Projects+and+Presentations

= BANNED & CENSORED BOOKS = American Library Association (Information about challenged books) []

List of Banned Books []

100 Most Frequently Banned Books
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Puppets in the Library Banning Books
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//The Catcher in the Rye// by J.D. Salinger
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//Strawberry Fields Forever// by The Beatles
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//I Just Shot John Lennon// by The Cranberries
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=** Children's Book Project: **=

a. By the end of the period, groups must complete the following:
==== i. Exchange phone numbers, e-mail addresses, face book accounts, or some other means to stay in contact while working on this project. I suggest making a wikispace. Suggest to groups that they can use the laptop computers in room 26 today to set up a wikispace and to follow these instructions under “Projects and Presentations” tab. ====

viii. Discuss how your story will be bound.
==== 4. The Project Manager for each group must keep track of everything that happens in the group. I will ask for the information listed in #3 above, as well as information pertaining to each group member’s contributions. Be ready to show me everything that you worked on when I return on Tuesday. ====

5. The Project Manager will assign homework for each person in the group. These assignments are to be completed no later than Monday of next week.
**Children’s Book Group Project** Due: Friday, February 25, 2011

You will be put into groups of at least three people and your task will be to create an original story with illustrations for children ages four to seven.

Positions required for this project: 1. A **Project Manager**: This is the leader of the group who must report the progress of the project to the teacher, assign jobs and due dates to other group members, ensure multiple copies of materials are made, note the participation of each team member, etc. 2. A **Head Illustrator**: This person is in charge of creating the pictures to the original story the group is creating. The images must be original, consistent and appropriate throughout the book. 3. A **Head Writer**: This is the person in charge of writing the story. Story content must be appropriate for children 7 years old or younger.

Each member of the group will be responsible for a specific aspect of the book, but all members of the group will have influence on the decision making process involved in creating the story. When making decisions, a consensus must be reached by all members of the group before an idea can be incorporated into the project. If a consensus cannot be reached, the idea must be scraped and a new idea must be proposed.

This project will be worth 200 points, 100 points for creating the book and 100 points for reading the book to a live audience. Each member of the group will receive a grade based on the quality of the work that they contributed to the project, therefore it will be the project manager’s job to note the contributions provided by each group member and individual grades will be determined partly from these records. The more that you participate and contribute to the progress of the project, the more likely you are to earn a higher grade.

Each project will be created with the ultimate goal of presenting or reading the story to a live audience of children on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011.

Your group must also create a brief lesson plan or activity to go along with your story. This lesson can be given before, during or after the book is read, but it must be interactive with the intention of teaching your audience something that your group deems important.

Projects will be graded by the following guidelines:


 * 1) Writing (34pts.)
 * 2) Clear theme or lesson (7pts.)
 * 3) Clarity of storyline (7pts.)
 * 4) Age appropriateness of vocabulary (5pts.)
 * 5) Use of literary terms/poetic devices (5pts.)
 * 6) Appropriate title (5pts.)
 * 7) Dedication (5pts.)


 * 1) Illustration (33pts.)
 * 2) Pictures tell a story by themselves (10pts.)
 * 3) Pictures on each page (10pts.)
 * 4) Pictures appropriate for age group (10pts.)
 * 5) Pictures inspire children to ask questions or comment (3pts.)


 * 1) Organization (33pts.)
 * 2) Sufficient number of pages, 12+ (10pts.)
 * 3) Practical and durable method for binding (10pts.)
 * 4) Ability to meet deadlines (10pts.)
 * 5) Group member credit for creating book (3pts.)


 * 1) Presentation (100pts)
 * 2) Clarity, loudness, emotion and emphasis while reading (25pts.)
 * 3) Display and explain illustrations to audience (25pts.)
 * 4) Ability to ad-lib brief questions for audience in reference to story (25pts.)
 * 5) Brief lesson plan (25pts.)

Your lesson plan should follow this format: 1. What is your goal? 2. What materials are needed for this lesson? 3. What previous knowledge do the kids need to participate in this lesson? 4. How do you plan to provide this knowledge to your audience? 5. How long will your activity last? 6. Does everyone in your group have a role when presenting your lesson? 7. Write a step by step plan explaining how you will teach your lesson. 8. How will you be able to tell that the audience understood your lesson?

=** //The Comedy of Benvolio and Rosaline:// Writing your five act Shakespearean play **= Due: March 31st

Include in your play the following Shakespearean devices: 1. a prologue in sonnet form 2. iambic pentameter 3. double entendre 4. minimal stage direction 5. rhyming couplets 6. soliloquy 7. allusions 8. similes 9. metaphors 10. alliteration 11. number your lines in poetic form

=Proof that Benvolio and Rosaline could have met:=

1. Benvolio states that "A troubled mind drave me to walk abroad..."(Act I, Sc. 1, Ln. 128) He has problems of his own that keep him up and walking through Verona late at night and into the early hours of the morning. What is he thinking about?

2. He quickly guesses what is wrong with Romeo when he asks if his cousin is "In love?"(Act I, Sc. 1, Ln. 175). Also, later with the line, "I aimed so near when I supposed you loved."(Act I, Sc. 1, Ln. 219). Perhaps he is quick to diagnose Romeo's troubles only because Benvolio suffers from the same sort of relationship problem.

3. It is Benvolio's advice to Romeo to, "(give) liberty unto thine eyes: Examine other beauties."(Act I, Sc. 1, Ln. 242-243). Is Benvolio the type of person who would follow his own advice?

4. Benvolio knows that Rosaline will be at the Capulet party as he encourages Romeo to attend so he can compare her to other women. (Act I, Sc. 2, Ln. 89-90).

5. Benvolio has heard Romeo's impression of Rosaline's beauty in Act I. Perhaps he is curious to see for himself?

6. In Act I, Sc. 5, Benvolio is not with Romeo as he woos Juliet, nor is he aware of this encounter. Where is Benvolio during the party?

7. In Act II, Sc. 1, Benvolio encourages Mercutio to call after the fleeing Romeo (Ln. 7), but he also convinces Mercutio to stop referencing Rosaline. Does he want Mercutio to stop because he is worried about Romeo, or did he perhaps meet her at the Capulet party and he does not want to listen to Mercutio make fun of //his// new love?

8. In Act II, Sc. 4, Ln. 4-6, when Mercutio insults Rosaline, Benvolio quickly changes the topic to Tybalt's letter (Ln. 7-8).

9. Rosaline "hath sworn that she will still live chaste", but has she simply told this to Romeo to keep him away from her since he has been pestering her and she is not interested? She is invited to the Capulet party and Lord Capulet states what is expected of the unmarried women in his speech (Act I, Sc. 5, Ln. 17-35). Why is Rosaline "the forever chaste" attending such a party if she truly intends to remain single?

10. (show that the families are now together, give proof, explain that the deaths of their two only children now opens the door for a marriage between the two houses, Benvolio and Rosaline…come up with a prologue stating this? In sonnet form?)

Include a scene involving Benvolio and Rosaline at this party!