HOMEWORK

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African American Wax Museum

We have been exploring the genre study of BIOGRAPHIES this month. We have spent our time reading and analyzing the biographies of Wilma Rudolph and Barack Obama. We have also created three different biographies: one on Barack Obama and two others on extraordinary people that the students know.

The 4th and 5th graders will be participating in an African American Wax Museum as a culminating project to conclude this genre study. The theme for the museum is “Unsung Heroes.” The museum will be highlighting those African Americans who made great contributions to America, but often go unrecognized.

In preparation for the wax museum, your child will be creating a timeline and writing a 5-paragraph essay about their famous African American. In addition, they will condense their essay into a one-paragraph speech that they are required to memorize for the museum. Majority of the work will be done in class and will take place during the month of February.

The Wax Museum will be on March 1^st. More information regarding the time will be forth coming. I hope to see you all there.

Milestone #3 Reminder

IMPORTANT REMINDER!! 

MILESTONE #3 

Due Friday, February 11, 2011 

All visual aids for your interest project are due!!

Please have sign and return by Monday, January 31st.

You may use several different types of visual aids for your exhibition.  This will only enhance your presentation and retain your audience’s attention.

·        Visual aids can be:  Power Point Presentations, video clips, poster boards, posters, overhead projector transparencies, models, handouts, mobiles, diorama, and/or demonstrations.

o   For your “How-To” interest project you need to bring 2 items for each Roman numeral.  For example, if you are showing us how to bake chocolate chip cookies, you may want to bring in the pan, something to mix the dough with or, a poster, power point, etc., showing the history of your topic.

·        The visual aids should be large enough to be seen from the back of the room.  Something written on 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper is NOT a visual aid.

·        Do NOT bring pieces of paper that will become the visual aids.  They need to be already assembled.

·        All visual aids must be relevant to your interest project.  You CANNOT use generic or random pictures.  EX:   if you described the planet Neptune, you cannot use pictures about another planet.

You are required to have at least one visual aid per Roman numeral, but you are not limited to just one.

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