Extra Credit Opportunities for the Week of October 27

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Posted by sfetterman | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on October 24, 2014

Extra Credit Opportunities from Monday, October 27 to Sunday, November 2

Students:  You will have a week to complete as many or as little extra credit assignments as you want to do. (Monday – Sunday).

Achieve 3000 Articles

For each article, you must complete the four tabs at the top and summarize three paragraphs.

Article #1:      Should These Players Be Paid?

Article #2:      Leave the Bears Alone?

Article #3:      Going Places

Article #4:      Cars without Drivers

Article #5:      Bringing the Trains Back

75%           =          1 bonus point

88%          =          2 bonus points

100%        =          3 bonus points      

 

Newsela Articles:

You must use “MAX” for each article.

Article #1:     Scientists say reconstructed dinosaur had body                                           built for swimming

Article #2:    What will it take to contain Ebola in West Africa?

 

75%            =          1 bonus point

100%         =          2 bonus points      

 

Myaccess Essays:

You must have a holistic score of 5.8 to receive 5 bonus points.  It’s all or nothing.

Prompt:    Pick Me!                                                                                      (Persuasive)

Prompt:    Favorite Part of the Holiday Season                                      (Persuasive)

 

 

Extra Credit Opportunities for the Week of October 20

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Posted by sfetterman | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on October 18, 2014

 Extra Credit Opportunities from Monday, October 20 to Sunday, October 26

 Students:  You will have a week to complete as many or as little extra credit assignments as you want to do. (Monday – Sunday).

Achieve 3000 Articles

For each article, you must complete the four tabs at the top and summarize three paragraphs.

Article #1:      Robots Becoming More Like People

Article #2:      Kids Need Sleep

75%           =          1 bonus point

88%          =          2 bonus points

100%        =          3 bonus points      

 

Newsela Articles:

You must use “MAX” for each article.

Article #1:     What kind of prison might the inmates design?

Article #2:    Amid battle over keeping whales in captivity, some                              aquariums scale back

75%            =          1 bonus point

100%         =          2 bonus points      

Myaccess Essay:

You must have a holistic score of 5.8 to receive 5 bonus points.  It’s all or nothing.

Prompt:      Write a Scary Story  (Narrative)

Extra Credit Opportunities for the Week of October 13

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Posted by sfetterman | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on October 13, 2014

 Extra Credit Opportunities from Monday, October 13 to Sunday, October 19

 Students:  You will have a week to complete as many or as little extra credit assignments as you want to do. (Monday – Sunday).

Achieve 3000 Articles

For each article, you must complete the four tabs at the top and summarize three paragraphs.

Article #1:       Found:  Riches From a Queen          

Article #2:      These Horses Need Homes

75%           =          1 bonus point

88%          =          2 bonus points

100%        =          3 bonus points      

 

Newsela Articles:

You must use “MAX” for each article.

Article #1:    “Hangover” producer helps juvenile hall writers find liberating sentences       

Article #2:    Study: Campfire stories may have sparked early societal learning  

75%            =          1 bonus point

100%         =          2 bonus points      

Myaccess Essay:

You must have a holistic score of 5.8 to receive 5 bonus points.  It’s all or nothing.

Prompt:      A Career for Me     (Expository)

 

Extra Credit Opportunities for the Week of October 6

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Posted by sfetterman | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on October 5, 2014

Extra Credit Opportunities from Monday, October 6 to Sunday, October 12

Students:  You will have a week to complete as many or as little extra credit assignments as you want to do. (Monday – Sunday).

Achieve 3000 Articles

For each article, you must complete the four tabs at the top and summarize three paragraphs.

Article #1:           Music To Grow By?

Article #2:           Steps Towards Walking

75%           =          1 bonus point

88%          =          2 bonus points

100%        =          3 bonus points      

 

Newsela Articles:

You must use “MAX” for each article.

Article  #1:    Africa’s women entrepreneurs take the lead

Article #2:      More children joining ranks of Syria’s desperate rebels

 

75%            =          1 bonus point

100%         =          2 bonus points      

 

Myaccess Essay:

You must have a holistic score of 5.8 to receive 5 bonus points. It’s all or nothing.

Prompt:      Visiting an Interesting Place     (expository essay)

 

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