C Layer

(5 points) Write a 1 paragraph response to:

As a teenager, have you ever told the truth about something important and adults didn’t believe you? How did you feel? Describe and explain a specific time where you told the truth to adults and weren’t believed. Why do you think the adults didn’t believe you?

(10 points) Develop a set of questions and interview the adult from the situation above and ask him or her for his or her point of view on the situation. Summarize the adult’s response in a paragraph.

(5 points) Write a 1 paragraph response to:

Describe a situation where you told one person (adult or teenager) one thing about something that happened and they blew it out of proportion. What happened in the end? Did the truth ever become known?

(10 points) Create a high quality illustration in color of one important scene from the book.
(10 points) Define the vocabulary words on the attached page and use the word correctly in a sentence of your own.
(10 points) Write a 1 page journal entry from either the point of view of Philip or Miss Narwin 10 years later. What do they think about what happened when they’ve grown older?
(15 points) “Be a Critic”: Write a 2 page letter to the author of the book, Avi, explaining what you enjoyed about his book and what you think he could have done better. Be sure to give specific examples. Your letters will be sent to him.
(20 points) Design a board game for Nothing But The Truth. Be sure to cover important characters and events in the book.

B Layer

(15 points) Rewrite a 3 page new ending to the book.
(10 points) If after you have written the new ending, you act it out with your friends in front of the class.
(20 points) Collaborate with another student in creating a dance routine that sends a clear message about your thoughts on truth. Feel free to include music.
(25 points) Create a high quality 6 block comic strip for 1 of 2 scenarios:
- A character knows something to be false, but lets someone else take the fall or blame for it. What happens to that person’s reputation? What does the character decide to do?

Show a situation where 2 people have completely different perspectives.

A Layer

(25 points) As a nearly graduating 8^th grader, we’d like your advice. Write a well-organized 5 paragraph persuasive essay addressed to the school’s Governing Board about what rules you think we should keep and which rules should be changed at the Harbor School. Be sure to give specific reasons why and plenty of specific examples.
(10 points) Read your letter in front of the school’s Governing Board at its next meeting.
(30 points) Read the following quotes and write a well-organized 5 paragraph persuasive essay where you choose one character’s statement about the truth and support it. Address your essay to this year’s 6^th graders and supply specific examples from your own life or in real life.
- “Just tell people the truth. Put your faith in that.” --Anita Wigham to her sister Miss Narwin (p.124)

“Gert, you know as well as I, it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not true. It’s what people are saying that’s important. Will be saying.” --Superintendent Dr. Seymour to Principal Dr. Doane (p.133)

(25 points) Find 2 newspaper articles and critique them using the following questions:
- What is the topic of the article?
- What perspective(s) or point of view(s) does the author explain?
- Do you feel that the author has presented both points of view adequately? If so, explain how s/he does this? If not, which side is not represented well and what information should be included?