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=**__//DO NOT FORGET THAT YOUR ORAL PRESENTATIONS START NEXT CLASS!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND ME AND GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEED!!!!!//__**= =2B= Firstly, you should have finished reading your second independent reading selection. Instead of the book covers you made last time, I'm going to have you fill out a form about what you read. The link is below. There is another activity for you to complete after you have done this, so you will need to come back to this page and keep reading. Independent Reading form

You need to find your next Independent Reading material and check it out today. Here are the requirements this time.... It has to be 10 full pages of text and you HAVE to enjoy it. Yep, it can be on __any__ subject you choose. If you need help brainstorming things to read fill out this form [|Brainstorm something FUN to read]. Once you have finished your Independent Reading Activity, you are going to research epitaphs and then create two of your own in the style of //Spoon River//. Firstly, you will need to go to the websites and look at some epitaphs. On a piece of paper either handwritten or typed, I want you to find at least five epitaphs that you find interesting, funny, or sad. Your five epitaphs need to come from at least three of the websites. This paper with five epitaphs will be turned in for a completion grade. Once you have done this, you are ready to start brainstorming ideas to write your own epitaphs. To do this, go to the epitaph form and fill in the information requested. Since you are creating two epitaphs, you will need to complete the form twice. Be sure to read the information at the top of the form to help you brainstorm your epitaphs. The form will collect __EVERYONE'S__ information in a spreadsheet for me to see (and give you a grade), but anything you come up with that you really, really like you will need to write down. Your two epitaphs are for HOMEWORK.... and will be due next Wednesday, October 26th.

Famous Epitaphs Real Epitaphs The Epitaph Browser True Tombstone Epitaphs Epitaph Form

=4B= Firstly,You need to find your next Independent Reading material and check it out today. Here are the requirements this time.... It has to be 10 full pages of text and you HAVE to enjoy it. Yep, it can be on __any__ subject you choose. You need to brainstorm things to read by filling out this form Brainstorm something FUN to read.

Once you have finished finding your Independent Reading, you are going to research epitaphs and then create two of your own in the style of //Spoon River//. Firstly, you will need to go to the websites and look at some epitaphs. On a piece of paper either handwritten or typed, I want you to find at least five epitaphs that you find interesting, funny, or sad. Your five epitaphs need to come from at least three of the websites. This paper with five epitaphs will be turned in for a completion grade. Once you have done this, you are ready to start brainstorming ideas to write your own epitaphs. To do this, go to the epitaph form and fill in the information requested. Since you are creating two epitaphs, you will need to complete the form twice. Be sure to read the information at the top of the form to help you brainstorm your epitaphs. The form will collect __EVERYONE'S__ information in a spreadsheet for me to see (and give you a grade), but anything you come up with that you really, really like you will need to write down. Your two epitaphs are for HOMEWORK.... and will be due next Wednesday, October 26th.

Famous Epitaphs Real Epitaphs The Epitaph Browser True Tombstone Epitaphs Epitaph Form

=4A= No... I'm not here, but you are going to behave and do what I ask you to do because you know I love you and you don't want me to be disappointed in you.

First of all, you are going to pick out some reading to do. Fill out the form below, then using that information, go find something to read. It **//__HAS__//** to be at least 10 pages long, but can be about anything you like. The only other requirement is that you **//enjoy//** it. You are going to get a grade for how well you fill out this form and how complete you are with your answers. Make sure you think about this seriously and take your time.

Brainstorm Something FUN to read...

After you have done this you have three more things you need to do. You can do them in any order, but you HAVE to get them all three done.

1. You need to use the ideas you just brainstormed to pick out your independent reading. Please find something you will enjoy... I don't care what it is as long as it is 10 pages and you ENJOY it.

2. You need to research some real, famous, and funny epitaphs. You need to write down (or type up) THREE real epitaphs that you like. Go to these websites to get that done...

Famous Epitaphs Real Epitaphs The Epitaph Browser True Tombstone Epitaphs

3. You need to fill out the worksheet Mrs. Schatz is going to give you. This is to help you make up two epitaphs like the ones we read in //Spoon River//. You only need to complete the side with the chart. You do NOT have to write the two epitaphs on the gravestones on the back. These two people need to have some kind of a relationship (married, dating, siblings, parents and children, anything).

After you finish __everything__ and TURN IT IN, if there is any time left I expect you to begin reading your fun, exciting independent reading that you just found.


 * __//DO NOT FORGET THAT YOUR ORAL PRESENTATIONS START NEXT CLASS!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND ME AND GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEED!!!!!//__**