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1 You are beautiful in every single way 1 You are beautiful no matter what they say Words can t bring you down You are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can t bring you down Christina Aguilera (Beautiful) Name: Course & Group: Date: Raquel Feliu Ayala INS Narcís Monturiol (Figueres)

2 You are beautiful in every single way 2 INTRODUCTION In this project, you are going to write about your personal world by the hand of August, a 10-yearold boy with a rare medical facial deformity. You will be able to understand some excerpts from Wonder (the book in which August is the main character) and you will prepare a scrapbook using some lines from the compositions you will have written throughout the project plus a touch of creativity. This project is at the same time a Portfolio as it becomes a place for you to think about your language learning experiences, assess them and collect examples of your writing work. Each section includes writing models to illustrate what you are asked to do, grammar references, common phrases and expressions and some space for the writing tasks that your teacher will correct before you add them to your scrapbook layout My life board. The project is divided into 7 sections: 1 MY PHYSICAL/ PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION (Page 4) Here you will learn how to write a description using vivid vocabulary. Some previous tasks (translation, reading, drawing) will help you improve the descriptive paragraphs 2 FAMILY AND FRIENDS (Page 7) Here you are asked to describe some photos in English. You will review the present continuous and some language you can use for this purpose 3 THINGS I LIKE, THINGS I DON T LIKE (Page 9) You will reflect on some of the things you like and things you do not like. Analyse and understand your behaviour through this exercise 4 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS (Page 11) What inspires you? Find the best inspirational quotes by famous authors, experts on success and inspiring leaders. You will discover some positive thoughts, great advice and ideas from experts through a collection of inspirational quotes on topics including friendship, life, love, career and leadership 5 YOUR BEST MEMORY (Page 13) Do not let memories fade. In this section, you will be invited to get closer to your memories. It is always therapeutic to write down your recollections. Either way, do your best to recall the sensory details that made the moment important. You can write about your best childhood friend, a memorable place, memories of your mother and father, a holiday memory, school-related memories, etc. Keep the memory alive! 6 WHAT WILL YOU DO IN A FUTURE? (Page 15) It is said that writing about our dreams for the future can help us become happier. It is also fun to think about what life will be in the future and it will be a significant source of inspiration for you. Here you will use the future tense to envision and write about your future life

3 You are beautiful in every single way 3 7 SCRAPBOOK DESIGN (Page 17) Time to tell your life story creating a unique scrapbook layout adding photos and including some paragraphs from the writing drafts your teacher will have corrected a priori. Follow the requirements and plan a beautiful scrapbook design 8 SCRAPBOOK PRESENTATION (Page 18) Prepare an oral presentation introducing your life board in class. Remember that the best scrapbook will be awarded 9 ASSESSMENT (page 18) This section includes the assessment criteria and grading percentage for the project tasks. The total project grade will be based on your behaviour and work habits, the performance in the project file (writing process), your Life board layout and the oral presentation of it 10 SELF-ASSESSMENT (Page 19) You will use this section to assess your behaviour and language level to discover what you are good at and where there is room for improvement 11 PROOFREADING CHECKLIST (Page 22) You can use this section to help you with your written work BIBLIOGRAPHY The texts used as writing prompts are adapted from the book Wonder by R. J. Palacio. [Palacio, R J. Wonder. New York: Alfred A Knopf, Print] Your teacher highly recommends you to read this book either in English or Spanish ( La lección de August ) Before starting, can you answer these questions? Why are we doing this project? How is it connected with real life? What do you hope to accomplish with this project? Recommendation: In each section, you will find some space to write the final version of your essay. Follow the 5 parts of the writing process: 1. Prewriting: plan your writing 2. First draft 3. Revise 4. Edit 5. Publish: share your writing to your teachers in the space provided All copies of your rough draft work must be attached at the back of the project file.

