Grade 7 Religion Scrapbook Assignment Due Dates: Last day of each month (2-3 assignments must be completed) Final Project collected on: The following items MUST be included in your scrapbook: Title Page Table of Contents Personal Component All About Me Goals All About My Family & Friends (family tree) Birthday Page What the Future Holds Humour Page Favourite Activities Page All About St. Alphonsa School Sports/Arts Page Fads and Fashions The Perfect Day Music and Movies Crossword or Word Search (including answer key) Teen Issues Ode to Grade 7 Faith Component Personal Catholic Background Confirmation Day Reflection Confirmation Symbols and Images of the Holy Spirit My Sponsor
Reminders ***Be sure to include photographs and images throughout your scrapbook*** Be sure to read all the descriptions carefully and include ALL details in your work Assignments will be due throughout the year and not just everything at the end of the year. We will expect to see rough copies and good copies on a regular basis. All written work must be typed Everything must be coloured appropriately Criteria Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Few activities Most activities completed with little completed with attention to detail attention to detail Completion of Activities Some activities completed with some attention to detail All activities completed thoroughly and with attention to detail Presentation of Work Activities rarely enhanced by artwork graphics; poor effort at keeping work neat Some activities enhanced by artwork, graphics; fair effort at keeping work neat Most activities enhanced by artwork, graphics; good effort at keeping work neat All activities enhanced by artwork, graphics; excellent effort in neatness and overall effect Faith Component Activities completed show little understanding of Catholic doctrine Activities completed show some understanding of Catholic doctrine Activities completed show good understanding of Catholic doctrine Activities completed show excellent understanding of Catholic doctrine Personal Component Demonstrates little insight and lacks details in few activities Demonstrates some insight and detailed thoughts in some activities Demonstrates much insight and mostly detailed thoughts in most activities Demonstrates very insightful and detailed thoughts in each activity Teacher s Comments:
Grade 7 Religion/Family Life Scrapbook Assignment This project is designed to get you thinking about your own thinking. Who you are is very much determined by how you think, and how you think is influenced by your personal experience and knowledge. The following descriptions will help you to complete each assignment. Specific lessons will also be taught surrounding certain topics. Title Page PERSONAL COMPONENT (Family Life) Like the cover of a book, your title page has to be an attention grabber that makes the reader want to open your scrapbook and continue reading it. It needs to include a title, (i.e. My Grade 7 Year, or All About Me ), your name, visuals that represent you. All About Me Imagine that you are being interviewed and this is your chance to tell the world anything unique and interesting about you! This page is the introduction to your scrapbook as a whole, so think of it like an overview of who YOU are! Things to Write About: What you like to do Personal Information: Your full name, how your parents decided on your name, your birth date and place, etc. Your hobbies Family Information Cultural information special traditions with your family etc. Interesting things you have done, places you have traveled Goals Our lives have many different aspects to them and therefore our goals also need to be varied. Your job for this page is to set goals for at least five of the following areas of your life. Make sure that you think these through. Think about what you want out of your life, and how you plan to achieve what you want. Some goals are short term and some are long term. Think about how you will know when you have achieved them. Everyone has different goals and want different things, so make these personal. Be sure to explain each goal in detail, so that your objectives are clear.
