Johnny Tremain Polling Activity

27 10 2008

Hello Grade Eights!

There’s something in every person that kind of likes taking polls.  In fact, the USA will shortly be going to the polls to decide their next President!  Today, you will get the chance to Poll your classmates and also to participate in polls that they create.

Today’s task is to think of a survey question that you are going to include in a new post.  You will notice that when you are writing a new post, there is a RED DOT in the “Add media” section.  Clicking on it will allow you to add a poll like the one below.(do me a favour – place your vote. Later, you can click on results)

The only stipulation about your poll is that it must be connected to Johnny Tremain.  You should come up with a question that people can respond to that is a prediction about the story Johnny Tremain. You may have 3 to 5 different answer possibilities.  Try to create a good question with plausible answers that aren’t obvious.  An example of a bad question would be…“Do you like the book Johnny Tremain?” – it’s obvious everyone in class would answer YES.  A better question would be “What do you think is going to happen to Johnny now that he’s injured his hand?”*** – This provides plenty of opportunity for you to create possible answers that are not just YES, or NO responses.  Also, this lets you be creative in coming up with possible predictions.  Questions that require your classmates to predict what might happen are GOOD!!!  You may also include an answer that is humourous, if you think you’re a comedian…

***you may use this as your question.  just come up with your own plausible answers.





Creative Writing Story Starter

14 10 2008

Don’t you just get excited by the prospect of letting your imagination run free when writing creative stories???  As I was handing out the story starters in class for today’s activity, my mind was flooded by all the various plotlines, characters and settings suggested by each yellow slip.  I hope you felt a little of that energy too!

YOUR TASK:

  • Write a story based on the yellow story starter slip you received.
  • Print a copy to be handed in.
  • Post your story to your blog – give it a good title and include pics.
  • Go to other people’s blogs and comment on their stories.

Have this task completed by Saturday!

Value:  20 points

Graded on 6 Traits Categories and Overall Creativity and Quality








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