7th grade project guidelines

“Where the Red Fern Grows” Final Project
Due Date: Feb 20

Now that we completed the novel, it is time for the final project. You are to work alone on this. You will research either:
Hunting dogs
Raccoon hunting
Making items from fur
How to train dogs for hunting

You need to create a 7th grade quality Power Point presentation on your topic with at least 12 slides (1 for the title, 10 dealing specifically with your topic and the book, and 1 for a bibliography slide). You can design your presentation and include any information that you found.

You may have to do a lot of the work at home. You can email your presentation to me at: Zwastetzky@stjohnthebaptistschool.org. You may also save it to a disk and bring it in. If you do not have a Power Point program on your home computer, you need to find the time during the school day (before school—come in early or after school—stay late) to get it done.

You are to do research on your topic and then relate it to specific parts of the book. For example, if you find evidence some where that hound dogs are very predatory towards hunting and they don’t give up, you will include the following “He wouldn’t leave the tree, for in his veins flowed the breeded blood of a hunting dog.” (chapter 19). Your slide will look like this:















You will also do a bibliography page that has proper citations of each source you use and also include the novel.




HOW TO CITE A SOUCE:
Book
Author. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, year of publication. (since you are using the book in general, you may by-pass using all the page numbers)

Example:
Smith, John. Billy and His Dogs. Chicago: Chicago Publishing Company, 1975.

Website:
Author. Name of Page. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site. Date of Access .

Example:
Smith, John. Raccoon Hunters Club. 15 Nov. 2006. Hunters Association of America. www.weluvhunters.com.

Be aware that a lot of times you will not find all the information needed for a web site. Start with the order and include whatever is available.

Your project is worth 60 points. This should be the easiest 60 points you can get. Each slide is worth 5 points.

Those five points will include
accurate, detailed, and quality information related to your topic
spelling and grammar accuracy
creativity
having a quote
having a picture

Title page and bibliography page are also five points each and will be earned based on neatness, creativity and following directions for the bibliography.
Rubric for “Where the Red Fern Grows” Power Point project
60 pts.

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Slide 1 (Title)
The slide is creative, includes your topic and name.
The slide is not creative, but does include topic and name.
The slide is creative, but it does not include either your topic or name.
The slide is not creative and does not include the title/topic.
There was little effort put into the opening slide.

There is no title slide.
Slides 2-11
The slide has pertinent information including a topic relevant to the book, information to support that topic and a great quote with chapter number done properly.
The slide has pertinent information including a topic relevant to the book, information to support that topic and a quote with chapter number done properly.
The slide has pertinent information including a topic relevant to the book, information to support that topic and a quote. There is no chapter number to go with your quote).
The information on the slide does not fit in with the topic or the book. There is a quote, but it is a stretch to make it fit with the information.
There is no topic to the slide, there is no relevance to the topic of the presentation, and the quote is random and does not fit with the topic or information.

The information does not fit in with the topic and/or there is no quote.

Slide 12 (Bibliography)
Bibliography includes all your sources used (including the book) and is done as instructed on the guideline sheet.
Bibliography includes your sources used and is done as instructed on the guideline sheet, the only thing is you forgot your book.
You included all your sources in your bibliography, but there were a couple mistakes in how you cited things. You should have used the examples as a guide.
You included your sources but they were not done properly. You should have used your guideline paper as a guide.
Your bibliography page is no where near correct. You didn’t cite things properly. Why didn’t you use your guidelines?

There was no bibliography.


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reading 7

We just finished "Where the Red Fern Grows." We will have a test tomorrow covering chapters 11-20. Students also received a packet and rubric for their final project. They can work alone or with a parther. Keep in mind we will not have class time to work on it. If your child is working with someone, it must be on his/her own time. I'm attaching the guidelines and rubric below this. The due date will be Feb. 20

We will be starting "The Giver" soon. If you did not buy the book from me, please send it in with your child.

Students are also working on persuausive essays. They will have class time tomorrow, after the test, to work on them. They will be due next week.