“Julius Caesar” ABC Book
Here's your opportunity to have some fun. You'll get to read a great story. You'll get to be creative. You'll get to write some really complex sentences. You'll get to prove how well you can work together in a group. You'll get to win a prize if your class's project is judged the best!
Step One: Read “Julius Caesar” in your textbook.
Step Two: Elect a chairperson to run the organization of the rest of this project. The chairperson should probably have a secretary to write ideas on paper. Make sure that the chairperson is a reliable student with exceptional attendance. At the end of each class period, give all of your group’s work to the chairperson. Chairperson…if something comes up, and you have to be gone on the due date, it is your responsibility to get the project to someone else in your group.
Step Three: The chairperson and secretary need to guide you through the decision as to which 26 items are truly the most important. These can be characters, descriptions of places, events, plot twists, morals, etc.
Step Four: Divide the alphabet up into even portions for each member in your group. Then assign the beginning of the alphabet to Act I, the next section to Act II, etc.
Step Five: Step Six: You will need to divide the work of this project with the number of students in each group. For example, if you have 13 people in your group, each student would be responsible for 2 pages. You will write your name on the back of the pages you created. Refer to the rubric for a run-down of criteria for this project. Determine whether your book will have horizontal pages or vertical pages.
Step Seven: Don’t forget a cover. Include the following: title, author, illustration, and a proverb. The proverb can be a commonly known one or it can be one that your group creates. Either way, simply make sure it relates to the story’s theme. Proverb: a sentence or phrase which briefly and strikingly expresses some recognized truth or shrewd observation about practical life and which has been preserved by oral and written tradition. Examples: People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. OR Actions speak louder than words. OR You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
Step Eight: Get busy! Your book is due FINISHED at the end of class on ______! Remember, NO exceptions.
Some miscellaneous tips:
ü Think about how you will structure your sentences. You need to cram a lot of information into just 26 sentences!
ü PROOFREAD!!! Grammar, spelling, punctuation all count!
ü Remember that each sentence must begin with a word that begins with the appropriate letter: The first sentence begins with an A word; the fifth sentence begins with an E word; ETC.
ü This is a competition. My fellow English teachers will help judge the books. The winning group will earn a prize!
ü You will be graded on your cooperative group behavior. Make sure you are participating. If you don’t participate, you won’t earn group points!