Slavery-Grade+9

Project 2- 9th grade __ Objectives:  __ Students will read //To Kill a Mockingbird// by Harper Lee. Class will read aloud //Copper Sun// by Sharon Draper. __ Standards:  __ 9.3.9-Explain how voice and choice of narrator affect characterization and the tone, plot, and credibility of a text. 9.5.2-Write responses to literature that:  ·   Demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of literary works.  ·   Support statements with evidence from the text.  ·   Demonstrate an awareness of the author’s style and an appreciation of the effects created.  ·   Identify and assess the impact of ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text. ** 1.1.9 – ** Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding ** 2.1.2— ** Organize knowledge so it is useful. ** 3.1.1— ** Conclude an inquiry based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning. __ Activities:  __ 1.     The teacher will develop a blog the students can respond to with their daily readings in order to interact with others their thought regarding the stories as they develop. The teacher will monitor the blog. Students will also keep an ongoing journal to write their thoughts down to use at the end of the novels. 2.    When the novels are done. Students will choose one character from each novel, where one of the characters from //To Kill a Mockingbird// writes a letter to one of the characters in //Copper Sun// or vice versa describing what they admire about their character, what advice they could give for the situation they are in, and how they foresee the future of that character and the racial prejudices they may face.
 * Language Arts **
 * AASL **

Rubric: 
 * CATEGORY  || **4  ** || **3  ** || **2  ** || **1  ** ||
 * **Ideas ** || Ideas were expressed in a clear and organized fashion. It was easy to figure out what the letter was about.  || Ideas were expressed in a pretty clear manner, but the organziation could have been better.  || Ideas were somewhat organized, but were not very clear. It took more than one reading to figure out what the letter was about.  || The letter seemed to be a collection of unrelated sentences. It was very difficult to figure out what the letter was about.  ||
 * **Sentences & Paragraphs ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well-constructed and of varied structure.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">All sentences are complete and well-constructed (no fragments, no run-ons). Paragraphing is generally done well.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Most sentences are complete and well-constructed. Paragraphing needs some work.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Many sentence fragments or run-on sentences OR paragraphing needs lots of work.  ||
 * **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Grammar & spelling (conventions) ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar and/or spelling.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar and/or spelling  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar and/or spelling.  ||
 * **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Neatness ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Letter is typed, clean, not wrinkled, and is easy to read with no distracting error corrections. It was done with pride.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Letter is neatly hand-written, clean, not wrinkled, and is easy to read with no distracting error corrections. It was done with care.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Letter is typed and is crumpled or slightly stained. It may have 1-2 distracting error corrections. It was done with some care.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Letter is typed and looks like it had been shoved in a pocket or locker. It may have several distracting error corrections. It looks like it was done in a hurry or stored improperly.  ||
 * **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Format ** || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Complies with all the requirements for a friendly letter.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Complies with almost all the requirements for a friendly letter.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Complies with several of the requirements for a friendly letter.  || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Complies with less than 75% of the requirements for a friendly letter.  ||