1. March 6-7, 2017
Grab a paper to grade! **Heads up: Test Thursday over I chart and writing vocabulary**

2. Spring Break Assignment
Did you know that the Bible is the number one most printed book of all time with approximately 6 billion copies? That’s a lot of Bibles! So it’s no surprise that so many novels, short stories, plays, poems, movies, and many other types of media make references (or allusions) to such a widely known book. It is important to be familiar with some of the more famous stories in the Bible since many authors allude to it and use it as a subject matter. You should read and study the following selections as literature.
 Assignment #1:
 Directions: Read 10 of the 20 stories listed on the following page. Then, write a short summary, draw an illustration representing what you have read, and include one key verse for each story. As you complete this assignment, check them off and staple it to the first page of your assignment. This assignment will be due the first class day back from Spring Break.
 Requirements:
Check off list stapled to the first page of your assignment (this will serve as a table of contents)
Organized in a spiral-bound notebook, sketch book, scrap book, folder, or binder. Please no loose leaf paper/lined paper.
One summary/illustration per page with a clear title
Summary must be 3-4 sentences in length
Illustration may be drawn. Illustrations will be graded on effort. (If printed, I expect more than one illustration)
*** Use the NIV version of the Bible; you can also read the stories online.

3. Rubric Criteria for evaluation:
A – (100) Student shows evidence of thoughtful, insightful, and creative effort. It is obvious that the student was engaged and exerted a significant amount of time thinking beyond the limits of the assignment. (10 accurate summaries, 10 illustrations, 10 verses-quotes, correct spelling & grammar)
B – (80) Student shows thoughtful and somewhat insightful or creative effort. His or her work is characterized by a clear understanding of the assignment.
C – (75) Student shows a lack of complete understanding and has some difficulty articulating their ideas with clarity and depth. Student completes assignments yet is not entirely engaged.
D – (70) Student shows a lack of desire to complete assignments. When completed, the student’s work is characterized by superficiality and lack of understanding.
F – (60) Incomplete or unacceptable work.
** A word about academic dishonesty: Students found to have engaged in academic dishonesty shall be subject to grade penalties on assignments or tests and disciplinary penalties in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct. Academic dishonesty includes cheating or copying the work of another (student or other). The determination that a student has engaged in academic dishonesty shall be based on the judgment of the classroom teacher or another supervising professional employee, taking into consideration written materials, observation, and information from students.

4. I have written the summary I have drawn an illustration
Bible Stories
I have read
I have written the summary
I have drawn an illustration
I have included a key verse
Creation (Genesis 1)
Adam and Eve (Genesis 2)
The Fall (Genesis 3)
Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)
The Flood and the Covenant (Gen. 6-9)
Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19)
Abraham’s Test (Genesis 22)
The Birth of Moses (Exodus 2)
Moses and the Burning Bush (Exodus 3)
The Plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7-12)
Moses Parts the Red Sea (Exodus 13:17-20 & 14)
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20)
Samson and Delilah (Judges 15 and 16)
David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
Solomon’s Wisdom (1 Kings 3:1-28)
Prologue and Job’s First Test (Job 1)
Job’s Second Test (Job 2)
The Image of Gold and the Fiery Furnace (Daniel 3)
The Writing on the Wall (Daniel 5)
Daniel in the Lion’s Den (Daniel 6)

5. Examples

6. Objectives
You will work with a group to create a 3-5 sentence summary of events in your own words with a visual to present to the class

7. Vocabulary: Dexterous
Definition: showing or having skill
Sentence: I am very dexterous when it comes to writing STAAR essays.

8. SSR Rubric—pg. 94

9. Tears of A Tiger Response Journal
Keisha pictures Robbie “warm and at peace,” while Andy can’t shake the image of Rob “out there frozen and cold in the cemetery.” From their comments, it seems likely that Keisha believes in an afterlife and Andy does not. Do you think that belief in an afterlife makes it easier for people to accept the deaths of people they love? Explain your answer.

10. J.C. Summary For your scene: Write a 3-5 sentence summary
Draw a visual of what occurs in this scene
Sentence Starters:
*In “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare Act __ Scene __..
*In Act__ Scene __ of “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare…
You have 20 minutes and then we will present to the class!
Rubric:
10 points for title, author, act, & scene
50 points for an accurate summary (who, what, when, where, why, how)
20 points for visual (10 points for color/10 points for accuracy)
10 points for correct grammar
10 points for correct spelling

11. Tragic Hero Chart