4 You are beautiful in every single way 4 1 MY PHYSICAL/ PSYCHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION 1.1 Do you know how to write a general description to appeal the readers? Read and translate the text. You may need a dictionary. I know I m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid. I mean, sure. I do ordinary things. I eat ice-cream. I ride my bike. I play ball. I have and X-Box. Stuff like that makes me ordinary. I guess. And I feel ordinary. Inside. But I know ordinary kids don t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. My name is August Pullman, but my friends called me Auggie, by the way. I won t describe what I look like. Whatever you re thinking, it s probably worse. I don t want to brag or anything, but I am actually considered something of a medical wonder, you know. I am so quiet and shy about meeting new people and I normally scream, gasp and gulp I eat like a tortoise, if you have ever seen a tortoise eating. Like some prehistoric thing. DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE 1 Introduction about you: name, age, what you do... 2 Physical description 3 Psychological description 4 Something peculiar about you

5 You are beautiful in every single way Focus on the physical description. Read August description and draw his portrait. I have had 27 surgeries to correct facial anomalies I was born with, but people still call me cruel nicknames such as Freak, Freddy Krueger and Lizard face. In fact I suffer from craniofacial abnormalities, and my facial deformity is still apparent despite the operations. My eyes sag below the level of normal eyes on a face. The left eye is also situated a little lower than the right eye (they are in the wrong place). Because of shallow eye cavities, my eyeballs appear unnaturally pronounced. The upper eyelids always appear half-closed, while the lower lids seem to sag downward. I do not have any eyebrows or eyelashes. While my cheekbones appear to be non-existent, my nose seems to overwhelm my face. My ears are also very small and cauliflower-shaped. My jawbone is extremely undersized. These surgeries have left scars on my face, the most prominent of which is a gash from my upper lip to my nose. My skin is like melted To protect myself I grew my hair long last year. I like how my bangs cover my eyes: it helps me block out the things I don t want to see!

6 You are beautiful in every single way 6 WRITING TASK 1 Auggie s story is told in 1 st person. The first person voice always lends empathy to the action, since the reader is given insight into the feelings of those involved in the story. Now it is your turn: write a description of yourself in first person too. Ask your teacher to correct it.

7 You are beautiful in every single way 7 2 FAMILY AND FRIENDS How to describe a photo or picture Read the text and write the name of each Wonder s character. On the right of the picture you can see my mom Isabel. She is holding my astronaut helmet. A few years ago I wore an astronaut helmet everywhere I went. To the playground. To the supermarket. To pick my sister Via from school. In this photo Via is holding Justin s hand. She truly cares for me and always defends me. Justin is a nice guy. He has small round glasses. When he is nervous he has some tics. In the photo he is carrying his violin. Jack Will is my closest friend, along with Summer. Summer is a saint. Everybody likes Summer. Next to Vera, it s me. I am wearing a baseball cap and it s very handy to cover over my deformed face. Dad doesn t appear in the photo because he is taking it, in fact. Cheeeeese! WRITING TASK 2 Write a description of two photos, one with your family and one with your friends. Ask your teacher to correct any mistakes. Remember to use the present continuous!

8 You are beautiful in every single way 8 Here is some language you can use: What is in the picture? In the picture I can see... There s / There are... There isn t a... / There aren t any... Say what is happening with the present continuous The man is...ing The people are...ing It s raining. Where in the picture? At the top/bottom of the picture... In the middle of the picture... On the left/right of the picture... next to in front of behind near on top of under

9 You are beautiful in every single way 9 3 THINGS I LIKE, THINGS I DON T LIKE Read August s likes and dislikes and answer the questions. For me Halloween is the best holiday in the world, even better than Christmas. I get dress up in a costume. I get to wear a mask. 1) What do you think August like Halloween? My favourite thing is Star Wars and Bobba Fett and Jango Fett are the best characters. Once I was called Dark Sidious in class and I felt very sad. 2) Do you know why Auggie felt so sad? I like The Lord of the Rings and when my mum reads me The Hobbit at bedtime. My number one thing is my old dog, Daisy. She is my best friend, always taking care of me. I don t like hanging out after school. 3) What do you think August does after school? I hate bullies in school like Julian and big kids and I can t stand people staring and making fun of me. 4) What can he do against bullies?

