6th Grade Extra Credit:
Mrs. Fifield’s Language Arts – 2nd
Quarter – 6th Grade
Extra Credit Opportunity!
Due: No later
than Thursday, January 16th.
Please be advised, I will be in the building, but not in the classroom,
on Wednesday, January 15th and Thursday, January 16th. I will let the substitute know that some of
you may turn in an extra credit assignment and I will make sure a spot in the
room is dedicated for collection. To be
extra cautious, you may want to turn in the assignment on Monday, January 13th
or Tuesday, January 14th.
Complete the following
activity and you will receive 50 points, to be added in to the gradebook where
needed. In other words, if you are
missing points from an assignment, the 50 points will make up for the missing ones. For example, if you did not turn in the
similes and metaphors chart for “All Summer in a Day,” you have a 0/60 in the
gradebook. If you do the extra credit,
that grade would become a 50/60. If you
are not missing any points, you would not receive additional points.
Directions:
This quarter, we have
studied the following items:
·
Text Structures
·
Text Features
·
Figurative language
·
Character
·
Point of View
To earn
the extra credit, come up with a creative way to demonstrate your knowledge of
at least one of the topics we covered. For
the most part, I will leave it up to you as far as what you do. I do not want an explanation simply written
down, nor do I want a PowerPoint presentation.
Those are boring. Tap into your
artistic side – drawings, paintings, poems, songs, videos, etc. Posters are okay, since you have to be a
little more creative with how you put together a poster. Please do not make something that is any
bigger than a poster. Some of you are
very talented, but there really isn’t room in the classroom for a 10 foot tall
diorama of a character!
8th Grade Extra Credit:
Mrs. Fifield’s Language Arts – 2nd
Quarter – 8th Grade
Extra Credit Opportunity!
Due: No later
than Thursday, January 16th.
Please be advised, I will be in the building, but not in the classroom,
on Wednesday, January 15th and Thursday, January 16th. I will let the substitute know that some of
you may turn in an extra credit assignment and I will make sure a spot in the
room is dedicated for collection. To be
extra cautious, you may want to turn in the assignment on Monday, January 13th
or Tuesday, January 14th.
Complete the following
activity and you will receive 50 points, to be added in to the gradebook where
needed. In other words, if you are
missing points from an assignment, the 50 points will make up for the missing ones. For example, if you did not turn in the Dr.
Jekyll essay, you have a 0/50 in the gradebook.
If you do the extra credit, that grade would become a 50/50. If you are not missing any points, you would
not receive additional points.
Directions:
Spend
some time at a bookstore, at the library, or browsing online book retailers or
book review sites (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Good Reads, etc.). List three books that you would possibly like
to read (ones you have not read before).
For each novel, give a brief summary of the summary that you read on the
cover or online AND explain why you want to read that book. Follow these guidelines to receive the
points:
· Book 1
– You must choose an older or classic novel.
Let’s say…anything written before 1950.
· Book 2
– Choose a more modern novel, such as one on the bestseller’s lists within the
past few years.
· Book 3
– Choose a novel that has not come out yet.
Retailers (especially online) will promote upcoming novels so that
people know what to expect. OR, you may
choose a novel that is brand new – released within the last month.
