I love this prompt and will certainly print it out and save it for future use. What fun, and a great way to teach point of view!
May Dartez 6-8 Title L.A./GA On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:33 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > ---------" _______________________________________________ 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
