Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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See Forethought
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See Forethought
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Entry Event:Letter/Video

Willy Wonka clip – discuss visual and auditory elements that create an experience for the rider

Explain team work expectations, roles, sign team contract

Groups choose top 3 themes/issues with which they would like to work and research

Reading chapter 33
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Groups assigned theme

time

List examples of theme in novel

Ind Assessment: Write: How is theme/issue portrayed in novel? Using text support, how is theme presented in novel and carried through the chapters?


Reading chapters 33-37
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Spelling Test 8

Quiz:What is theme? Graded assignment

Explain rubrics for final product, calendar, discuss project details. Q & A

Begin planning/research with guide

Brainstorming: what ride or attraction would best illustrate your theme/issue? Think of the emotions that your ride/attraction exhibits.

Reading chapters 38-41
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No School
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CBA
GT Stems Test

Individuals/groups may read after testing
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Mini-workshop:Symbolism – what is it?

Team assessment: How will your ride be symbolic of the emotions, feelings, experiences that occur when dealing with effects of theme/issue? Graded assignment

Planning/Research

Reading chapters though 46
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Maniac Magee Test


Planning/research

Checkpoint:
Research notes – teacher check, graded assignment

Determine what ride/attraction will look like
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Finish preliminary plan/research

Transfer plan onto butcher paper showing incorporation theme/issue with ride. Including aspects of ride/attraction, visuals used, music playing ~ how the story will be told from beginning to end

Team/Individual assessment
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Due: Preliminary plan – put on butcher paper (show students what to put on their plan).

Gallery walk – “I like, I wonder…” – peer review and feedback

Mini-workshop:Persuasion – Can you convince someone?

Persuasive words, body language, colors

Graded assignment
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Checkpoint:How are you incorporating your research in your persuasive ad campaign
presentation?

Revise preliminary plan based on feedback from Wednesday (Gallery Walk)

Handout story boards

Begin rough drafts, sketches

Team/Individual assessment
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Continue rough drafts of ride and presentation

Finish up rough draft/storyboard and begin persuasive ad for ride.

Team assessment

Begin creating brochure/multi media advertising campaign using persuasive and figurative language
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Finalize ad campaign, ride and multi-media presentation for ride

Critical friends protocol-demonstrate/explain to whole class

Teams will regroup with feedback

Team/Individual assessment
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Quiz:
Persuasive Elements, graded assignment

Checkpoint:
Rough drafts, sketches – how do you convey the theme through your ride?

How are persuasive tactics and figurative language evident in as campaign?

Review expectations, rubrics for final products
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Create models, presentations, and ad campaigns according to rubrics

Team/Individual assessment
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Create final elements
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Create final elements
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Due: all elements

Presentations begin
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Presentations continue and end

Reflections

Debrief
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