1. Pretend that you have been hired by a travel agency. Your first assignment for the agency is to write a one page blurb that will entice people to add your "wall" to the list of things they want to see while visiting the area.
2. You are not sure how to do that, so you decide to take a look at some travel magazines that are scattered about the office.
- Read two samples.
- As a table, make of list of the information readers would expect to find in an article.
- Share with the class. We will create a class list of requirements for the article.
3. Now, you need to determine the audience. Who are these travelers?
A. From where do they come?
B. What are the demographics? Age, income, education? Married? Single? Families?
C. Are there children in the group. This answer will determine what information you intend to include in the blurb and what words to use.
D. Physically fit/active/challenged?
4.Next, the folks will need to know -
A. Time needed to visit the wall
B. Other activities in the area
C. What one will learn by visiting the wall
D. In short, why should one visit the wall?
Share a bit of the history of the wall and tease the reader with some information about how and why the wall was built.
Example: http://www.affordableasia.com/infocenter/attration/china/beijing/forbidden-city
Post your draft by Thursday. We will have a peer editing activity.
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What did you bring with you to class today? Take an inventory. If you prefer, make your inventory list from your handbag or back pack or tote bag. What do you carry? Why?
"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Homework
A. Read this interview with the author, Tim O'Brien: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125128156 Make a list of 10 interesting things you learned about the author. Post in CANVAS.
Read "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. This is a short story.
http://www.tarleton.edu/Faculty/sword/The%20Things%20They%20Carried.pdf
Keep track of the characters and list the "things" each carried. Bring the lists to class on Thursday.
Extra Credit Opportunity!
Full text:
http://juniorcpdhs11-12.wikispaces.com/The+Things+They+Carried
Read the rest of the story. Write a one-page review. Be sure to note if you would or would not recommend the reading to others. Give me a paper copy when you are finished.
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