Biography Rubric - A Guide for Your project.

Biography Report Scoring Guide

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Score	Report Component Criteria	Comments
	Report Cover Illustration Colored illustration, includes person’s name, birth & death dates, your name
	Timeline Timeline of at least 8 events in the person’s life and pictures are included
	Report Ideas & Content
	Includes
	• Where and when the person was born & died
	• Where the person grew up, childhood life
	• Adult life and why the person is famous
	• How this person made an impact on others' lives
	• Quotes and interesting information about the person
	Sentence Fluency
	Spelling
	Capitalization, Punctuation, Using Paragraphs
	Bibliography – Citing Sources
	Read and locate information from three sources:
	• Biography novel
	• Internet source
	• Encyclopedia (on-line or print)
	Important Person Poem Write a 5 line poem including important events in the person’s life
100 Points

January 31. 2008

Spelling 3x each

Worksheet - #1-10: Metaphors/Similes

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Simile and Metaphor

Figurative language is a tool that an author employs (or uses) to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem. Some common types of figurative language are: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, puns, and sensory language. Below are some ways to introduce these concepts to your class and some activities. There are also links to other sites for more help.

THE SIMILE

A simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two dissimilar objects.

For example: His feet were as big as boats. We are comparing the size of feet to boats.

Using the poem below underline all of the similes. Decide which items are being compared.

(Simile)

Willow and Ginkgo

Eve Merriam

The willow is like an etching,

Fine-lined against the sky.

The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,

Hardly worthy to be signed.

The willow’s music is like a soprano,

Delicate and thin.

The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus

With everyone joining in.

The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf;

The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.

The willow’s branches are like silken thread;

The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.

The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair;

Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair.

The willow dips to the water,

Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.

The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete;

Like a city child, it grows up in the street.

Thrust against the metal sky,

Somehow it survives and even thrives.

My eyes feast upon the willow,

But my heart goes to the ginkgo.

THE METAPHOR

A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison.

For example: Her hair is silk. The sentence is comparing (or stating) that hair is silk.

NAME ____________________

Identifying Similes and Metaphors

Decide whether each sentence contains a simile or a metaphor. Write the word SIMILE if the sentence contains a simile. Write the word METAPHOR if the sentence contains a metaphor.

1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.

2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"

3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

5. I feel like a limp dishrag.

6. Those girls are like two peas in a pod.

7. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.

8. No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.

9. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.

10. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

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January 30. 2008


Spelling Sentences - Elaborate! *Silly-Putty





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January 29, 2008

Journal Writing:

On January 26^th, 1875, George F. Green patented the electric dental drill. Write a make-believe letter to Mr. Green telling him what you think of his invention.

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January 28, 2008

Definitions and Parts of Speech

Lesson 17 Latin Roots

judges

fortune

doubt

doubtless

doubtful

specialist

misfortune

fortunate

unfortunate

especially

specific

specifications

judicial

judgment

prejudice

undoubtedly

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Popular

January 25, 2008

None, but you can always....Read!




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January 24, 2008

Spelling Sentences - 7th grade sentences.....
3x Each


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January 23, 2008

Journal: Imagine that you've just found a bottle with a message inside. Write down what the message says and what you plan to do about it.



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January 22, 2008

Spelling Definitions and Parts of Speech

population
regular
circles
popular
muscular
triangle
muscle
circular
regulation
particles
particular
rectangle
vehicles
rectangular
triangular
vehicular

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January 17, 2008

Journal: Imagine that you could design a dream house for your family. Describe the house you would design and list some of the special features that you would include to make your dream house special.

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January 16, 2008

Spelling Sentences – 7^th grade sentences.

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January 15, 2008

Journal: Imagine that you wake up one weekend and it’s too cold and wet to play outside. The power is also out, so there’s no chance of watching TV, using the computer, or playing video games! How will you spend your day at home?

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January 14, 2008

Spelling Definitions and POS

*Just a note; you should be very close to have completed your research on your biographical figure. I am a tad bit worried at things that I have been hearing and the questions that you have been asking. “Miss Clark, can I go to the library to see if there are books on my person?” Umm…technically you’ve had weeks to do this. Try to learn TIME MANAGEMENT at this point of your life; it will serve you well in the future. Work a little bit each night on your research. If it helps – make a time line for yourself with the calendar. Mark off the dates that you want to complete various aspects of the project.

On another note: I am very pleased to see that some of you have done the above.

Lesson 15- Consonant and Syllable Patterns

gallery

tomorrow

attitude

hurricane

barrier

corridor

umbrella

buffalo

gorilla

pinnacle

syllable

tobacco

massacre

opossum

moccasins

cinnamon

January 11, 2008


None, but you can always READ.



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January 10, 2008

Please note this is NOT real. This is taken from a list of persuasive writing prompts that are designed to assist you with your thinking skills and organizing your arguments effectively. Online schools do exist, but this prompt is fictional.

Journal Writing: [Online Schools] The state department of education has provided funding for an experimental online school. All the classes will take place on the Internet, using email, online chat, and the world wide web. The students taking classes at this new online school will never meet each other face-to-face. They will only interact online with each other and with their teachers. The state is hoping this program will provide fairer educational access to students in outlying, rural areas. Opponents of the program argue that because of their lack of interaction with other students in a traditional classroom, the students who attend this online school will not develop the social skills that should be a component of their education. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper stating your position on this issue and supporting it with convincing reasons.

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January 9, 2008

Spelling Sentences. Elaborate.

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January 8, 2008

Journal Writing: Pretend that you have a choice between a winter vacation in the mountains or a winter vacation at the beach. Make a list of pros (positives) and cons (negatives) about each location. Write and explain where you chose to go and why.

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January 7, 2008

Unit 14 – Noun Suffixes

Spelling Definitions and Parts of Speech

bakery

victory

documentary

factory

machinery

discovery

nursery

dictionary

century

injury

missionary

territory

scenery

revolutionary

treasury

luxury

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Go Jayhawks!




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