Individual Virginia Hamilton Final Project Choice Board

Directions: Choose ONE project to match with your Virginia Hamilton novel. Follow the directions carefully.

DUE DATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 17th at the beginning of Period 4.

NO WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER PERIOD 4 ON FRIDAY.

If you feel you will be absent then send in your project with another student or email the project to me: kmcnulty2@schools.nyc.gov before

8AM on Friday.

1. CREATE A FACEBOOK PAGE: In the Point of View of One Character From Your Novel

2. Create a STORY QUILT

3. Write a Sequel (Chapter One) of a Virginia Hamilton Novel

4. Create a PowerPoint or Film a Book Talk about a Virginia Hamilton Novel

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REVISED PROJECT DATES

We will be using the citywide test you completed between this past Wednesday and Friday as your final exam for reading/writing. So, the final scheduled for Wednesday, June 22nd is canceled.

UPDATES...

Monday, June 13th: Begin bringing back CLASS LIBRARY BOOKS

Friday, June 17th:

• Final PORTFOLIO/ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY check (for a grade)
• Individual VIRGINIA HAMILTON choice board PROJECTS are due

Wednesday, June 22nd:

• ALL LIBRARY INDEPENDENT READING BOOKS due back today

Thursday, June 23rd: Fines for library books will be collected today. Portfolios will be completed between today and tomorrow and boxed.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR READING STARS THIS YEAR

Congratulations to all the students in class 751 who achieved their 25 BOOK reading goal this year:

Cesar

Vallery

Lesly

Ysaira

Brenda

Solangie

Guianina

Jonathan

Mitchelangelo

Margarita

Divanur

Abraham

Daniela

Diana

IMPORTANT DATES

Friday, June 17th:

• Final PORTFOLIO/ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY check (for a grade)
• Individual VIRGINIA HAMILTON choice board PROJECTS are due

Wednesday, June 22nd:

• FINAL reading comprehension exam
• ALL LIBRARY INDEPENDENT READING BOOKS due back today

Writing a Film Critique

Your film critique of "The House of Dies Drear" is due Wednesday, May 25th. Remember to include:

Paragraph 1: Offer your overall impression of the film while mentioning the movie's title, director, and key characters.

Paragraph 2: Summarize the plot of the film

Paragraph 3: How did the actors portray key character roles? Did they fulfill your expectations given your knowledge of the original novel or play (if one exists)?

Paragraph 4: Were any particular film techniques used in key scenes? How did the film techniques anmd music enhance the setting and themes of the film? You may need two paragraphs to explain this information.

Paragraph 5: Ending paragraph--your last opportunity to guide the reader. Offer a clincher that tells the reader to attend the film or not.

Here are some websites to help you with writing your film critique of "The House of Dies Drear":

http://www.sage.edu/faculty/salomd/phil490/spring2002/filmcritique.htm
http://www.moviefilmreview.com/ht
http://www.ehow.com/how_2278441_write-movie-critique.html

Joanne Fluke Mystery Book Club Projects

Everyone did a great job on their group projects. Here are just a few samples.

READING STARS

Congratulations to our class reading stars: Lesly, Ysaira, Solangie, Divanur, and Diana. They met their April reading goal of 23 books. And, congratulations to Jaqueline for being the first to reach her year's goal of 25 books. Wonderful, girls!

Remember that the next annotated bibliography check is at the end of May with a total of 25 books for the school year. If the entire class reaches this goal, there will be an ice cream sundae party scheduled for sometime mid-June. The students who reads the most books will receive a VISA debit card.