Assignment: 3.
Report: Native American Culture
REPORT: NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE -
Preparation for ORAL REPORT (Video) at the end of the unit.
Instructions:
Use an encyclopedia or the Internet to learn more about Native American Culture. Listen to audio books and CD's to learn more on the music, legends, and culture of a Native American tribe that lived in Kansas. You will need to include a list of your sources at the end of your report, or you may make a Works Cited page using easybib.com.
Write two paragraphs about what you learned. First plan out your paragraphs by drawing a graphic organizer on your paper. Outline your main ideas and details on the graphic organizer. You may write about where the Native Americans live now, how they live, what they make, what they eat, or about their past and how they lived previously.
Choose one main idea for each paragraph and support it with details. Each paragraph should include a topic sentence. Each paragraph should include at least three additional sentences that tell more about the main idea. Remember to begin your paper with an introductory sentence to show what the report will cover (overall topic sentence) and end your paper with a summary sentence. Use proper grammar and punctuation. :) You will need to submit a picture of your graphic organizer and your typed paragraphs in OW.
You will also give this report orally for the special project at the end of the unit. After you submit your written project you should spend some time practicing for your video presentation. When you are ready you may video your presentation and submit it then. Put a note on the OW Special Project page letting me know you are sending it to me in Skype, and then submit the project so I can add your grade.
Assignment : 9.
Project: Book Report - Historical Fiction
From the OW Project page:
Most of the literature you read is fiction, make-believe stories created in the author's imagination. A fiction writer makes a story up by pretending and then writing about what he or she pretends. If a fiction story is believable, you may feel like you are right in the middle of the action. A fiction story can also teach you as much about life as a true story.
One of the ways an author can make fiction believable is by writing historical fiction. A historical fiction is an imaginary story which happens during a time period in history. Usually, the story focuses on an important event in history and how it effects the lives of characters that the author created in his mind, but historical fiction can include real people as well.
Historical fiction offers a great way to learn about history by "reliving" it through the lives of the characters. It helps you to think about how important places or times in history have influenced how people lived and thought. It also helps you imagine how the time period have influenced you, had you lived then.
Read a historical fiction book from the suggested list on the OW Project page. Be sure to use the Aks for Help note to let me know the name and author of the book you choose before you begin reading so we can make sure you have chosen an acceptable book for this assignment. Then continue each day to let me know how many pages or chapters you have read each day. Remember to include the date each day you check in. After you have finished reading the book, complete the following:
1. Write the title of of book.
2. Write the author's name.
3. Describe your favorite part of the story.
4. Draw and color a picture of this part. (Remember to send me the picture!) :)
Most of the literature you read is fiction, make-believe stories created in the author's imagination. A fiction writer makes a story up by pretending and then writing about what he or she pretends. If a fiction story is believable, you may feel like you are right in the middle of the action. A fiction story can also teach you as much about life as a true story.
One of the ways an author can make fiction believable is by writing historical fiction. A historical fiction is an imaginary story which happens during a time period in history. Usually, the story focuses on an important event in history and how it effects the lives of characters that the author created in his mind, but historical fiction can include real people as well.
Historical fiction offers a great way to learn about history by "reliving" it through the lives of the characters. It helps you to think about how important places or times in history have influenced how people lived and thought. It also helps you imagine how the time period have influenced you, had you lived then.
Read a historical fiction book from the suggested list on the OW Project page. Be sure to use the Aks for Help note to let me know the name and author of the book you choose before you begin reading so we can make sure you have chosen an acceptable book for this assignment. Then continue each day to let me know how many pages or chapters you have read each day. Remember to include the date each day you check in. After you have finished reading the book, complete the following:
1. Write the title of of book.
2. Write the author's name.
3. Describe your favorite part of the story.
4. Draw and color a picture of this part. (Remember to send me the picture!) :)
Begin HERE for Project 16, 18, and 19
Part 1, 2, and 3
There is a lot of information to read below before you begin the outline project for this unit. After you read through everything please let me know if you have questions. :)
Part 1, 2, and 3
There is a lot of information to read below before you begin the outline project for this unit. After you read through everything please let me know if you have questions. :)
ASSIGNMENT 15 - SECTION THREE - PLEASE REVIEW before beginning the next project.
