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15 points - Paper assignment
Write about how you will celebrate New Year's Eve when you grow up.
You will have 30 minutes to complete and submit this assignment.
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10 points - Paper assignment
Describe one big goal you have for 2025. Why do you consider this to be your 'big goal'? How will you achieve this goal by the end of 2025? Be descriptive.
You will have 20 minutes to complete this assignment. Then, you will share your goal with the class.
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The number 3.
25 points - Typed assignment
Which do you like best - breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Based upon your choice, write a three paragraph response (Introduction, Body, and Conclusion) that includes THREE reasons in your body paragraph.
You will have 30 minutes to complete and submit this assignment to Google Classroom.
The number 4.
20 points - Paper assignment
Write a TWO page story from the viewpoint of a cow about a chicken that runs away from a farm. Remember, you must have a beginning, a middle, and an end to your story.
You will have 30 minutes to complete and submit this assignment.
The number 5.
10 points - Paper assignment
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? Explain the manner in which this superpower works and the benefits of this superpower.
You will have 10 minutes to complete this writing.
Peer observation will occur followed by class share time.
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30 points - Typed assignment
Would you rather visit a hot place or a cold place? Research and choose a vacation destination based upon your chosen temperature. Create a vacation trifold brochure to entice others to venture to your vacay spot. Include attractions, activities, historical stops, places to dine, etc. Be convincing!
Submit your completed brochure to Google Classroom.
https://www.canva.com/design/DAGay2yby_w/LynyrDVZMGGzPVLUp54uxQ/edit
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20 points - Paper/Typed assignment
The best part of winter is ...
Write a haiku poem (5-7-5) incorporating insight and imagery.
Then, create a Google slide that includes your created haiku poem along with an image to represent your poem.
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10 points per milestone = 50 points - Paper assignment
For each of the following milestones, create a one paragraph journal entry (5 sentences) to explain what you think a day in your life was like as a baby: Day 1, Day 365, 2 years, 3 years, and 4 years.
You will have two class periods to complete and submit your journal entries.
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30 points TOTAL = 10 points for each section -Paper/Typed assignment
1. Describe your dream treehouse. From what material(s) will it be made? Will your treehouse have something unique incorporated into its design? Will your treehouse have a theme?
2. Based upon your writing, create a five stanza rhyming paragraph that describes your dream treehouse. "I see a treehouse in my dream" will be the first line of your poem.
3. Create an open house invitation for people to visit your dream treehouse.
Submit your treehouse poem upon its completion and your invitation to Google Classroom.
https://photoadking.com/templates/invitations/open-house/
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30 points - Typed assignment
Create a mini-play about the day you found a dinosaur in your backyard.
Submit your completed play to Google Classroom.
Planning a Play Script https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRc6HM48LjMlodssAx9iaaWdlbv5iGwGvByj-U3ZdXY/edit?tab=t.0
Dialogue sheets
file:///C:/Users/kbell/Desktop/pdf-preview-3e90fd6a6d445508596423eab045569e9c7de67d.pdf
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20 points - Typed assignment
What would you do with a million dollars?
Create a Top 10 list using a Google document. Below each action, explain your choice.
Ex. 2. Purchase an apartment in Paris.
This will allow me to explore the country anytime that I desire.
Submit your assignment to Google Classroom.
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30 points - Paper assignment
Pretend you're a bird. The cold weather has settled in, so it's time for you to leave Pennsylvania and head south. Based on your flight plan, provide a detailed traffic report about what you are seeing in your part of the world as you travel to your warmer destination.
You will have 30 minutes to complete and submit this assignment.
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20 points - Typed assignment
What would it be like if you found your twin?
Starting with a headline, write a newspaper article that includes the 5Ws + 1 H.
Submit your article to Google Classroom.
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20 points - Paper assignment
Following the style of a ballad (4 stanzas - lines two and four rhyme), if you could give an award to anyone in your class, whom would you choose? Why?
You will have 30 minutes to complete and submit this assignment.
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10 points - Paper assignment
It's cold outside! Write about your favorite indoor activities. You must include three activities in your writing and indicate as to why these are your favorite indoor activities.
You will have 20 minutes to complete this assignment. Then, you will share your activities with the class.
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30 points - Paper/Typed assignment
You have created a new board game and can't wait for others to play it. However, for all to enjoy, you need to explain the rules of this new game. Write the game's step-by-step directions so that all can enjoy in the fun.
Submit the directions to Google Classroom.
Blank board game templates https://haytorview.devon.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/Create-my-own-board-game-template.pdf
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10 points - Paper assignment
Following the style of a cinquain poem, write about something you lost.
You will have 20 minutes to complete this assignment. Then, you will share your poem with the class.
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10 points - Paper assignment
Write about someone who makes you laugh a lot. What does he/she do/say that keeps you in stitches? Provide several examples to prove your point.
You will have 20 minutes to complete this assignment. Then, you will share your writing with the class.
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30 points TOTAL - Paper assignment
Everyone has a favorite toy, but how well can you convince someone to buy your toy?
There are five advertising techniques from which to choose when trying to get people to buy a product: bandwagon, testimonial, name calling, glittering generality, and repetition. Research each of these advertising techniques.
20 points - Choose one of the techniques and write a thirty second commercial about your favorite toy.
1. What is the purpose of your advertisement?
2. Who is your target audience?
3. List the questions that your advertisement will answer for your audience? Provide 5 questions.
10 points - Record your 30 second commercial (toy included) and attach your video to Google classroom.
https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files/documents/careerstart/advertisingtechniques.pdf
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10 points - Paper assignment
It's Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on January 20! What do you know about him? Research and compile three substantial facts. Be sure to write three detailed, complete sentences that includes correct punctuation.
You will have 15 minutes to complete this assignment. Then, you will write your three facts on the smartboard.
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30 points - Typed assignment
Pretend you own a restaurant! Create a menu that includes three categories (Ex. breakfast, sandwiches, entrees; Ex. soups, salads, sandwiches) along with FIVE items for each category. For each item, provide a succulent sentence description using a wide array of adjectives.
Submit your completed menu to Google Classroom.
https://create.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/menus
How to Describe Food on a Menu https://www.webstaurantstore.com/article/53/how-to-write-a-menu.html?srsltid=AfmBOopGSHmjLuXAR0NAggsvohZLExwAHQ_cS5UtZfWQPaSn2RGUF1lV
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10 points - Paper assignment
Write about trading places with anyone in the world for a day.
You will have 15 minutes to complete this assignment. Then, you will share your writing with the class.
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20 points - Paper assignment
Write a three page fiction story titled, "The Day I was in Charge of the School." Be sure to incorporate dialogue into your story.
You will have two class periods to complete and submit your story.
Dialogue and Quotation Marks https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/grammar/grade-4-dialogue-punctuation-a.pdf
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15 points - Paper assignment
Create an autobiography poem.
You will have 30 minutes to complete and submit this assignment.
Autobiography Poem file:///C:/Users/kbell/Downloads/FreeAutobiographyPoemTemplate-1.pdf
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30 points - Typed assignment
After having read Kipling's "If" poem, create a one stanza, 8 line rhyming poem that begins with the following line: If it snowed ice cream ...
Submit your poem to Google Classroom.