Katie Golin
Pinckney, MI

100 point unit

3 week unit

4 – 6 grade 

A layer:  (15 points)

• Pick a superstition that you can explain how it has helped or hurt our society.  Please be specific with the reasons.  Give details!
• Draw a family tree using poster-board and lots of information about your family.  Who is related to whom and where did they originate from?  Have fun researching your family history!!!
• Write a page discussing the benefits for either Toledo or Michigan from the outcome of the Toledo War.  Be specific and give details.  In the beginning of the page recap the war it self then go into your opinion of who benefited the most and why.

B layer: (10 points each)

• This is a perfect choice for those who enjoy building things.  Choose one topic to build (canal boat, lock, log house, etc).  You can use any materials you have but it does need to be 3 D replica of the topic.  For example do not put a TV inside a log house!
• Research a form of transportation.  This should be a form of transportation found in the early exploration of the Midwest.  Please do not research a jet plane now.  Your information should be written on poster-board with lots of pictures.
• Build a diorama for a scene in the book Erie Trail West.  Please include a written piece explaining the scene you choose to create. 
• Be a member of a reader’s theater play:  The Giant Squash on the Erie Canal.  You need to rehearse your lines and then go to other classrooms to perform the play.  Remember you need to be loud and confident of your part and a cooperative member of the team to get the points.
• This selection is for a project that you may think of during the book.  Please talk to me before assuming you can do this box, but I am up for lots of possibilities.

C layer: (5 points each)

• Watching the video
• All the Mitten Articles are mandated!  You MUST do all three of these with Mrs. Kanerva. 
• All the reviews are mandated!  You MUST do these with Mrs. Golin to understand and discuss the book we are reading. 

* So you have 40 points that are a MUST do!  After that you can choose your assignments to get to 100 points as you wish!

-    If you choose to design a superstition book, pick 5 – 10 superstitions to illustrate in a mini-book.  You can research your own superstitions or use the sheet in the binder which has many well known ones already listed.

-    Grab a partner and sequence story events from the book Erie Trail West.  This can not be done until we are close to the end of the book.  Once the events are laid out, just call an adult over to check it.

-  The poetry writing consists of you choosing a topic to write about.  Then choose a style of poetry you will use to write in.  This can be about Canal Boats in a name poem set up or write about Jennifer using a telephone poem style.  Have an adult edit your rough draft before publishing your poem on color paper!

- Using a Venn diagram is when you are comparing yourself with a character in the book or comparing life today with life on the canal.  There could be many choices for comparisons just lists as many similarities and differences as possible.  Neatness Counts!!!!!