10 You are beautiful in every single way 10 WRITING TASK 3 Flick through some magazines and cut things you like and things you don t like. Write some draft captions for each thing and ask your teacher to correct any mistakes.

11 You are beautiful in every single way 11 4 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS a. What is a quotation? b. How do you translate quotation/quote into Catalan? c. What movies is this quote from? Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you re gonna get 1. Watch the presentation, copy and translate the quotations. QUOTATION TRANSLATION INTO CATALAN/SPANISH WRITING TASK 4 1. Search on the internet 6 quotes you like.

12 You are beautiful in every single way Choose the best inspirational quote according to you.

13 You are beautiful in every single way 13 5 YOUR BEST MEMORY Read and practice the past simple! Write the past simple verbs in the right column, find the infinitive of each verb and write the meaning. See the example. The night I was born there were two nurses in the delivery room. One was very nice and sweet. The other one, Mom said, didn t seem at all nice and sweet. She had big arms and (here comes the funny part) she kept farting. Like, she d bring Mom some ice chips, and then fart. She d check Mom s blood pressure, and fart. And the nurse never ever said excuse me! When I came out from mom s stomach, the doctor fainted, and the farting nurse started yelling at him the whole time: Get up! Get up! What kind of doctor are you? What kind of doctor are you? And then all of a sudden she let out the biggest, loudest, smelliest fart in the history of farts. Mom thinks it was actually the fart that finally woke the doctor. Of course I can t remember this story but I like when Mom tells it because it makes me laugh so much. R/IR INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE MEANING Irregular TO BE BORN WAS/WERE BORN NÉIXER Remember: Past Simple regular verbs: Past Simple Irregular Verbs:

14 You are beautiful in every single way 14 Past Continuous: WRITING TASK 5 What is your best memory? Write a short essay on it using the past simple and past continuous. Then fill in the bubble speech and the thought bubble. Your teacher will correct it.

15 You are beautiful in every single way 15 6 WHAT WILL YOU DO IN A FUTURE? Read Auggie s wishes and prospects. I ll be in heaven some day and my ugly face won t matter anymore I won t judge anybody I will give up the bad habit of mumbling In a future I would like to walk down the street without people seeing me and then doing that look-away thing I won t hide anymore I ll improve my hairstyle and eye contact Remember: Future forms (will/ won t) Other expressions to express wishes : - I would like to + infinitive - I hope + future

16 You are beautiful in every single way 16 WRITING TASK 6 what will you do in a future? What are your dreams or wishes? Find a photo or draw it. Write a caption in future. Your teacher will correct it.

17 You are beautiful in every single way 17 7 SCRAPBOOK DESIGN SCRAPBOOKING means creativity, mental development and together!, isn' t it? MATERIALS Images of you, your friends, family, pets A big cardboard, preferably white Scissors Ruler Colouring pencils Bottle of glue, adhesive, scotch tape Plain and patterned papers, magazines Small envelopes (it can be handmade) Embellishments: stickers, stamps, ink pads, hole making machine, labels, buttons... anything you can collect to work on your scrapbook. Visit these suggested webpages to find inspiration: STEPS 1 Choose 5 lines from your own physical/psychological description and add them to the scrapbook accompanied by your best photo. 2 Now paste 3 images of you, your family and best friends (those who you love) and copy some paragraphs from your essay describing them. Put them into 3 envelopes glued on your scrapbook. 3 Flick through some magazines and cut things you like and things you don t like. Paste the images and add the corrected notes/captions. 4 Add the best inspirational quote to your Life Board layout. 5 Paste a photo of your most memorable memory. Write some lines of your corrected essay. Add the bubble speech and the thought bubble. 6 Finally, what are your dreams or wishes for the future? Paste a photo or draw it and copy a paragraph from the essay you wrote. 7 Add a nice title and a subheading to your scrapbook. 8 Embellish the layout!

