GAME ON!!! Literary Device Game Premiere

PARCC Performance Task HW

Here is a short PARCC performance task prototype that I would like you to complete.  There are three parts to this task a, b and c.  Answer all parts to the best of your ability.  Submit your answers and see what you get.  You may read the explanations and Common Core Alignment pages to gain a better understanding of the task.

be prepared to talk about your experience tomorrow. 

You may choose to share this work with a parent.  Explain your thought process to them and get help if you need it.

Good Luck,

Mr. Crame

http://www.ccsstoolbox.com/parcc/PARCCPrototype_main.html

Animal Rights: The Great Debate

Over the weekend we read some thought-provoking articles about animal rights.  There are some deep and often disturbing issues that surface when investigating animal rights.  There are compelling arguments for both sides of the issue. Some thoughts you may agree with, and some you may disagree with.  Now it is time to pick a side.  Since the point of this exercise is to understand persuasive writing and debate tactics, your side will be chosen for you.  In order to thoroughly understand a topic, you may have to understand views that oppose your own personal views. Attorneys do this often.
Today you will be split into two teams: Pro and Con.  Once your side has been determined you must defend your thesis using a persuasive essay.  In order to do this effectively remember to utilize the writer's process, the six traits of writing, and your knowledge of ethos, pathos, logos and OREOS.

Create a 5 paragraph essay in defense of your thesis.  You may use the persuasive outline here:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/ to help structure your essay. Do some research using the articles provided for you and any other valid resource that you may find.  The essay will be due this Friday.

This essay will help you prepare to be a productive member of your team during a Lincoln-Douglas Style classroom debate (date TBD).  More on that coming soon...

FORESHADOWING: Animal Rights will play a major ROLE in the upcoming project to end all projects!

Beta Testing Literary Device Games: Game On! Tomorrow

Today we finalized our games and beta tested them for glitches and revisions.  Tomorrow it is GAME ON!  Prototype games will be presented during a grand premiere. Students will showcase their literary device games, present their digital instruction booklets and launch their games.

The games are designed to help us understand literary devices and their use in writing.  Games will be available for play during indoor recess, intervention and other choice times.

MLK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DOrw6mzr7w

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOBbxgxKvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3Z8ZToq3c

Literary Device Game Creation Stage 2

Saniya Protects Us All...

Hi, I'm Saniya and I went to Israel and Jordan for a few days over winter break.  I went to a lot of cities such as Jerusalem, Haifa, Zichron Yacoff, Tel Aviv, Jaifo, and more. I also went to the West Bank which was kind of scary. In Jordan, we went to Petra.  Petra is one of the wonders of the world. It is an ancient city that was accidentally discovered. It was carved out of rock and it's located on the slope of Mount Hor, which coincidentally is supposedly where Moses' brother Aaron was buried. It is a structure that has been around for thousands of years and is very well preserved. It was established in about 312 BC.  You have to walk over 1 mile to get to the Treasury then you have climb up about 100 steps or take donkeys up. When you get to the top there is another structure and you can stay up there for a while or take photos and then walk or take donkeys down. In the end the trip was really fun and cool and I got to experience other cultures.  I really enjoyed it.

What is a hamas?

On my travels I brought a souvenir called a Hamas for my classmates. A hamas is a palm shaped symbol that wards off evil and protects you. You can hang it up somewhere and it is supposed to keep you safe. Please be considerate of others and keep it away from your evil teacher.

Kelvin, Celcius, Farenheit A Lesson In Heat Transfer

Molecules in motion...

Animal Rights Homework

Hello Class,

Today we will begin our next big project.  In order to understand the project, we need some background information.  Attached to this email, you will find an article that explains the different viewpoints about animal rights.  You have also been assigned a Newsela article about a particular animal rights case.  Please read the articles and be prepared to discuss them on Tuesday, January 20th.  

The BBC articles are also available online at this site:

Animal Rights Articles and Viewpoints (You may need some help reading these.)

Be prepared to share your opinion about the articles.  

Hint: We may be needing ethos, pathos, logos, chronos and oreos for this one!

Good Luck,

Mr. Crame

Mini Project: Literary Device Game Creation Begins

Literary Devices Game

Now that we have collected, studied and mastered the first 33 Literary Devices, we are prepared to use them in creative ways.  Not only can we identify them in reading, we will now be able to use them to enhance our own writing.  In order display our mastery of these devices, we will be developing new and interesting ways to demonstrate our knowledge to others.  Our goal is to create a Literary Devices Game that will reinforce our knowledge of the terms.  You may use this guide to help develop you Literary device Game ideas.  

Brainstorm an idea for a game:

You may base your game on an existing card game, board game, or video game.  You may also create your own new idea.  You may use all 33 terms or you can focus your game on just one (or a few).  The game should incorporate multiple players.  The game cycle should be playable from start to finish in about 20 minutes or less including set up.  You can make the game expandable with future updates to incorporate additional literary devices.

Literary Device Game Instruction Guide:

Create a Google Presentation as a digital instruction guide to accompany your literary device game.  Here is a suggested outline for your presentation.  As you create your presentation, please be mindful of the writer’s process, the six traits of writing and literary devices.  remember, you are writing these instructions for an audience.  You want them to “WANT” to play your game.  Use exciting yet informative language to entice them to play while you explain the game. 

Please share your presentation slides with your other group members and me.

Slide One

Game Title Page:

Create a “catchy and creative” game title.  A catchy title helps in enticing others to play the game.  Your title can have a subtitle, a slogan, symbol or other creative element.

Include the creator names on this title slide.

Slide Two

Object of the Game: 

Explain the concept or goal of the game. What is the ultimate challenge? How does a player win or lose the game?

Slide Three

Instructions for Play:

List and explain all objects/items in the game thoroughly. It is important to explicitly explain each object and its purpose.  Some points to consider:

Number of Players

How to begin/Set-Up

How to score

How to advance

How to take turns

How to win

Slide Four

Special Rules/Scenarios

Carefully explain any special rules/circumstances to avoid confusing the players.  You may need to play it through a few times to anticipate the special circumstances.

Slide Five

Mock Up

Include an image of the final cards, boards etc. and diagram the important parts.  Include examples for gameplay.

Schedule for Literary Device Game Development:

Brainstorm Ideas: Tuesday 1/13 and Wednesday 1/14

Game Production and Presentation Creation: Thursday 1/15- Tuesday 1/20

Final Presentation Wednesday 1/21

Images from Winter Break

Oscar Explains Exposition

Felix Explains Allusion

Felix uses two examples of allusion to in this video to illustrate the meaning of "allusion".

Literary Devices Mission

Here is a great website to help define your literary device:

http://literarydevices.net/

Redonkulousness

Literary Devices

Today we introduced the concept of identifying literary devices within our reading.  Authors employ literary devices in order to add interest to their writing.  Literary devices serve to entice the reader in many ways.

Your assignment tonight is to discover examples of literary devices in your world. You have been assigned a particular literary device in accordance with your secret agent number.  Your challenge is to define the device, find and cite an example of this device in writing.  You can use any number of sources like books, magazines, Newsela, poetry, songs, television, movies or other media to demonstrate your device.  Capture that example by rewriting a portion of it on your papers.  Be sure to explain your example.  On the back of your paper, you have been challenged to create your own example of literary device. This assignment will be due Wednesday, January 7th 2015.  You may bring in your literary source to refer to in class tomorrow.

Once we have collected these devices, we will be creating a exciting board game that demonstrates our literary devices.

Good Luck!

Here is a link to a Quizlet for our Literary Devices: Literary Devices