Blog Practice: Pictures Talking to Themselves

Aloha! 
Welcome to this blog practice! Today you're going to practice

1. Logging in to your kawaikini.com account. (*NOTE!! Safari works better with Blogger! Chrome tends to eat comments and randomly log you out!)
2. Navigating to the class blog Kawaikinienglish.blogspot.com
3. Using the Pages, Blog Archive, and Labels to find what you need on the blog
4. Going to a specific Post
5. Commenting on a Post. (*NOTE!! Before clicking "Publish" on your comment, Copy it [Ctrl+C or Command+C] in case it gets eaten by The Google Monsters!)

You will have finished this assignment successfully when you've left your comment on this post with your kawaikini.com account. Your comment is from this short

Look, Think and Write Assignment: 

Look at the pictures below.
Slow down. Look at the top. Look at the bottom. Look at the left. Look at the right.

Choose a person, animal or object in the pictures. Put yourself in their mind.
What do they see? What do they believe? What do they wish for?

In your comment, write with the voice of your chosen person, animal or object. Address a person, animal, or object in ANOTHER picture. Explain what you see, believe, and wish for. Add one more thought-- what do you want them to remember about you?

See the first comment below for an example. Remember, your comment needs to include:

• Who you are (which character from which painting)
• Who you are talking to (which character from which painting)
• What you see, believe, and wish for
• What you want that other character to remember about you after you're gone.

Good luck!

"Manifest Destiny" 2004. By Alexis Rockman.

"Lei Making" by Herb Kane

Govenor Boki of Oahu and his Wife Liliha, drawing by John Hayter, 1824. 

Q3 Book Report: Annotated Bibliography

Q3: Papa 7: Reading for Research Book Report
Due: ________________________________

Assignment:

What is a topic you want to explore in depth? What is an idea you are very curious about? What is something you’d like to know more about? This project is your opportunity to gain expertise on a topic of your choice.

You will go through the process of brainstorming ideas, researching your topic, creating an annotated bibliography about your topic.

Assignment Checklist:

• Choose Your Topic: ____________________________________
• Teacher Approval:_______________________________
• How do you cite a book? Write an example:__________________________________
• How do you cite an article? Write an example:__________________________________
• Gather at least 10 (middle school) or 20 (high school) print sources about your article from the public or class library.
• Read these sources for your nightly 30 minutes of reading-- take notes on them in your reading journal.
• As you read, write down the complete and accurate citation for each source in your annotated bibliography document (http://goo.gl/sMGJIa). Include a short “annotation” or summary of the most important points of the source.
• When you’ve read all of your sources, alphabetize them and proofread them in your annotated Bibliography Document
• Write up an 1 page essay (double spaced, Times New Roman Font, size 11, black on white) using one of the prompts below:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.9 Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

Q3: Papa 8: Reading for Research Book Report

Due: ________________________________

Assignment:

What is a topic you want to explore in depth? What is an idea you are very curious about? What is something you’d like to know more about? This project is your opportunity to gain expertise on a topic of your choice.

You will go through the process of brainstorming ideas, researching your topic, creating an annotated bibliography about your topic.

Assignment Checklist:

• Choose Your Topic: ____________________________________
• Teacher Approval:_______________________________
• How do you cite a book? Write an example:__________________________________
• How do you cite an article? Write an example:__________________________________
• Gather at least 10 (middle school) or 20 (high school) print sources about your article from the public or class library.
• Read these sources for your nightly 30 minutes of reading-- take notes on them in your reading journal.
• As you read, write down the complete and accurate citation for each source in your annotated bibliography document (http://goo.gl/sMGJIa). Include a short “annotation” or summary of the most important points of the source.
• When you’ve read all of your sources, alphabetize them and proofread them in your annotated Bibliography Document
• Write up an 1 page essay (double spaced, Times New Roman Font, size 11, black on white) using one of the prompts below:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.9 Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.

Q3: Papa 9-10: Reading for Research Book Report
Due: ________________________________

Assignment:

What is a topic you want to explore in depth? What is an idea you are very curious about? What is something you’d like to know more about? This project is your opportunity to gain expertise on a topic of your choice.

You will go through the process of brainstorming ideas, researching your topic, creating an annotated bibliography about your topic.

