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8th Grade Creative Projects

Vocab Story

Due by tomorrow morning.
See this post for more details.
Make sure:

Your story uses all ten words correctly.
You save your story in RTF format.
Your file name looks like this: “B5-TK-vocab.rtf”

I’ll pick one story from each class as a submission for the contest.

Alchemy

Reviewed vocabulary homework
Vocabulary quiz Thursday/Friday: definitions, complete sentences, parts of speech
Alchemist review

Santiago vs crystal merchant
Santiago vs Englishman
Why is this book called The Alchemist?

Homework: Finish Vocab Unit 1

Of Mice and Men Ch. 3

Reviewing Ch. 3
Survival strategies
Who is marginalized on the ranch?
Homework: Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge

Vocabulary Creative Writing assignment:
Use these ten words in a creative story:

fifth-column
gazpacho
agog
horripilation
simian
fug
opus
salad days
abscond
Kew Gardens

Definitions for these words can be found at Answers.com
There are no restrictions on the story; just make sure that you use the words appropriately. I will take what I judge to [...]

Following Your Personal Legend

Vocab Unit 1: Vocabulary in Context
Review last night's reading

What happens to Santiago on his quest
The fable of the spoon of oil
Urim and Thummim
The crystal merchant
Who is the king of Salem?

Essential questions

Things beyond Santiago's control
What is a "Personal Legend"?
What are omens? Do they really mean anything

The first obstacle: Thinking it's impossible

Is the king of Salem for [...]

Of Mice and Men, Ch. 2

Acting out chapter 2
Review last night's reading

Living conditions of George and Lenny
The different characters on the ranch
Challenges of survival on the ranch

How do you survive?
Homework

Of Mice and Men Ch 3, 38-65
Block 6: Add character/plot/quote/vocab to wiki

Santiago at the Beginning

Journal: Sheep
Munchkins for a successful run at the wiki
Review of last night's reading
New homework assignments
Consider the essential questions
Vocab Unit 1 Quiz next week