18 You are beautiful in every single way 18 8 SCRAPBOOK PRESENTATION Now that your life scrapbook is finished, display it to the class. Make sure your speech is a good one. We ll organize a student s poll to choose the most creative and original scrapbook! Go for it! Everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their life. [Wonder by R,J. Palacio] During the oral presentation, make sure you Topics / Vocabulary - Give a description of yourself - Describe some photos - Use an inspirational quote - Include a past memory - Talk about your future Grammar Use the proper verb tenses for each essay: - Present Simple - Present Continuous - Likes and dislikes expressions - Expressions to describe photos - Past Simple - Past Continuous - Future Tense and expressions Pronunciation & Intonation Speak not too fast not too slowly Speak loudly Pronounce words correctly Classmates understand you You show enthusiasm 9 ASSESSMENT Your teacher will use the following percentages to assess your work. 10% Work habits & Behaviour 60% Project file (essays) 15% Life board layout 15% Life board presentation

19 You are beautiful in every single way SELF-ASSESSMENT It s time to self-assess your individual work and performance. Points PROJECT RUBRIC Earned Assessment Minimal Basic Proficient Masterful SELF TEACHER WORK HABITS & BEHAVIOUR (10%) Listen while others are talking Work quietly, raise hand to talk and stay in seat Followed directions and use time wisely Bring materials and keep them organized Don t disturb others Try to do their best Accept responsibility for actions Is gaining Independence WRITING PROCESS (60%) Work independently on assignments Use accurate punctuation and capitalization Use a variety of vocabulary and interesting words. Shows own personality in appropriate ways Senses are complete and make sense Use transitional words No sections have been skipped Use resources such as a dictionary when needed Handwriting is neat There are no spelling mistakes There are no grammar mistakes Stays on topic and is through with interesting details The presentation is clear and easy-to-understand Follow the project directions LIFE BOARD ORAL PRESENTATION (15%) Topics / Vocabulary Give a description of himself/herself Describe some photos Use an inspirational quote Include a past memory

20 You are beautiful in every single way 20 Talk about his/her future Grammar Use the proper verb tenses for each essay: Present Simple Present Continuous Likes and dislikes expressions Expressions to describe photos Past Simple Past Continuous Future Tense and expressions Pronunciation & Intonation Speak not too fast not too slowly Speak loudly Pronounce words correctly Classmates understand him/her Show enthusiasm LIFE BOARD LAYOUT (15%) Information is complete and is enhanced by accurate and appropriate details Pictures, photo- graphs, drawings, diagrams, graphs, or other similar devices add to the overall effectiveness of the scrapbook; captions are relevant and explanatory. Space, shapes, textures, and colours provide information themselves and add to the overall effectiveness of the scrapbook. There is a wholeness about the scrapbook; the theme is consistent throughout. The title and subheading clearly identifies the theme. Conventions of spelling, punctuation, and grammar are used with a high degree of accuracy. The requirements of the assignment have been exceeded. The scrapbook is very creative and interesting. We did our best and we tried to be creative and imaginative paying attention to details TOTAL POINTS

21 You are beautiful in every single way 21 Use this section to reflect on your learning process. Answer... What did you learn? What assistance did you need from your teacher? How well did you do? Where could you use what you have been practicing? What was the most difficult part? Did you like the task? Why, why not? What could be improved? Do you feel more confident in writing after completing the project? Overall, how would you rate your work? Do you think this project has help you review some contents you have learnt throughout the school year? Imagine that a complete stranger just picked up this portfolio and reads it. How would this stranger conceive of the author? What kind of person appears to have filled these pages? Finish the sentences I did my very best at Next time I could improve My favorite thing about the project is I now understand One idea I have for adding to the project is

22 You are beautiful in every single way PROOFREADING CHECKLIST When editing and proofreading your assignments, ask yourself From /2015/05/free-essayproofreading-checklist/