Set goals for 5 areas of your life below: Family relationships Academic growth Financial goals Intellectual growth Organizational skills Physical growth Friendships Leadership abilities New responsibilities Artistic growth Spiritual growth Personality growth All About My Family and Friends Family and friends are very important in everyone s life (even your pets!) Things to include on this page: What does family mean to you Provide stats on family members (full name, what they like, birthdays, likes, dislikes etc.) What special things does your family do Why is family so important Do you have any special bonds? What plans do you have for your future family What does friendship mean to you? Provide stats on your friends (full name, what they are like, birthdays, likes, dislikes etc.) What special things do you and friends do together? Why are friends so important? Birthday Page This page is dedicated to your special day the day you were born! Things to include: Date and year of your birth Interesting events or facts surrounding your birth What happened in the world during your birth year/month/day Your horoscope sign and how it relates to your personality Chinese calendar year and how it relates to your personality Memorable birthday celebrations (best/worst) Plans for future birthdays
*Also include a paragraph that talks about what it means to get older, and how you feel about getting older and growing up. What the Future Holds Have you ever wished you could see into the future and know what is in store for yourself and the world? Not only do we all have our own personal hopes, goals and dreams, but we also have a vision of what the world will be like in the future. This is your opportunity to examine your thoughts about what the future will be like. Your writing will focus on what you think the future will be like and what you hope the future will be like. Accompanying visuals should reflect the content of your writing. Things to include will be your thoughts on at least 6 of the following in the future: How you will be, look like, act, etc. in the future, and what will be important to you Technology Social Issues (poverty, famine, racism, discrimination, population) Environment War and Peace Medical Science Space Exploration Religion Popular Culture (Fashion, Music, Movies, etc.) Humour Page We all need laughter in our lives and this page is dedicated to humour! For this page, you get to pick from 3 options! Make sure that you have a detailed and creative response for whichever one you pick. Feel free to do a combination of all 3! 1. Select one cartoon character that you think represents your personality. Describe why you relate to this character, and what similar qualities you share. You will be expected to represent the character by drawing them, or gluing several cut outs on your page showing the cartoon character. 2. You may be one of the lucky ones who has a talent for drawing and therefore, you may choose to create your own comic strip. Explain how this strip reflects aspects of your life and your personality. 3. This is a writing option. Reflect on the importance and value of humour in our lives. What makes you laugh? What kinds of things do you find humorous? How important is a good sense of humour? Why do people laugh and animals don t? Or do they also laugh? What does someone s laughter tell you about him or her? Are there different types of laughter? How does laughter affect our daily lives?
Favourite Activities On this page you have two parts you have to complete. 1. You need to list your top ten activities that you like to do. You need to include pictures, graphics, and other visuals to represent what you like to do. 2. For your written component you need to talk about the value of time. As you get older I am sure that you are realizing that time seems to pass more quickly. Use the following questions to help guide your writing. a. Why is having some time on your hands a luxury? b. What is your time schedule this year and how have things changed as you progress from primary to junior to intermediate. c. Is your life simpler or more complicated now? d. Why is time so important? e. What do you notice about time as you get older? f. How do you make sure you have some spare time? g. Have you had to make some important decisions this year based solely on the element of time this year? h. How do we learn to juggle life and deadlines, and are deadlines important? i. What do you find steals your valuable time? What can you do to change this? All About St. Alphonsa School This page is designed for you to talk about St. Alphonsa School and the teachers, staff and friends within it. You may want to include a school map, pictures of the inside and outside of the school, write up about your teachers, and any information about St. Alphonsa School that you think is interesting or important. Teachers shape our lives every day and this can happen in and outside of the classroom. As we travel through life we meet teachers along the way, and under many circumstances. Think of all the people you have learned from, these are all of your teachers! Questions to Answer Who are your teachers? Describe them. Are they your parents, school teachers, coaches, instructors, relatives, friends? Think about the person who has taught you something; what makes them special? Why have they had such an impact on your life? What qualities do your teachers have that you admire?
Sports/Arts Page You get to choose whether you will be making this a Sports page, or an Arts page, or both. To do this, use visuals that represent your interests in either/both and create a written response that takes the following questions into consideration: What is the role of the Arts/Sports? Address the value of the Arts/Sports and why they are held in such high regard to so many people What does art or sport do for you? Do you think that Arts/Sports are overrated? Are athletes or artists over/under paid? What role does Art/Sports play in your life? Include anything else that you think is relevant Fads and Fashions What s hot and what s not? Styles, trends, fads, and fashions are constantly changing. You are to write about how fads and fashions play a role in today s world. Speak from a teenager s point of view. What trends are considered to be cool and what styles, labels, item, etc are really considered desirable by teens of today. Here are some questions and ideas to guide you: Discuss your personal feelings about fashion What do you like to wear and why? What stores are popular? What outfits are the trend right now? How important is it to you to have the latest trends? Has fashion ever affected you negatively? For visuals, think about including pictures of clothing, footwear, sportswear, accessories, hairstyles, new hobbies, music, and cars. The Perfect Day You have 24 hours to do whatever you want money is no object! You can go anywhere with anyone you want! Make sure you explain why you choose to do everything. The sky is the limit so have fun oh, and stay appropriate! What would you choose to do? Where would you choose to go? With whom would you choose to spend this time with? What activities would you do?
