Click the button below to access the cover letter template. Note... you may alter this template to personalize it, but your focus should be on the highlighted sections we discussed in class.
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Check out the video clip below which was submitted by some of our eighth graders for Cobb County School District's Kid Talk competition. As you will witness, they are very passionate about the topic, "I'm committed to impacting my world, community, and/or school by..." Show your support for their hard work by passing the word and giving the video a "thumbs up." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCoNPvMOIlw A quick link to the log-in page and reminders about your log-in information are on the right of this screen. Why use Membean? A better question would be "Why not?" We have the opportunity to enhance students' vocabulary - therefore, reading and writing skills - using this tool! Make it meaningful; make it count. Don't think of this as busy work. If used correctly, students can learn so much more. Take the time to click around and learn all that the program has to offer for each word. As you did in your last essay, continue to use the words in conversation and in writing. Knowing the meanings of words, and being able to use them, is an essential skill for both reading comprehension and effective writing. Researchers have long known that teaching individual words is essential, but it's even more important to build a student's word consciousness. Membean helps:
Log into the Cobb Digital Library (lunch number, read). Use the icons on the left side to browse materials for your research. You have to click in the "links, categories, databases" to find information on your topic (see above). There are a lot of possibilities. Take the time to explore.
Browse the websites below. Choose a poem to either print or copy. You have to include a poem that has at least 20 lines. Really try to locate a poem that "speaks" to you; you will enjoy this activity more. Annotate your poem considering all of the elements we discussed in class (audience and speaker clue words, theme clue words, vocabulary indicating tone and mood, figurative language, sound devices, etc.). Due Monday, Feb. 6.
Annotate your copy of the poem, "Mother to Son," by Langston Hughes. Identify symbolism, figurative language, imagery, theme-related words, words/lines to indicate author's purpose and tone, information about the speaker, audience clue words, etc. Mark anything that helps you to understand the poem more clearly. Read it. Read it again. Read it yet another time. Interact with the text by continuing to annotate the text when you discover something new. You will be surprised how much deeper your understanding will become. You may use colored pencils or highlighters to code your annotations; for some, it makes annotating more enjoyable. Your underlining or highlighting is only part of the process; write notes in the margins to explain how the markings help you to "see" the poem. See the example of annotated text below: |
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