Immigration Book Jacket Project
Project Description

Examples: Front flap

Due dates:

Rough drafts:
Tuesday, November 27:

              Back Flap (review) & Front flap (quotes and character feelings)
Friday, November 30:
              Back Cover: Book summary

Final project due: Friday, December 7, 2012

Be creative! Have fun!

Talk to Ms. Belle if your book doesn’t quite fit the format of a “coming to the

country” immigrant story and you are not sure how to deal with the summary

following the guidelines above.

Non-fiction Blogging Project

Project description and sample

Due dates:
Introduction and Features Draft: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Information Draft: Friday, October 26
Critique and Conclusion: Tuesday, Oct. 30
Final Blog entry due: Thursday, November 8









Flipbook Book Project   Click below for specifics:

Flipbook Directions               Flipbook Assessment Rubric     

Students will paste artwork and writing into a construction paper booklet (which will be provided by the school). Students who use the directions and grading rubric to write and edit their pieces will do well on this project!!

Due Dates:
Rough draft of setting Wed, Sept 19
Rough Draft of Characters: Friday, Sept 21
Rough draft of critique : Tuesday, September 25
Rough draft of summary: Thurs. September 27


Final Flip Book project due Thursday, Oct. 4

                Sample project: