Grade+5+Mysteries+of+Harris+Burdick+Project

=Mysteries of Harris Burdick Project=

1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning 3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings eﬀectively. 4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres. 4.1.5 Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience. ||
 * Standards ||
 * AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner || 1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
 * Common Core || CC6-8WH/SS/S/TS4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. ||


 * **VOCABULARY ** ||
 * **Enigmatic: ** Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious  (enigma: mystery) ||
 * **Surreal: ** having the disorienting quality of a dream; unreal;  fantastic  (surreal: “sur”= “above”; “above, or beyond, what is considered real”) ||

There were supposed to be stories that went with these pictures. The stories were lost. The only things remaining were the pictures, the title, and one line from the middle of the story.
===Then, in 2011, Chris Van Allsburg got 14 very famous writers to write the stories that he hinted about with the amazing pictures in Harris Burdick. The new book is called //The Chronicles of Harris Burdick.//===

===6) After you have written your paragraph, I will share some of the stories from the //Chronicles of Harris Burdick// book, the one that just came out, and you can compare your writing with some of the best authors around.===

However, if you have to type this paragraph, here's an easy link to a google form that you can use:
[|https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDI2OW1ieGE5SVlKT2lhMTh5QUhMT2c6MQ#gid=0]

Here is your rubric for your assignment:


 * ** Harris Burdick Paragraph RUBRIC ** ||  ** √- **** Needs Improvement **  ||  ** √ **** Meets the Standard **  ||  ** √+ **** Exceeds the Standard **  ||
 * At least 5 sentences || Fewer than 5 sentences || 5 sentences || More than 5 sentences ||
 * Paragraph uses prompt effectively || Ignores prompt or does not use effectively || uses prompt effectively || uses prompt effectively, with additional attention to detail ||
 * Paragraph draws on evidence from the illustration || Does not draw evidence from illustration || draws on evidence from the illustration || draws on evidence from the illustration, with additional inferences and prediction from evidence ||
 * Attention to grammar, punctuation, form || Insufficient or poor attention to grammar, punctuation, form || Adequate Attention to grammar, punctuation, form || Commendable Attention to grammar, punctuation, form ||
 * Neatness || Not enough addition to neatness || Attention to neatness || Exemplary attention to neatness ||
 * Neatly Presented || Handwritten, sloppy, incomplete || Neatly handwritten || Very neatly handwritten or (if you HAVE to) typed ||
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