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 **LITERATURE- 7th and 8th grade **

We will be exploring YOU in this unit!! You will need to reflect upon a time in your life when a particular book or author impacted you significantly. Did you worry about the characters when you weren't reading the book? Did you scramble to get more books by the same author? Did a message or theme from the book stick with you and make you want to become a better person? We will create two projects to share our feelings about that particular book or author and the influence to your life. Let's start by brainstorming about that book or author.

Brainstorming-

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For our first project, you will create an online poster illustrating information about the book and/or author you have chosen. I will give you a username and password to access Glogster, an online poster publishing tool. Please view the screencast below and the Beatrix Potter Glogster link to see the necessary components of the project. Also refer to the rubric link below to make sure you have all of the required elements.

Click here to view Beatrix Potter Glogster

Click here to view Glogster requirements screencast

For our final project, we will be creating voicethreads using an online collaborative space with video, voice, and text commenting. You will need to show the IMPACT this book and/or author has had in your life in this voicethread. By using images, photos and your own voice, share the experience of your influential journey with all of us. After posting your project on Edmodo, we will all be able to comment on your voicethreads.

Click here to view the Influential Author Voicethread

Click here to view examples and post projects on Edmodo and then enter code k979g2 to access our site

Click here for Glogster Rubric

Click here for Voicethread Rubric