This is a sample of what your work will look like. You may quote, paraphrase, or summarize the information you find. You need at least five facts.
Staple an extra page to your assessment as needed. I needed more space to write.
As you read, look for possible facts about the real time, place, or events in your book.
Staple an extra page to your assessment as needed. I needed more space to write.
Book-of-the-Month
Assignment for January/February
English 7 -- Due by
February 11(A-Day)/ 12(B-Day),
2015
Name:____Ms. Dorsey________ Period:__A2__
Title:_____Secret of the Andes__________
Your book is historical fiction. It is near your reading level (grade level), you have not
read it before, it is not on our Do-Not-Read list, and it has been approved by
the teacher. Select a book
dealing with a topic you are interested in, and one that is not too long for
you to finish reading within the specified time.
Author:____Ann Nolan Clark_______
Pages
read:__130__
As you read, look for possible facts about the real time, place, or events in your book.
For at least five
of them, look them up in reliable sources and record what you find. Also record where you found your
information.
Page(s)
found
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Fact as found
in the book:
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What I found out when I looked it up:
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I used this source:
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1
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32-33
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The Incas sent gold to the Spanish who invaded their land to get them to go away.
(in the song) |
"Atahuallpa [the emperor of the Incas] offered to fill a room with treasure as ransom for his release, and Pizarro accepted. Eventually, some 24 tons of gold and silver were brought to the Spanish from throughout the Inca empire."
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-executes-last-inca-emperor
This happened in 1532. |
2
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33
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"The Spaniards killed the King of the Ancients."
(in the song) |
Pizarro put Atahuallpa on trial, he was found guilty of plotting to overthrow the Spanish, and the last emperor was strangled to death.
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3
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25
and 18 |
Do llamas really hum?
The minstrel is singing and the llamas are humming. |
Llama humming is a main method of communication. They hum for many different reasons.
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http://www.animalcorner.co.uk
/farm/llamas/llama_about.html There are videos on YouTube of llamas humming. |
You need five of these.
Recommendation:
Read
without reservation; it’s great, and you’ll learn a lot.
_____________________ Important Notes __________________________
Remember: Do not use Wikipedia or ask and answer sites. Do not use blogs. Use reliable sources for true, factual information.
Be careful not to use sites that are just telling you about the fictional story and characters. Look up information in NONFICTION sources.
See the grading guide on your handout, and make sure you meet the requirements.
Here is the assignment paper in case you lost your:
January-February Book Assessment.docx (front)
January-February Book Assessment, Page 2.docx (back)
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As you read, look for possible facts about the real time, place, or events in your book.
Recommendation:
_____________________ Important Notes __________________________
Remember: Do not use Wikipedia or ask and answer sites. Do not use blogs. Use reliable sources for true, factual information.
Be careful not to use sites that are just telling you about the fictional story and characters. Look up information in NONFICTION sources.
See the grading guide on your handout, and make sure you meet the requirements.
Here is the assignment paper in case you lost your:
January-February Book Assessment.docx (front)
January-February Book Assessment, Page 2.docx (back)
____________________________________________________________________________
Another example -- under construction --
Book-of-the-Month Assignment for January/February
English 7 -- Due by February 11(A-Day)/ 12(B-Day), 2015
Name:____Ms. Dorsey________ Period:__A2__
Title:_____Rose Under Fire_________
Your book is historical fiction. It is near your reading level (grade level), you have not read it before, it is not on our Do-Not-Read list, and it has been approved by the teacher. Select a book dealing with a topic you are interested in, and one that is not too long for you to finish reading within the specified time.
Author:____Elizabeth Wein_______
Pages read:__346__
As you read, look for possible facts about the real time, place, or events in your book.
For at least five of them, look them up in reliable sources and record what you find. Also record where you found your information.
Page(s) found
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Fact as found
in the book:
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What I found out when I looked it up:
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I used this source:
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1
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3
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The main character and her friends are part of the ATA, the Air Transport Authority.
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“The ATA carried out the delivery of aircraft from the factories to the RAF, thus relieving countless numbers of RAF pilots for duty in the battle.” Out of the 1,300 members of the ATA, 166 were women.
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http://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/
11/16/bomber-girls-the-women-fliers -of-world-war-two/ scroll down to Women of the ATA |
2
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8-9 +
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One of the girls crashes and the mechanic thinks she may have tried to knock a "doodlebug," a flying bomb out of the air.
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In June 1944 the first flying bombs fell on London; they were usually called 'buzz-bombs' or 'doodle-bugs'. It was not clear what they were at first, as they were obviously not dropped from a plane. Then it was understood that they were in effect self-propelled pilotless aircraft, which when they reached their maximum range would crash with their explosive load.
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http://timewitnesses.org/english/
doodbug.html This is an actual eyewitness account. See also http://spartacus-educational.com/ 2WWv1.htm |
3
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9
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The girl who died may have tried to ram the flying bomb, and another Felicyta explains what that is called. "In Polish we call it taran -- aerial ramming."
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Aerial ramming or air ramming is the ramming of one aircraft with another. It is a last-ditch tactic in air combat, sometimes used when all else has failed.
". . . . in the early stages of World War II the tactic was employed by Soviet pilots who called it taran for "battering ram"; the same word is used in the Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian languages." |
You need five of these.
Recommendation:
Read without reservation; it’s great, and you’ll learn a lot.
Here is part of one by a student:
Teigun P.
Here is part of one by a student:
Chapter 11
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Homer learns about the underground railroad.
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A network of people across the country helping fugitive slaves get to Canada.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2944.html
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Chapter 31
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Homer Follows His brother’s trial to The Battle of Gettysburg.
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In the small town of Gettysburg The Confederacy is station during The Civil War.
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg.html
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Chapter 20
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Homer finds and follows a traveling medicine show.
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They are a band of circus performers that sell elixir.
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http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Traveling_Medicine_Show
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During the war 32 to end
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The man named Robert E. Lee is mentioned
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He was an army General who fought for The Confederacy in The Civil War.
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http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/robert-e-lee.html
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During the war, about 32
to the end
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The soldiers run out of ammo, so they use bayonets on the ends of rifles and charge The Confederacy.
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A knife that is fixed to the end of a firearm, turning the gun into a spear.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bayonet
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