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Director:
You will introduce your group by first names
You will tell the audience what your theme is and how it is found in Maniac Magee
After each person speaks, you will be the transitions, introducing the next speaker
Speakers will be in this order
Director
Advertising Executive
Engineer
Technical Director
Sound Director
After the sound Director speaks, you will say: "That concludes our presentation of (Name of Theme). We would like to thank you for coming and listening to our presentation."
After your conclusion, the group will sit down.
Advertising Executive:
You will give statistics about your theme and tell why it is important for the public to be aware of your theme
You will tell the audience why it is important for them to come to your ride or attraction (because of the experience: causes, effects, emotions and solutions)
You will share your advertisement
Engineer
You will show the structure and tell the audience the name of your attraction or ride.
You will tell why your group chose that particular ride or attraction, and how it reflects your theme.
Technical Director:
You will explain to the audience that what they are about to see are the images and sounds that they would experience if they were to be involved in your ride or attraction.
You will explain how the images reflect the causes, effects, emotions, and solutions to your theme.
Sound Director:
You will share with the audience how ther music adds to your group's ride or attraction.
You will also explain how the music reflects the message that you ride or attraction is getting across to the public.

Below are some sites that will help you design your campaign:
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html
http://www.digitalskratch.com/color-psychology.php
http://www.ehow.com/how_6703400_choose-background-music.html

http://www.childtrends.org/files/child_trends-2009_04_07_rb_childreninpoverty.pdf
Statistics of poverty, children in poverty
Additional Sites:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4465332_overcome-poverty.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_8175465_overcome-gain-better-life-myself.html
http://www.poverties.org/effects-of-poverty.html
http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/poverty/reasons.html
http://heartsandminds.org/poverty/index.htm
http://www.npc.umich.edu/poverty/
http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm
http://www.care.org/campaigns/childrenpoverty/facts.asp
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411654_poverty_facts.pdf

http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9215/racism.htm
Definition and origin
Additional Sites:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism#RacisminNorthAmerica
http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/racial-prejudice.htm
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fromswastikatojimcrow/index.html
http://remembersegregation.org/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/index.html
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/segregated-america.html

http://news.stanford.edu/pr/91/911113Arc1059.html
Impact on children
Additional Sites:
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/index.html
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/topics/homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/
http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-homeless-youth
http://www.nhchc.org/Curriculum/module1/module1D/H3MythsandFactsaboutHomelessness.pdf
http://www.npach.org/
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/526/homeless-facts.html

http://www.lifeafteradultbullying.com/620/index.html
Types of bullies
Additional Sites:
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/?gclid=CNio3saJ5qsCFYxb7AodnyDqKQ
http://www.nobully.com/bullying.htm
http://solutionsforbullying.com/Associations.html
http://www.bullypolice.org/tx_law.html
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-laws.html
http://www.stopbullying.gov/

http://washingtoncountyliteracycouncil.org/
Impact of illiteracy
Additional Sites:
http://www.nrrf.org/essay_Illiteracy.html
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/LegalCenter/story?id=4336421&page=1
http://www.proliteracy.org/
http://www.talkingpage.org/NIAP2007.pdf
http://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp
http://www.sil.org/literacy/issues.htm

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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See Forethought
18
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
20
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
21
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
24
No School
25
CBA
GT Stems Test
Individuals/groups may read after testing
26
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
27
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
31
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
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
7
Create models, presentations, and ad campaigns according to rubrics
Team/Individual assessment
8
Create final elements
9
Create final elements
10
Due: all elements
Presentations begin
11
Presentations continue and end
Reflections
Debrief
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13
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15
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Search the following sites for causes, effects, emotions, and solutions to poverty.
http://www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/poverty/reasons.html
Causes
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00282/over_causes.htm
Causes
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-long-term-effects-of-poverty.htm
Effects
http://www.bread.org/hunger/us-poverty-solutions/
Solutions
http://www.childtrends.org/files/child_trends-2009_04_07_rb_childreninpoverty.pdf
Statistics of poverty, children in poverty