Tasks
Task One
You've spent some time thinking and maybe talking to your parents about your family's traditions. We have made brainstorms before. Using the format we discussed, you will construct a brainstorm about your most favorite of these traditions. Here are some things to think about while making your brainstorm:
Task Two
Using your brainstorm, click the link below and enter the information you came up with into the appropriate blanks. This will help you construct an outline for your story. You should include yourself as the main character in the graphic organizer. The categories are Character, Conflict, Resolution and Setting. For the conflict and resolution, think of a particular time when the tradition didn't go exactly as planned. What happened? How did you or your relatives solve the problem? Use these ideas for the story mapping sections of conflict and resolution.
Read, Write, Think
Task Three
Any good story uses imagery, either visual or descriptive, to make the story more interesting. For your story, you will need to use both types of imagery to enhance your story. Ask your parents for some photos taken during the celebration you chose, and use them with your story to create a picture book.
Task Four
Once you have created an outline for your story, and found or created some images to enhance it, it's time to write and assemble your story. We will finish this process in class, but you will need to write your story on paper and bring it, along with you images, to school with you. We will be spending some time throughout the week adding to our stories and polishing them. We will also have plenty of time for you to share your story with the class, as well as with our guest author. After you have finished your story in class, we will have time in the computer lab for you to type your story in Protagonize. Protagonize is an online writer's community where users across the world can share their work online. You will turn in all of the materials you have created in the story writing process on Friday.
When you have finished gathering and writing the first draft of your story, click the Process link below so you will know what to expect when you come to class on Monday.
Process
You've spent some time thinking and maybe talking to your parents about your family's traditions. We have made brainstorms before. Using the format we discussed, you will construct a brainstorm about your most favorite of these traditions. Here are some things to think about while making your brainstorm:
- When? When do you and your family participate in the tradition? Is it a holiday? A birthday? A celebration of a new season?
- What do you do?
- Who? Who is there when you celebrate? Grandma, grandpa, brother, sister, aunts, uncles, cousins or friends?
- Where? Where do you celebrate your tradition? A relatives house, a park, a restaurant?
- What do you like about the tradition?
- Why do you think your family celebrates this way?
Task Two
Using your brainstorm, click the link below and enter the information you came up with into the appropriate blanks. This will help you construct an outline for your story. You should include yourself as the main character in the graphic organizer. The categories are Character, Conflict, Resolution and Setting. For the conflict and resolution, think of a particular time when the tradition didn't go exactly as planned. What happened? How did you or your relatives solve the problem? Use these ideas for the story mapping sections of conflict and resolution.
Read, Write, Think
Task Three
Any good story uses imagery, either visual or descriptive, to make the story more interesting. For your story, you will need to use both types of imagery to enhance your story. Ask your parents for some photos taken during the celebration you chose, and use them with your story to create a picture book.
Task Four
Once you have created an outline for your story, and found or created some images to enhance it, it's time to write and assemble your story. We will finish this process in class, but you will need to write your story on paper and bring it, along with you images, to school with you. We will be spending some time throughout the week adding to our stories and polishing them. We will also have plenty of time for you to share your story with the class, as well as with our guest author. After you have finished your story in class, we will have time in the computer lab for you to type your story in Protagonize. Protagonize is an online writer's community where users across the world can share their work online. You will turn in all of the materials you have created in the story writing process on Friday.
When you have finished gathering and writing the first draft of your story, click the Process link below so you will know what to expect when you come to class on Monday.
Process