8th

Grade Cambridge 2017-2018

• Mrs. Cindy St. John- ELA and Global Perspectives

• Mrs. Jennifer Scotland- ELA and Global Perspectives

• Ms. Laurel Anderson- Science

• Mrs. Kathy Selden- History

• Mr. Chris Howell- Algebra

• Mr. Joseph Duda- Algebra

Cambridge Secondary Summer ELA Assignment

Grade 8

Common Novel-The Giver by

Lois Lowry

Character Analysis Assignment

• Think about your overall impression of the main characters in your grade level’s common novel.

• What is he/she like?

• What are some of his/her most interesting/meaningful/significant attributes?

• Why? Explain

Triple Entry Journal

• As you read the novel “The Giver” by Lois Lowry keep notice and note your findings in a triple entry journal. (an example is in your packet)

• Identify examples of all 5 Cambridge Learner Attributes found within the main characters.

• Explain how these attributes were exhibited throughout the text.

• These journals are based on your understanding of the novel and interpretation of how the attributes may apply in one’s life.

Triple Entry JournalAs you read the novel “The Giver” by Lois Lowry keep notice and note your

findings in a triple entry journal. (an example is in your packet)

Character: Which of the Cambridge Learner Attributes is the character displaying? Use text evidence and your own ideas to detail how this habit applies to the character(s).

Specific Text Evidence:

Jonas Reflective – Jonas is deliberate with the choice of words he uses to describe his feelings. At the beginning of the novel, he reflects upon a prior experience in which he was left very frightened after an unidentified aircraft flew over his community. He considers this feeling as he ponders how to define his current feelings about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve. This demonstrates Jonas’s ability to reflect upon his past experiences while facing new challenges.

Chapter One, page 4-6 “He searched for the right word to describe his own feeling. Jonas was careful about language.” “Thinking, still, as he wheeled his bike into its narrow port beside the door, he realized that frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings, now that December was almost here. It was too strong an adjective.” “Apprehensive, Jonas decided. That’s what I am.”

Task

• Choose three attributes that your character exhibits throughout the story.

• Using the outline provided and your triple entry journal.

• Create a presentation that explains how you know these are his/her attributes.

• Why are they significant to the story.

Outline• I. Introduction

• A. Introduce the novel’s title and author

• B. Give brief background information: What is the story about?

• C. Claim: In one sentence, state what your character’s attributes are and how/why they affect the story/themes/other characters.

• II. How is this character revealed at the beginning of the novel?

• A. Identify the attribute your character exhibits at the beginning of the novel.

• B. How do you know? (What do others say about the character? What does the character do? How does the author describe the character?) Be sure to include specific text evidence to support your claim. Elaborate by explaining how the specific text evidence illustrates the character’s first attribute. (information included in the center of your triple entry journal)

• C. How does this attribute affect the story? (How does this attribute help or hurt the character’s relationships with others? Does it help/hurt him personally? Does it get him into or out of trouble?)

• D. Why?

• III. How does the character change throughout the course of the novel?

• A. Identify a second attribute your character exhibits

• B. How do you know? Consider changes in action, attitudes, beliefs, or self-concept.(What do others say about the character? What does the character do?) Be sure to include specific text evidence to support your claim. Elaborate by explaining how the specific text evidence illustrates the character’s attribute. (information included in the center of your triple entry journal)

• C. How does this attribute affect the story? (How does this attribute help or hurt the character’s relationships with others? Does it help/hurt him personally? Does it get him into or out of trouble?)

• D. Explain why this change is important to the character.

Presentations of your assignment will take place during the first week of the

2017-2018 school year.

•Options to present your analysis can be as follows:

• Create a paper slide presentation• Design a Prezi or Power Point• Produce a visual representation (e.g. annotated scrapbook, annotated collage, comic book, brochure, video, etc.)

Final Note

•Please refrain from using the movie as any part of your analysis. The movie has an entirely different perspective from the book.

Global Perspectives High School Course

• Course Description

• Cambridge IGCSE (Pre-AICE) Global Perspectives provides opportunities for inquiry into, and reflection on, key global issues from a personal, local/national and global perspective.

• Cambridge IGSCE (Pre-AICE) Global Perspectives encourages awareness of global problems and offers opportunities to explore possible solutions through cooperation and collaboration. The course is not about getting everybody to think identically; rather it is a matter of opening minds to the great complexity of the world and of human thought.

Course Objectives

• Students will have the opportunity to acquire and apply a range of skills, including:

• gathering, synthesizing and communicating information.

• collaborating with others to achieve a common outcome.

• analyzing and evaluating planning, processes, and outcomes.

• developing and justifying a line of reasoning.

Cambridge IGSCE (Pre-AICE) Global Perspectives aims to develop learners who:

• are independent and empowered to take their place in an ever-changing, information heavy and interconnected world.

• have an analytical, evaluative grasp of global issues and their causes, effects and possible solutions.

• inquire into and reflect on issues independently and in collaboration with others.

• can communicate effectively.• work independently, as well as part of a team.• consider important issues from multiple perspectives.• critically assess information and make judgments.• can support judgments with lines of reasoning.• have a sense of their own, active place in the world.• can empathize with needs and rights of others.