Lesson 24 — Activity 3: Assignment
Completion requirements
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
Marking Guide:
In this assignment, look at the novel. Read the title, read the back cover, and reread the preface on page 8.
What ideas come to your mind? What are your first impressions of the novel? What three questions do you have about the novel? (You will complete the answers to these questions in a later assignment.)
Write down your thoughts, then organize them into a logical paragraph that expresses your main ideas about the novel and what you think it will be like to read.
When done, review using the
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Then review once again, using this Rubric that your teacher will use to mark your work.
In this assignment, look at the novel. Read the title, read the back cover, and reread the preface on page 8.
What ideas come to your mind? What are your first impressions of the novel? What three questions do you have about the novel? (You will complete the answers to these questions in a later assignment.)
Write down your thoughts, then organize them into a logical paragraph that expresses your main ideas about the novel and what you think it will be like to read.
When done, review using the
Then review once again, using this Rubric that your teacher will use to mark your work.
What ideas come to your mind? What are your first impressions of the novel? What three questions do you have about the novel? (You will complete the answers to these questions in a later assignment.)
Write down your thoughts, then organize them into a logical paragraph that expresses your main ideas about the novel and what you think it will be like to read.
When done, review using the
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
Then review once again, using this Rubric that your teacher will use to mark your work.
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
Please do one of the following:
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.