Winter Break Assignment

Create a persuasive piece for the KLA Paw Prints Paper about which mode of public transportation is the best in San Diego based on at least three criteria that a rider would consider when making his/her choice using quantitative and qualitative data.

When answering the question compare the following companies:
UBERx
Lyft
Public Bus
Yellow Cab
We Did The Math: Is Uber Really Cheaper Than A Taxi?

Writing Prompt
You are leading a group of students on an overnight camping trip to the mountains. It is November and the weather can be unpredictable. Since the mountains are only an hour away, and you are only staying one night, many of the students don’t think it’s important to tell anyone or bring extra gear.
Since you are a survival expert, it’s your job to persuade these students that being prepared is of the utmost importance. Write a letter to these students explaining the importance of being prepared for any situation. Use and quote evidence from the three survival texts that you have read recently. Remember, their survival may depend on this letter. Use proper grammar, capitalization and punctuation. Your letter must include all the parts of an argumentative/persuasive letter.
Do/What Chart

Winter Break Assignment Name
The Keiller school board would like to install new equipment that uses renewable energy to power the school. Since you are an expert on renewable energy sources, you are responsible for informing the board on the best option available to KLA.
You will research and propose renewable energy sources for the school. Create a persuasive/argumentative letter to determine the most efficient renewable resource for the school. Make sure to include all parts of a persuasive letter and use proper spelling, grammar, and capitalization.
Use your survival letter and graphic organizer to help you write this essay.
1. Make a “Do What” Chart or RAFT organizer below.
2. Use a graphic organizer to plan and pre-write your essay. (Hint: Look at your survival letter graphic organizer.)
3. Create your graphic organizer on the back of this paper.
4. Type your essay on ActivelyLearn under “Winter Performance Task – Humanities.

The Theme of “Out of My Mind” is……….

One Pager
Use your notes on the folded paper and in your notebook.

Your individual poster must include the following. You can organize the poster anyway you want.

1. ___(5 pts) Three to five pieces of strong evidence that proves your theme written in sentences
2. ___(5 pts) Ten words that connect to Melody or the theme of Out of My Mind.
3. ___(5 pts) Five visual images, symbols or pictures that connect to the theme.
4. ___(5 pts) A caption for each image, symbol, or picture.
5. ___(5 pts) Two thoughtful questions and answers about the theme of Out of My Mind.
6. ___(5 pts) Use lots of color!
____(30 pts)

Summarize "The Minister of Justice" in 5-6 sentences.
Ex: The Minister of Justice by an anonymous author tells__________ ____________________. At the beginning of the story, ____________________ _________________. Then ________________________________. In the middle of the story, _____________ ___________________. After that,____________________________. At the end of the story, _______________ ______________________________.
Paragraph 2(Structure):
• What is the point of view? Who is the speaker? Explain how you know this.(1st or 3rd person)
• Describe the setting of the story.
• Describe the main characters in the story,
• Describe the conflict(problem) in the story.
• Explain how the conflict was or was not solved.
• Give an example of a simile or metaphor used in the story and why the author used it.
• Explain what a word means that you used context clues to determine the meaning.
Paragraph 3(Commentary)
Did you like or dislike the text and why?
Explain why you think the author wrote the text.
How would you change the story to make it better if you were the author?
Why did you think the author wrote a narrative to give information about Confucius?

Response(Paragraph form)
Paragraph 1: Summarize the text. Explain what it was about or how you inferred what it was about. Use evidence from the text.(3 sentences)

Paragraph 2: Write about the structure:
What type of text is it?
How many lines
Rhyme pattern(show evidence)
dialogue(show evidence)
New words and their definitions.
The inference you made.
(5 sentences)

Paragraph 3: What did you think about this text? Did you like or dislike the text and why? Why did the author write this?