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        <td><span style="display: block; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;"><em>A hero is defined as a person with courage and ability admired for his deeds and is regarded as a model to others. What do you think think the qualities of a hero are? What makes someone a hero in your eyes?</em></span></span><br />
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Quick write in notebooks: A hero is defined as a person with courage and ability admired for his deeds and is regarded as a model to others. What do you think the qualities of a hero are? What makes someone a hero in your eyes?</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Find information about your person in the following 3 sources: a book, a database, and the internet using the CRAPP Test.</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Read sources and write <strong><em><u>notes</u></em></strong> on the 2 column note sheets in your packet</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Cite your sources.</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Create a poster using postermywall.com about your real world hero.</h1>
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 <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Email your poster to Mrs. Whitman and Ms. Tolbert. (<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="mailto:mwhitman@weld8.org" rel="nofollow">mwhitman@weld8.org</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="mailto:ttolbert@weld8.org" rel="nofollow">ttolbert@weld8.org</a>)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Download your poster, save it to your desktop. Then upload into Google Docs.<br />
<h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Organize your notes and create an <strong><em><u>outline</u></em></strong> for your presentation and speech.</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Create a <u>Thesis Statement.</u> See example below.</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Create a <strong><em><u>speech</u></em> including the facts from your research</strong> with information about your real world hero’s background, turning points, important people, and if your person is a hero.</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span> <strong><em><u>Edit</u></em></strong> and <strong><em><u>practice</u></em> your speech</strong></h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span><strong><em><u>Present</u></em></strong> your speech to the class with your poster.</h1>
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 <h1><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 18.66px;">q</span>Complete <strong><em><u>works cited</u></em> page using easybib.com</strong></h1>
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