Thursday, January 3, 2013

Thursday 3rd

Energy Scavenger Hunt  due tomorrow if you don't have internet use a dictionary to answer as many questions as possible

Multiple Perspective Story- Due Friday-rough draft (Final due Monday)
(SEE BELOW FOR ASSIGNMENT-)

Applebees ticket sales-bring money to school for your tickets or $ as a donation
Tell your friends and family about Tree recycling Sat, Sun- $5 per tree- $8 to have it picked up

Think about a hero or heroine who you would like to read a biography about. Try to find a book- we will go to Belmont next week to check out books too.

Red current event- Monday 7th




Multiple Perspectives Writing                                                Name_______________________
Rough draft due- Friday January 4th  Final draft due Monday January 7th
In class we shared stories about our experiences over break.
1. List five possible writing topics below:
We will watch the TED Talks video- The Danger of a Single Story to hear about the importance of multiple perspectives. This idea will be applied to our biography assignment.
You will write two short stories about one of your experiences. Each story will be told from a different perspective.
2. Pick ONE of the above ideas that you will write about:
3. Brainstorm as many details as you can about the experience:
Include as many sensory details and descriptive words as possible:
4. List four different perspectives that the story could be told from:
For example The story of Little Red Riding Hood could be told from any of these perspectives: Red, Grandma, the wolf, the forest, a picture on the wall at grandma's house, Red's basket.....
5.Choose two that you will write from.
You can use this sheet to write your rough drafts on or use your writer's workshop notebook.

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