Assignment Checklist:

• Choose Your Topic: ____________________________________
• Teacher Approval:_______________________________
• How do you cite a book? Write an example:__________________________________
• How do you cite an article? Write an example:__________________________________
• Gather at least 10 (middle school) or 20 (high school) print sources about your article from the public or class library.
• Read these sources for your nightly 30 minutes of reading-- take notes on them in your reading journal.
• As you read, write down the complete and accurate citation for each source in your annotated bibliography document (http://goo.gl/sMGJIa). Include a short “annotation” or summary of the most important points of the source.
• When you’ve read all of your sources, alphabetize them and proofread them in your annotated Bibliography Document
• Write up an 1 page essay (double spaced, Times New Roman Font, size 11, black on white) using one of the prompts below:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.8 Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

Q3: Papa 11-12: Reading for Research Book Report
Due: ________________________________

Assignment:

What is a topic you want to explore in depth? What is an idea you are very curious about? What is something you’d like to know more about? This project is your opportunity to gain expertise on a topic of your choice.

You will go through the process of brainstorming ideas, researching your topic, creating an annotated bibliography about your topic.

Assignment Checklist:

• Choose Your Topic: ____________________________________
• Teacher Approval:_______________________________
• How do you cite a book? Write an example:__________________________________
• How do you cite an article? Write an example:__________________________________
• Gather at least 10 (middle school) or 20 (high school) print sources about your article from the public or class library.
• Read these sources for your nightly 30 minutes of reading-- take notes on them in your reading journal.
• As you read, write down the complete and accurate citation for each source in your annotated bibliography document (http://goo.gl/sMGJIa). Include a short “annotation” or summary of the most important points of the source.
• When you’ve read all of your sources, alphabetize them and proofread them in your annotated Bibliography Document
• Write up an 1 page essay (double spaced, Times New Roman Font, size 11, black font on white background) using one of the prompts below:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

Q2 Book Report Assignment

Q2: Grade 7+8: Book Reports

Book Club Day:________________________

COMPLETELY FINISH at least one book of your choosing with your nightly 30 minutes of reading. Challenge yourself to read different types of books, and explore your interests across genres.

On book club day, bring:

a healthy snack to share

a handout about your book with

the title

your rating

author

genre

brief summary

central image

a typed essay from one of the choices below.

NO LATE BOOK REPORTS WILL BE ACCEPTED

2nd Quarter: Craft and Structure

How did the author use words and phrases? Find examples of really excellent or interesting words and phrases and describe how they affect the meaning of the story, the feeling of the story. Pay special attention to analogies (“like” or “as”) and allusions (shout-outs to other stories, books, movies etc.)

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

Choose TWO books to compare to each other. How are they structured? Are the chapters short or long? Does the story follow a nice linear timeline or does it jump around in time? Does the conflict come at the beginning or the end? How does the structure of these two books change the meaning and style of the books?

Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

What are the points of view in your story? Who is the narrator? What kind of narrator are they? Do you trust their point of view? What does the point of view in your story accomplish?  Does the point of view lead to suspense or humor?

Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

Q2: Grade 9+10: Book Reports

Book Club Date: Thursday October 2, 2014

COMPLETELY FINISH at least one book of your choosing with your nightly 30 minutes of reading. Challenge yourself to read different types of books, and explore your interests across genres.

On book club day, bring:

a healthy snack to share

a handout about your book with

the title

your rating

author

genre

brief summary

central image

a typed essay from one of the choices below.

NO LATE BOOK REPORTS WILL BE ACCEPTED

Choose your book report essay from this list:

(Based on Common Core Standards for Literature for grade 9-10)

Q2: Craft and Structure

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g. how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

5. Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g. pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

6. Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

Q2: Grade 11+12: Book Reports

Book Club Date: October 2, 2014

Each month, you should COMPLETELY FINISH at least one book of your choosing with your nightly 30 minutes of reading. Challenge yourself to read different types of books, and explore your interests across genres.

On book club day, bring:

a healthy snack to share

a handout about your book with

the title

your rating

author

genre

brief summary

central image

a typed essay from one of the choices below.

NO LATE BOOK REPORTS WILL BE ACCEPTED

Q2: Craft and Structure

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)

5. Analyze how an authorʻs choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g. the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.

6. Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).

Summer Reading Assignment

From Danielle
 Read one prose-- fiction or non-fiction, book and report on:
1. Title:
2. Author:
3. Genre:
4. Setting:
5. Protagonist;
6. Characterize the Protagonist:
7. Conflict:
8. Climax:
9. Resolution:
10. Summary of Plot:
11. Theme/ So What/Lesson
12. How does this theme relate to your own life? Why?
13. What was the most memorable part of this book? Why?
14. What did you like the most about the author's style?
15. What were some of your favorite lines? Why?
16. What type of person would you recommend this book to? Why?