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**Timeline of My Life ** By Samantha Snow **Subject ** Language Arts **Topic ** Making a timeline about turning points in their lives **Grade Level ** 8th grade 50 minutes Focus Attention/Motivation: 5 minutes Instructional Input & Modeling: 10 minutes Student Engagement/Practice: 30 minutes Closure: 5 minutes The overall goal of this less is to identify different turning points in the students’ lives. conventions. || information and display focus, organization, elaboration and coherence. ||  Given that the students have thought of specific turning points in their lives, they will be able to place them on a timeline in order of occurrence. Journals/pens Dry erase board/markers Long strips of poster board paper (long enough for time line) Markers/crayons/stickers/etc Maybe pictures from the specific occurrences Focus Attention/Motivation: When the students come into class the bell ringer will be up on the board and they should write about it in their journals. The bell ringer is: When did these five different events first occur in your lives, if they never occurred in your life then give it a time you think it will occur? Which one of these five events was most memorable to you? Two-Minutes Skill Drill on page 21 of textbook Writer's Choice
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.3.A.3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">> Write compositions that contain complete sentences and effective paragraphs using English
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.3.A.3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">> Write compositions that contain complete sentences and effective paragraphs using English
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">IL.3.B.3a || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">> Produce documents that convey a clear understanding and interpretation of ideas and
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">going to the mall
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">graduating
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">moving to another state
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">falling in love

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Instructional Input & Modeling: Then I will discuss the bell ringer with the students, and ask for some volunteers so share when each occurrence first happened to them and which was most memorable. Then I will discuss how they each will be making a time line of the different personal turning points in each of their lives, which they need to include at least 5 turning points that have occurred in their lives and also two future goals at the end of their timelines. They will have to put the year the turning point happened, a short description of what happened, and a picture if possible. They are to make these creative and colorful. I will also make a time line of my own life to give the students ideas for their own, and also use for a model.

Student Engagement/Practice: I will pass out the long strips of poster board they are to put their time lines on, and some art supplies they can use. Then I will make sure to tell the students that on the top they should label it "(THEIR NAME)'S LIFE". I will then give them time to work on them in class, and if they do not finish they are to take it home and finish it. They may also take it home to add pictures if they have any.

Closure: Then the next day in class I will give them each time to share their time lines with the class, and choose one turning point to tell us about. Then I will display them up in the classroom for everyone to see. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">I will collect each of the student's time lines, and make sure they have included at least 5 personal turning points and 2 future goals. and included 5 personal turning points and 2 future goals. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student completed their time line, but it lacked some turning points and/or future goals. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">No resources added. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">At-risk students will be able to work with an aid if available, otherwise I will be available to help the student out with their time line. I can help them come up with a list of a few different turning points that could have occurred in their live. (examples: when they were born, becoming a big sister/brother, first day of school, first vacation, graduation, meeting your first friend, moving into a new house, etc) Gifted students will be allowed to be as creative as they want with their time lines, such as make a large poster board with pictures, create a power point, or a short video. ELL students can work with an interpreter to help them through the process, or if one is on available they will be able to write it in their native language.
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 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Acceptable (20 pts) ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Unacceptable (10 pts) ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">time lines (1, 100%) ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student completed their time line,
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