REVIEW BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR OUTLINE, which has directions listed below.
After you find all your information for your report, you need to "clean your room."
Think of it this way. When you clean up your room, you organize. You put things where they belong. You need to do the same thing with the information for your report. The way that you organize that information is to write an outline.
An outline is a plan that will help you arrange facts in proper order. An outline is made up of main ideas and less important ideas. These are called main headings and subheadings.
Let's look at how Ted wrote his outline.
Ted's questions were:
1. What is a harvester ant?
2. Do harvester ants have a queen?
3. How are new ant colonies formed?
Ted took his questions and turned each one into a main heading. Notice that each word is capitalized.
I. The Harvester Ant
II. The Harvester Queen
III. The New Colony
Next, Ted used his notes to decide what the subheadings would be. (Look at Ted's notes again in Lesson 9). There should always be at least two subheadings for each main heading. Notice only the first word in a subheading is capitalized.
I. The Harvester Ant
A. What it looks like
B. What it does
II. The Harvester Queen
A. Workers care for her
B. She lays eggs
III. The New Colony
A. Mating
B. Nesting
Ted's outline is like a "skeleton" for his report. It provides the "bones" needed to give the report support. Notice he did not use complete sentence so no punctuation is needed at the end of each point. Follow this example when you complete your outline for your paper. :)
Assignment: 16. Project: Report Project -- Part 1-
Review the info in the section above this on preparing an outline, before beginning your outline! Use the provided worksheet below.
Assignment: 18. Project: Report Project -- Part 2-
Complete the outline for Report Project -- Part 2. You should have three main points, which will be your three paragraphs. Each main point should have two or three subpoints.
Assignment: 19. Project: Report Project -- Part 3
Carefully follow the directions on the OW Project page for each part of the project, but use the worksheet provided HERE for Part 1.
Each assignment should be typed in a Word document and uploaded to the OW file area on the OW page.
Your final paper for Assignment 19 will need to be typed, size 14, double spaced. You should have three paragraphs (one for each main idea in your outline.) Please do not just type it in the OW box as it will be reassigned.
Remember to review the section below to help you with your outline. This is from lesson 15. Don't forget to review!! :
~Special Project-Presentation~
Assignment: 23.
Special Project
REPORT: NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
Now it is time to present your report from Assignment 3. You may record your presentation and send it to me over Skype or by using http://www.filepigeon.com. Remember to practice your report before recording it to send. Make sure you speak clearly so your words can be heard and understood. :) Have fun with this!
Note to Parents:
Course: Language Arts 400
Unit: 9. READING AND RESEARCHING
Assignment: 16. Project: Report Project -- Part 1
Your child will be completing a three part research project. Please see notes below and assist your child through these projects to help him/her learn the most. :) The lessons throughout the unit will also relate to the project so it is important your child completes each assignment and project in the order it is assigned. :)
Teacher Note: Research is often a very frustrating process for students. They can quickly become discouraged if, after a few attempts, they find little or no information about their topics. This process is particularly daunting to younger students. Remember that the student should be searching for information only in the children's section of the library. The goal is to find two pieces of information useful enough to use in writing a short report. The student will need to check out two books on the chosen topic. Help the student to achieve this goal as quickly as possible. Check the student's notes carefully. They should represent the student paraphrasing the words of the source. If not, encourage the student to rewrite the notes, using his or her own words. Otherwise, note taking and report writing become little more than an exercise in copying. The notes should also include the source information--specifically, the author, title of work, and page numbers consulted. Regarding grading: This project is one of three projects which make up the project grade for this unit. Thus, the work which the student does for this project is worth 33.3% of the report grade. The other two projects include: Outline/First Copy, and Final Copy. Each of these is likewise worth 33.3% of the project grade for this unit.
Finding Information and Taking Notes
https://media.glynlyon.com/o_rla04_2012/9/research.html
This link is on the OW project page as well. It should be used to help the student organize his/her information and notes. This information will be used to write the outline and first copy as well as the final copy of his/her paper. It will need to be double spaced and one page long (typed).
Also in this unit, your child will write a report on Native Americans that he or she will need to present orally as well. There are directions at lessonlinks.weebly.com. Please look over all the directions with your child as he or she begins the unit. :) Thanks. Mrs. Wilt :)