March Literature Project:
For their March literature project, the class will read a biography and then write a letter to that person. It doesn’t matter if the person is deceased – they can still write and tell the person why they chose him or her, write some things they might admire about that person, and ask a few questions. It can be about any person from any time from any walk of life. These are due the last week in March. Here are some links to friendly letter formats and templates:
www.janbrett.com/images/friendly_letter2.gif
http://www.abcya.com/friendly_letter_maker.htm
www.k6edu.com/6thgrade/language_arts/friendly-letter-template.html
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February Literature Project
Due March 1, 2010
A Classic Folk or Fairy Tale, or Fable
PART ONE: WRITTEN REPORT
In a short report, answer these questions:
Paragraph One:
- What is the title of your story? If it came from a collection of stories, what is the name of the collection? (Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Aesop’s Fables, etc.)
- If the author is known, who is it?
- If you read a picture book, who illustrated it?
- What country is your story from? (Answer only if this is known – you don’t have to research it.)
- Is your story a folk tale (a story, usually of anonymous authorship and legendary or mythical elements, made and handed down orally among the common people), a fairy tale (a story about fairies, giants, magic deeds, etc.; an unbelievable or untrue story), or a fable (a fictitious story meant to teach a moral lesson: the characters are usually talking animals)? (Thank you, Mr. Webster!)
Paragraph Two:
1. Who is/are the main character(s)?
2. What is the setting? Time, place?
3. What is the main problem?
4. How do they solve it? Do they get help? From whom?
5. Does your story have a happy ending?
Paragraph Three:
1. Did you like your story?
2. Would you recommend it to a friend? Why?
PART TWO:Project
Make a sock puppet of your main character (this does NOT have to be fancy, and should be done by the student). Your puppet will help you present his or her story.
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January Literature Project – Due January 31
POETRY
1. Read a LOT of poems with family members.
2. Choose a poem that you really enjoy.
3. Either copy it or make a copy of it (on 8 ½ X 11 paper).
4. Draw a picture to illustrate your poem (on 8 ½ X 11 paper).
5. Answer the questions on the attached form.
6. Mount the three pages (poem, illustration, and questions) next to each other on a poster board (a rectangle measuring 15”h X 30”w).
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LITERATURE PROJECT – JANUARY 2009
POETRY
The name of my poem is:
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The author is:
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Where I found this poem:
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I chose this poem because:
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This poem is about:
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Some rhyming words I found in my poem are:
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My favorite line or phrase from the poem is:
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