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Nonconformity Persuasive Essay (April 2017)
Instructor: Mr. McCloskey, Ms. Barrett
For this assignment, you are asked to craft a persuasive essay in which you select an individual who displays the traits of a nonconformist. You are asked to either defend or criticize the person in your paper. Below are handouts you received when you came to the library to research.
Notes Page: NonconformityResearch2017.docx
Past Assignments
Understanding Setting
The setting of a book is the time and place the story is occuring. Often, it is different than our lives. This means you need to find background information about the setting. This will help you develop a greater understanding for the story.
Alaska: http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/alaska, http://alaska.gov/
Urban Life: http://www.history.com/topics/tenements
1800s Farm Life: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/rural/
US Civil War: http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history
1960s/Hippies: http://www.history.com/topics/1960s
Arizona: http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/arizona, https://az.gov/
Book Trailers for Book in a Week
Check out some of these book trailers if you are looking for something to read. Our media center owns all of these books, but you must use Destiny to determine if they are currently available.
How to Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Three+Times+Lucky+Book+Trailer
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Patterson
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Bridge+to+Terabithia
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray, by Ann M. Martin
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/A+Dog%27s+Life
Dying to Meet You, by Kate Klise
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Dying+to+Meet+You+Student+Made+Trailer
Hoot, by Carl Hiiasen
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Hoot+Student+Book+Trailer
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/The+One+and+Only+Ivan+Book+Trailer
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Touch+Blue+Book+Trailer
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Indie+-+Miss+Peregrine%27s+Home+for+Peculiar+Children
Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things, by Lenore Look
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Alvin+Ho+Allergic...+Book+Trailer
Out of my Mind, by Sharon Draper
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Out+Of+My+Mind+Book+Trailer
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Where+the+Mountain+Meets+the+Moon
Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Septys
Beware the Ninja Weenies, by David Lubar
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, by Chris Grabenstein
The False Prince, by Jennifer A. Nielson
How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart
Killer Species: Menace from the Deep, by Michael P. Spradlin
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, by Tom Angleberger (others in series)
Swindle by Gordon Korman
El Deafo, by Cece Bell
Eight Keys, by Suzanne LeFleur
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Eight+Keys+Book+Trailer
Three Times Lucky, by Sheila Turnage
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Three+Times+Lucky+Book+Trailer
This list was created using materials found off of the websites "Book Trailers for Readers," and "Scholastic."