Two tasks before next class (Tuesday: Onion Chicken Coups/ Wednesday: Infinite 8): I. Story Mountain. This does not have to be detailed. II. Storyboard. This is where the details go. I encourage you to create a storyboard with 6-10 ‘scenes’ or boxes. In it, you will put your information from your RESEARCH and your INTERVIEW. BOTH … [Read more…]
At this point, your packet should be mostly filled out. You should have interviewed your family member AT LEAST ONCE and researched your historical event. Homework for the next class: Develop more ‘Google’ and ‘Grandma’ questions in your packet. In class today, a volunteer shared what s/he learned from her ‘Grandma’, then what s/he learned from ‘Google”– as the … [Read more…]
A reminder of what we did last week: Mrs. Bond came in to teach us about interviewing, and then we went to the library to learn about researching (which applies to both English and Humanities). We researched about our topic, using the sites Mrs. Bond shared with us on the strip of paper. (The week before, we read … [Read more…]
Today, Mrs. Bond came in to The Onion Chicken Coups to share important strategies for interviewing your subjects for your Historical Narrative. First, we watched a Katie Couric video, which gave us tips as ‘reporters’: Then, we reviewed how to be prepared for the interviews: Remember what Mrs. Bond said: Don’t always stick to the script– you might miss a greater story! … [Read more…]
This week, I introduced the Summative Assessment for English: the Historical Narrative. See the Google doc below, which I shared with you yesterday or today. This week, I will also hand you a packet where you will document the Gathering, Choosing and Nurturing Seeds steps of the Writing Process for your Historical Narrative. (SEE ME IF YOU DO … [Read more…]