Another prompt I am going to use is Discriptive / Point of View / Expository. Students bring in an object that is old from home: Grandpa's old reading glasses, a special pin from Great Aunt Mary, a very old picture or book or baby blanket. It would be good if the object was at least 2 generations older. They share the history behind the object orally. Then they research what daily life was like back when the object was new. After that, they write a biography of life from the object's point of view; life today vs. life yesterday. That's where the typewriter / computer could be compared. If a student did not have anything old enough, perhaps they could interview a grandparent about life when they were their age. I used my 150 year old kitchen clock. Students were also asked to sketch the object to include with the bios. This prompt was much more fun to write then the standard autobiographical incident. "A Day in the Life of a ---------"
---- Linda Crowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My college age son and I had an interesting conversation the other day. It > revolved around how we "used to" find out minuscule bits of odd information > before the Internet. The routes you would take - card catalogs, going to > talk to the car dealer for a car fact, the whole bit. He was astounded at > how HARD finding some information in our world was just a few years ago. I > was. > > I can't quite put this into a prompt format, but it is an interesting > thought. Could this thought be wound into the prompt somehow? > > Linda > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