Music and Movies Think about the gift of music and movies. I can t imagine human beings not being able to enjoy and express themselves through music and film. What is your favourite type of music? What is your favourite song? What is your favourite artist, band, and type of music? What role does music play in your life? How important is music in your world? What does music do for you and others? What makes good music? What types of movies do you like? Who is your favourite actor/actress? What makes a god movie? What is your favourite movie? Why? The music and movie industry spend millions of dollars every year on their creations, what do you think of this? Create a Crossword and/or Word Search Create a crossword or word search about grade 7 memories. Word Search must include at least 30 words Crossword must include at least 20 words Use a word search or crossword puzzle maker website to assist you in creating this page. You must also include an answer key. Teen Issues Being a teenager today brings with it many challenges; some which have always existed, and some new ones that were never a concern for your parents. During these critical teen years, you will find yourself in situations where you will be forced to make life changing decisions. This page is designed to open your eyes a little and to get you to start thinking about what the responsible choices will be for you. Many of you already have what it takes to make the right decision, yet some of you may not always choose to take the right path. This decision to go the wrong way may stem from peer pressure, self-pity, rebellion against authority, rebellion against your parents, friends, stress, addiction etc Remember that whatever path you choose to take, you will have to live with the decisions you make and sometimes these choices will affect the rest of your life. In the fast paced world of today s teenager, there is sometimes not enough time to properly consider the consequences of your actions. It is easy to feel invincible and unstoppable when you are at the prime of your young life, but it is imperative that you do well in life. The following is a list of some issues
that all of you may face to some degree or another in the upcoming years of high school, college, university and the workforce. Some of you may even be faced with these issues right now. Teen Issues continued Drugs Smoking Drinking Relationships Peer Pressure Abuse Parental Pressure and Expectations Fear of Failure School where do I fit in? Friends and how they change; should I move on or hang on? Harassment Ode to Grade 7 An ode is a poem written to praise, respect, applaud, and glorify a particular person, place, thing, ideal, event, situation, etc It honours the subject and puts it on a pedestal. It is also written to keep memories alive. To write your ode to grade 7, you need to reflect upon all the events of the ten months in Grade 7. What have you learned? What have you gained? What were the best times, and what were the worst? How have your grade 7 experiences helped your intellectual, emotional, spiritual, mental, and social growth, health and well-being? What do you want to remember for the rest of your life? Your ode can be written in a rhyming format or in free verse. Choose what works best for you to express yourself effectively. Visually, make sure that you represent what is in your ode as well. Represent your feelings from the first day of school to the last day of school. Remember : This is your scrapbook page so make it memorable.
FAITH COMPONENT (Religion) Personal Catholic Background Include thoughts (using words) and pictures about your Baptism, First Communion and First Reconciliation (ask your parents for help if needed). Think about how you felt throughout the day and the importance of each day. Also include your personal opinion on what it means to be Catholic and how you follow this each day. Confirmation Day Reflection Include thoughts (using words) and pictures about your Confirmation. Think about how you felt throughout the day and the importance of this day. Think about all the preparation you have done to get to this point: attending a Catholic school, Confirmation classes, religion classes, family influence etc Discuss the importance of receiving the sacrament of Confirmation. Confirmation Symbols and Images of the Holy Spirit Represent the symbols for Confirmation and the Holy Spirit. Use the internet, religion textbook or other resources My Sponsor (If you are not being confirmed; base this section on who you would chose) Your sponsor plays an important role in your life and he/she should help guide you throughout. Include a picture of your sponsor as well as the following information: Name Relationship to you Why you chose him/her as your sponsor Why he/she is important to you