefer to read narrative, fantasy, biography, or poetry books? Why do you think this is? What song would you say makes the best connection to your favorite book? Give examples of this connection. This choice should be at least two paragraphs.
b. If you were to write a verse of this song, what would you add to it? Be creative! The verse can come at the beginning, middle, or end. Think of the song as a story. What could you add to make it more descriptive?
c. Create a cover for the song if it were to be turned into a book. You may use any artistic medium, but you may not cut and paste from the CD sleeve (artwork that comes with the song).
I will only accept completed extra credit assignments, not just one part. Please make sure that all work is original and creative!
Scoring:
Part 1: 10 points
Part 2: 25 points
Part 3: 25 points
Part 4: 40 points
Personal narratives are nonfiction stories that are told in first person (using the word “I” throughout). They are stories that can actually happen. There are no fantasy elements in personal narratives. We see these stories very often in the novels we read, but, like we talked about in class, many musicians use things that have happened to them to create lyrics to their songs. For example, Taylor Swift almost always writes songs about things that have happened to her.
For this extra credit assignment you will do the following activities:
1. Choose a song which has a narrative in the lyrics (You may not use ANY Taylor Swift songs). Be sure that the person singing is using first person (“I”).
2. Rewrite the story that is being presented in paragraph form. This means you are taking what you hear and putting it in your own words, continuing the narrative form (using “I”). Make sure it reads like a story, with a beginning, middle, and end.
a. Please print out the lyrics when finished, so I can have a copy to refer to.
3. Answer the following reflection question in a complete paragraph:
How does this song relate to you? Did you choose this song for a certain reason? Why?
4. Complete one of these projects
a. Do you prefer to read narrative, fantasy, biography, or poetry books? Why do you think this is? What song would you say makes the best connection to your favorite book? Give examples of this connection. This choice should be at least two paragraphs.
b. If you were to write a verse of this song, what would you add to it? Be creative! The verse can come at the beginning, middle, or end. Think of the song as a story. What could you add to make it more descriptive?
c. Create a cover for the song if it were to be turned into a book. You may use any artistic medium, but you may not cut and paste from the CD sleeve (artwork that comes with the song).
I will only accept completed extra credit assignments, not just one part. Please make sure that all work is original and creative!
Scoring:
Part 1: 10 points
Part 2: 25 points
Part 3: 25 points
Part 4: 40 points