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Community Service Community Service ProjectProject

Newspaper StoryNewspaper Story Poetry CollectionPoetry Collection Narrative/Narrative/

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Community Service Community Service ProjectProject

You will Fill Out the You will Fill Out the Planning Pages for a Planning Pages for a Community Service Community Service Project.Project.

Then You will Create a Then You will Create a Poster and a Flyer/ Poster and a Flyer/ Brochure for the Brochure for the project project

What Goes on Flyers and What Goes on Flyers and PostersPosters

Need to have the basic details.Need to have the basic details.– A Name for your eventA Name for your event– Where is the event?Where is the event?– When is the event?When is the event?– Why is the event happening?Why is the event happening?– Who is the project for?Who is the project for?– What is happening at the event?What is happening at the event?– How can they get involved and help.How can they get involved and help.

Needs to get people’s attention!!Needs to get people’s attention!!Needs to be InterestingNeeds to be InterestingNeeds to make them want to get involved.Needs to make them want to get involved.– Use Facts from Research to Get People’s AttentionUse Facts from Research to Get People’s Attention

News Paper StoryNews Paper Story

You are going to write You are going to write a newspaper story a newspaper story about your problem to about your problem to communicate what is communicate what is going on with your going on with your problem to the rest of problem to the rest of the world. the world.

Story RequirementsStory Requirements

The Newspaper it is going to run in (Denver Post, New York The Newspaper it is going to run in (Denver Post, New York Times, USA Today, make one up if you wish)Times, USA Today, make one up if you wish)

A Headline about Your ProblemA Headline about Your Problem

A Byline (After the headline, story is By the author)A Byline (After the headline, story is By the author)

A Dateline (Where the story takes place)A Dateline (Where the story takes place)

A Lead (opening your story with a couple of sentences that A Lead (opening your story with a couple of sentences that tell the main basic facts like Who, What, When, Where, Why, tell the main basic facts like Who, What, When, Where, Why, How)How)

At least 5 paragraphs talking about your storyAt least 5 paragraphs talking about your story

A Quote from your research.A Quote from your research.

Organized in the Inverted Pyramid Fashion with your most Organized in the Inverted Pyramid Fashion with your most important facts first.important facts first.

A Sample Newspaper StoryA Sample Newspaper Story

The Fairy Tale GazetteThe Fairy Tale GazetteApril 28, 2006April 28, 2006

Bad Fall Injures ChildrenBad Fall Injures Children By M. Goose, Staff WriterBy M. Goose, Staff Writer

Rhymeville- It was reported by a reliable source last night that Jack Rhymeville- It was reported by a reliable source last night that Jack and Jill Jones both fell down a slippery hill. The twelve year old and Jill Jones both fell down a slippery hill. The twelve year old twins were sent by their mother to get a bucket of water. In twins were sent by their mother to get a bucket of water. In returning, Jack fell down, hit his head on a rock and received a returning, Jack fell down, hit his head on a rock and received a slight concussion. Jill apparently tripped over Jack, and in falling slight concussion. Jill apparently tripped over Jack, and in falling down, received a skinned knee. down, received a skinned knee.

““I don’t know what happened,” Jill was reported as saying, “I I don’t know what happened,” Jill was reported as saying, “I was running home after getting the water and next thing I know, I’m was running home after getting the water and next thing I know, I’m flipping over Jack with water all over me hearing him say something flipping over Jack with water all over me hearing him say something about a broken crown.”about a broken crown.”

The two were taken to county hospital. Jill was treated and The two were taken to county hospital. Jill was treated and released. Jack remains in satisfactory condition and will probably be released. Jack remains in satisfactory condition and will probably be released tomorrow. released tomorrow.

