THE BOOK OF ME
Project Overview:
During this term you will write a book, a book of memories. It will consist of your memories and thoughts from your life. You will be leaving High School in the next several years and this memory book will be a project you can look back on to see where you came from and where you thought you were going. Your finished book will be due at the end of this 13 week unit; however you should begin now and work on it daily for the remainder of this term in order to complete it on time, without rushing.
Book Format:
The final product will be presented to me in book form. It must be bound, not stapled. You can choose your binding format, for example, weaving your pages together with string, a three ring binder, or a spiral binding. Your cover may have drawings or pictures pasted on the outside cover, inside cover, and the spine if you wish.
Content:
Your Book of Memories must include the following 10 Chapters, Table of Contents, Dedication Page and Epilogue:
Chapter 1: "Who Am I?" (Who are you? Where do you live? WEEK TWO
What are your life goals? How do you expect to reach DATE 2/29/12
those goals?)
Chapter 2: "Before I Was, There Were . . ."
(Your parents grandparents, aunts, uncles, older WEEK THREE
cousins and siblings and anybody who may not be a DATE 3/7/12
relative but who has helped to pave the way for you
and your family.)
Chapter 3: "Suddenly, I Became Me"
(Earliest memories: people, places, events, all those WEEK FOUR
cute things that you did when you were tiny, DATE 3/14/12
that your mother, father, grandparents or guardians
tell you about.)
Chapter 4: "School Bells"
(Your earliest years in school -- K through 3 -- WEEK FIVE
learning to read, special school programs, special DATE 3/21/12
teachers and special friends, favorite subject)
Chapter 5: "I Grew Up Here”
(Describe your town, neighborhood, rural WEEK SIX
community.) 3/28/12
Chapter 6: "My First Boyfriend/Girlfriend"
(That first crush in elementary school) WEEK SEVEN
If you didn’t have one, you can substitute DATE 4/4/12
the following topic:
"Let's Go to the Movies" (Favorite movies at
different times in your life: childhood, early
teen years and now)
Chapter 7: "I Wish I Could See _____ Again"
(Tell about a childhood friend that you have WEEK EIGHT
no contact with anymore but would like to see DATE 4/11/12
again.)
Chapter 8. "Middle School"
(Fears, emotions, how you have changed, teachers, WEEK NINE
friends, activities, successes, heartbreaks) DATE 4/18/12
Chapter 9: "Let's Take a Vacation"
(A memorable trip you took with family or friends
or a trip you would like to take.) WEEK TEN
DATE 4/25/12
Chapter 10: "High School Expectations”
(What did you expect High School to be like? WEEK ELEVEN
What are your fears? What are you looking DATE 5/2/12
forward to most? Where do you expect to
be in 10 years?)
FINAL TWO WEEKS
Epilogue: "If I could change one thing about my character, I would….”
FINISHED BOOK: Due May 16th or Sooner
If your Book of Memories is complete and shows creativity and thought, your overall grade will be no less than 120 points. The more thorough and creative you are in decorating your book cover, pages and sections, the higher your grade will be. Possible ideas for decoration may include drawings, pictures, photographs, newspapers or brochures. Any book that does not contain all 10 chapters, table of contents, dedication page and epilogue will receive a lower grade, regardless of how fancy it is. Any book that has been obviously “thrown together”, which demonstrates an extreme lack of effort, will not be graded.
GUIDELINES:
During this term you will write a book, a book of memories. It will consist of your memories and thoughts from your life. You will be leaving High School in the next several years and this memory book will be a project you can look back on to see where you came from and where you thought you were going. Your finished book will be due at the end of this 13 week unit; however you should begin now and work on it daily for the remainder of this term in order to complete it on time, without rushing.
Book Format:
The final product will be presented to me in book form. It must be bound, not stapled. You can choose your binding format, for example, weaving your pages together with string, a three ring binder, or a spiral binding. Your cover may have drawings or pictures pasted on the outside cover, inside cover, and the spine if you wish.
Content:
Your Book of Memories must include the following 10 Chapters, Table of Contents, Dedication Page and Epilogue:
Chapter 1: "Who Am I?" (Who are you? Where do you live? WEEK TWO
What are your life goals? How do you expect to reach DATE 2/29/12
those goals?)
Chapter 2: "Before I Was, There Were . . ."
(Your parents grandparents, aunts, uncles, older WEEK THREE
cousins and siblings and anybody who may not be a DATE 3/7/12
relative but who has helped to pave the way for you
and your family.)
Chapter 3: "Suddenly, I Became Me"
(Earliest memories: people, places, events, all those WEEK FOUR
cute things that you did when you were tiny, DATE 3/14/12
that your mother, father, grandparents or guardians
tell you about.)
Chapter 4: "School Bells"
(Your earliest years in school -- K through 3 -- WEEK FIVE
learning to read, special school programs, special DATE 3/21/12
teachers and special friends, favorite subject)
Chapter 5: "I Grew Up Here”
(Describe your town, neighborhood, rural WEEK SIX
community.) 3/28/12
Chapter 6: "My First Boyfriend/Girlfriend"
(That first crush in elementary school) WEEK SEVEN
If you didn’t have one, you can substitute DATE 4/4/12
the following topic:
"Let's Go to the Movies" (Favorite movies at
different times in your life: childhood, early
teen years and now)
Chapter 7: "I Wish I Could See _____ Again"
(Tell about a childhood friend that you have WEEK EIGHT
no contact with anymore but would like to see DATE 4/11/12
again.)
Chapter 8. "Middle School"
(Fears, emotions, how you have changed, teachers, WEEK NINE
friends, activities, successes, heartbreaks) DATE 4/18/12
Chapter 9: "Let's Take a Vacation"
(A memorable trip you took with family or friends
or a trip you would like to take.) WEEK TEN
DATE 4/25/12
Chapter 10: "High School Expectations”
(What did you expect High School to be like? WEEK ELEVEN
What are your fears? What are you looking DATE 5/2/12
forward to most? Where do you expect to
be in 10 years?)
FINAL TWO WEEKS
Epilogue: "If I could change one thing about my character, I would….”
FINISHED BOOK: Due May 16th or Sooner
If your Book of Memories is complete and shows creativity and thought, your overall grade will be no less than 120 points. The more thorough and creative you are in decorating your book cover, pages and sections, the higher your grade will be. Possible ideas for decoration may include drawings, pictures, photographs, newspapers or brochures. Any book that does not contain all 10 chapters, table of contents, dedication page and epilogue will receive a lower grade, regardless of how fancy it is. Any book that has been obviously “thrown together”, which demonstrates an extreme lack of effort, will not be graded.
GUIDELINES:
- All deadlines above must be met on time. A rubric will be given for each chapter assignment and a point value will be assigned.
- Your final project will be a major portion of your second semester grade for writing. I highly recommend you begin developing ideas without hesitation.
- SIX TRAITS taught and used for this writing project. We will be reviewing them regularly.
- Self-assessments must be completed on each section of this project.
- Evidence of the writing process must be included in your final draft turned in each week.
- The purpose of this activity is to apply what you have learned about the Six Traits of Writing this semester.
- Common Conventional errors should not exist within your writing. We will be focusing on those types of conventions when assessing your writing during this assignment.
- Tests will be given several times during this period to make sure you have grasped the traits of writing and specific writing conventions.
- ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE SHOULD BE NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS!!!!!