thanksgiving proclamation

   Final project;  Due November 29th

Proclamation—A FORMAL PUBLIC STATEMENT/ AN ANNOUNCEMENT

       

1. GET INFO ON TOPIC—ADD BACKGROUND INFO RESEARCH TO WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW.

  

2. STUDY FORMAT—FIND KEY ELEMENTS

  

3. BLEND KEY ELEMENTS WITH KEY INFO—ADD IN PERSONAL/RELEVANT CURRENT SITUATION

  

4. REVISE TO FOCUS AND DEEPEN MESSAGE.

   

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/

    

THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION—formal writing begun collaboratively

PART A.—WRITE THE PROCLAMATION. USE THE FORMAT BELOW.  1PT. PER SENTENCE--  15 PTS. 

I.                   As Americans gather/It has long been/In this year of/Nearly 389 years ago... 2sents.

          

II.                Our history/The Thanksgiving tradition/This year/On this day...2 sents.

        III.         The tradition/At this time of/A new day/We have...2 sents.        

IV.             As we pause/Today/We give thanks/Let us not forget...2 sents.

       

V.                We are grateful/Our citizens/Let us pray/Our Thanksgiving...2 sents.

           

VI.             Let us honor/On this Thanksgiving/We will not/We must assist...2 sents

         

VII.          Wherefore, I, first name—last name, do hereby designate Thursday, November 25, 2010 as a day of____________, a day of ____________, and  a day of __________. May we continue...1 sents.  May...1 sents.

     Next, you need to  type out or hand write it into your own writing. As you do this, make at least four changes to the collaborative “proclamation.” Make one of each of the following kinds of changes:                *A WORD*PHRASE—TWO TO FIVE WORDS FROM SENTENCE*A WHOLE SENTENCE* ADD SENTENCES

  Keep track of the changes that you made. You will be putting footnotes next to each change. 5pts per change/ 1 pt. per footnote sentence;      /45pts.

 

Footnote 1:Information: This explains…5 sents.     Footnote 2: Opinion:  I feel/think/believe that…5 sents. min.   Footnote 3:  Inquiring:  Should/Could/Would….5 sents. min. Footnote 4: Possibility:  Maybe….10 sents. min.

 

NEXT, YOU NEED TO PRESENT YOUR PROCLAMATION AT YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER!  LATER, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS RELATED TO IT.

  

PART C—Answer and/or do the following:         /27 pts.

1.      What do you like about your proclamation?  I like that I....4 sents. min.

2.      Introduce and read your proclamation at Thanksgiving.   /10 pts

a)      How did you introduce it? What did you say? I said...3 sents. min.

b)      Describe experience reading it. Were you nervous? Self conscious? I was feeling/thinking…4 sents.

c)      Describe conversation that followed.  My mom/dad/relative/siblings talked about...4 sents.

 

PART D—       /15 pts

COMPARE YOUR PROCLAMATION TO A PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION –complete the chart

                        President_______ for year of______             The biggest similarity/difference was….

First 3 to 5 sents

Of proclamation

 

                          

What it includes

About the past

  

What includes

About present

  

What it thanks for

   

Doing this project made me realize/made me think about/showed me….6 sents. Min.