ELA 7
Study for F451
http://www.gradesaver.com/fahrenheit-451/
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade7/read.htm
8th:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2006/grade8/read/8reading.htm
ELA 7/8: Semester 1
Reading: We are starting a novel study next week on Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
CA Standards:
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
3.2 Identify events that advance the plot and determine how each event explains past or
present action(s) or foreshadows future action(s).
3.3 Analyze characterization as delineated through a character’s thoughts, words, speech
patterns, and actions; the narrator’s description; and the thoughts, words, and actions
of other characters.
3.4 Identify and analyze recurring themes across works (e.g., the value of bravery, loyalty,
and friendship; the effects of loneliness).
3.5 Contrast points of view (e.g., first and third person, limited and omniscient, subjective
and objective) in narrative text and explain how they affect the overall theme of the work.
Structural Features of Literature:
3.1Determine and articulate the relationship between the purposes and different forms of poetry (e.g., ballad, lyric, couplet, epic, elegy, ode, sonnet).
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
3.2 Evaluate the structural elements of the plot (e.g., subplots, parallel episodes, climax),
the plot’s development, and the way in which conflicts are (or are not) addressed and
resolved.
3.3 Compare and contrast motivations and reactions of literary characters from different
historical eras confronting similar situations or conflicts.
3.4 Analyze the relevance of the setting (e.g., place, time, customs) to the mood, tone, and
meaning of the text.
3.5 Identify and analyze recurring themes (e.g., good versus evil) across traditional and
contemporary works.
3.6 Identify significant literary devices (e.g., metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony) that define
a writer’s style and use those elements to interpret the work.We will be doing in class reading, reading comprehension, and final assessments
Writing: We will be covering "Expository Writing" with a Detectives Handbook and leading into
a Expository Essay that will be writeen multiple times, revised and edited and assesses by other teachers
CA State Standards:
Using the writing strategies of grade eight outlined in Writing Standard 1.0, students:
2.5 Write summaries of reading materials:
a. Include the main ideas and most significant details.
b. Use the student’s own words, except for quotations.
c. Reflect underlying meaning, not just the superficial details.
Resources to use at home:
1. www.classzone.com please register him under student and use this activation code to access 4096150-10 .
For 7/8th grade: ACTIVATION CODE: 4096150-30
Go to the "listening center" to preview stories and play around with the other links for extra help!
2. Please use www.readingplus.com at home too
Narrative Extra Credit
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