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Ninth Grade Language Arts: "Around the World in 80 Days."

As you know, we are currently reading the novel, __Around the World in 80 Days__ by Jules Verne. For your first assignment, I want you to brainstorm different questions that will promote an intelligent in-class discussion. You will each post one question to our class Wallwisher board. As you can see, I have posted one myself to help get you started. Good luck!

For the first activity, you will be creating video animations of any scene from __Around the World in 80 Days__. You can be as creative and interpretative you want with these animations, just make sure the content of your animation is consistent with the novel. Visit the xtranormal website to create these animations. Below is a link to the video I created:

Around the World in 80 Days "Betting Scene"

by: katiespies18

Next, I will divide you into pairs and assign each pair one of the cities that Phileas Fogg visited. Using the website, OurStory, you will login using our class username and password, which I gave you in class. Once logged in, click on "Add Story" and begin by creating a title for your story. Then, choose the correct date that corresponds with the time Phileas Fogg visited the city your pair was assigned. For example, before Phileas Fogg left for his journey, the date was 10/2/1872. Then, select the category "Travel" and write about Fogg's activities and adventures in the cities you were assigned. This will be done in the box labeled, "Body." After that, type in the location for this story and the map will put a marker on the location. Finally, add relevant photos and/or videos and then press "Save." You can view my example Here.

Then, I want you each to explore the 19 annotated placemarks mentioned in Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days.” You will be exploring these placemarks by going to Google Maps and choosing the option "Earth." You can begin your journey here. Once you have explored all 19 places, it is your job to come up with 19 placemarks YOU would like to go if you were to travel around the world in 80 days. Explore each of these places using Google Earth. Below is my interactive Google Map with all of my different placemarks.

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Finally, I want you all to write as if you were traveling around the world in 80 days. Using the 19 placemarks you have chosen and explored using Google Earth, write about your journey. Write this as if you were journaling on a daily-weekly basis, so it is as if you are writing about what has just happened. Include where you began your journey, how you traveled from place to place, different people you met, what issues you encountered, where your journey ended and anything else you think would be relevant to your journey. Please post these journal entries to our class wiki page. I made an example of my first journal entry and posted it on our class wiki page, which you can view as a reference to help you get started.

Around the World in 80 Days Rubric