Poetry CollectionPoetry CollectionRequirements:Requirements:– A Series of 3 PoemsA Series of 3 Poems– All poems need at least 15 to 20 linesAll poems need at least 15 to 20 lines– No Haiku, Cinquain, or any other short form of poetryNo Haiku, Cinquain, or any other short form of poetry– Point of View: Your Poems Need to Be from the Points of View ofPoint of View: Your Poems Need to Be from the Points of View of

A Person (or Animal) who is a victim of the problemA Person (or Animal) who is a victim of the problem

A Person working for an organization or working on their own trying to stop the A Person working for an organization or working on their own trying to stop the problemproblemYour Point of View Having Learned about the ProblemYour Point of View Having Learned about the Problem

– You Need at least 3 pieces of information from your research in each poemYou Need at least 3 pieces of information from your research in each poem– Use Parts of Poetry like Images, Similies, Metaphors, OnomatopoeiasUse Parts of Poetry like Images, Similies, Metaphors, Onomatopoeias– Try to create poems with both literal and symbolic meaning.Try to create poems with both literal and symbolic meaning.– Again, it is a draft, but write in final copy formatAgain, it is a draft, but write in final copy format

Typed or with as few mistakes as possible.Typed or with as few mistakes as possible.

Types of Poems You Can Use…Types of Poems You Can Use…

Free VerseFree Verse

Rhyming PoetryRhyming Poetry

Ballad- Ballad- – Like A Story/Song with a Repeating Chorus or RefrainLike A Story/Song with a Repeating Chorus or Refrain

Extended MetaphorsExtended Metaphors

Found PoemsFound Poems

Narrative PoemsNarrative Poems– Poems that tell a story…Poems that tell a story…

Acrostic Poems- Acrostic Poems- – Use Words that tell about your problem and each line starts with a letter to Use Words that tell about your problem and each line starts with a letter to

those wordsthose words

Alphabet poemsAlphabet poems– Start Each line with the next letter of the alphabet.Start Each line with the next letter of the alphabet.

Narrative/Story Narrative/Story

You can also write a You can also write a narrative/story about narrative/story about your problem or about your problem or about a person dealing with a person dealing with or working on Your or working on Your problem.problem.

Your Narrative needs Your Narrative needs to include a to include a conversation between conversation between at least two peopleat least two people

Narrative RequirementsNarrative RequirementsNo More than 3 Pages Long TypedNo More than 3 Pages Long Typed

Point of View: Your Narrative Needs to Be from one of Point of View: Your Narrative Needs to Be from one of the following Points of View:the following Points of View:– A Person (or Animal) who is a victim of the problemA Person (or Animal) who is a victim of the problem– A Person working for an organization or working on their own A Person working for an organization or working on their own

trying to stop the problemtrying to stop the problem– Your Point of View Having Learned about the Problem and Your Point of View Having Learned about the Problem and

finding yourself in a place where that problem is happeningfinding yourself in a place where that problem is happening

You Need at least 5 pieces of information from your You Need at least 5 pieces of information from your research in your narrativeresearch in your narrative

You need a clear introduction to set the stage for your You need a clear introduction to set the stage for your narrative introducing the characters and setting you are narrative introducing the characters and setting you are writing about.writing about.

More Narrative RequirementsMore Narrative RequirementsYou Need to write a dialog or conversation into your narrative.You Need to write a dialog or conversation into your narrative.– The Dialog needs at least two people talking to each otherThe Dialog needs at least two people talking to each other– Each Person needs to say at least 5 different things in the Each Person needs to say at least 5 different things in the

conversation?conversation?– The Conversation should include questions about the problem with The Conversation should include questions about the problem with

answers coming from the research.answers coming from the research.– Conversation needs to use the rules of punctuation for conversations Conversation needs to use the rules of punctuation for conversations

correctly.correctly.

You need a clear conclusion to your story wrapping up what You need a clear conclusion to your story wrapping up what happened in the story and its effect on you as though it really happened in the story and its effect on you as though it really happened.happened.

Again, it is a draft, but write in final copy formatAgain, it is a draft, but write in final copy format

– Typed or with as few mistakes as possibleTyped or with as few mistakes as possible..