Home School Writing Cooperative

Week Two - Become an Inventor

For the second assignment is you will have a chance to show your very creative side. You are going to be an inventor. An inventor is someone who comes up with a new product, device, or idea that helps accomplish a task or makes something easier to do. Some inventions have been very practical and helped all of us (the elevator, the zipper, and the ink pen) while others have benefited only a few (eyeglasses for chickens, moustache clips to keep your moustache out of your soup). Think of an invention that would make your life easier. You will be concentrating on DIRECTION and PURPOSE this week. In your first paragraph, describe your invention. In your second paragraph, tell how your invention will make life easier for you. Be sure and tie the two paragraphs together with a transitional sentence. I would like you to do at least THREE paragraphs. You may want to spend some time brainstorming this topic. Draw a web or create a list. For extra credit, you may make a drawing of your invention and attach it to your writing.

REMEMBER: __ Elements of good writing, DIRECTION and PURPOSE

Homework Week Two

Cinderella Fairytale (picture book or from memory)
You will create an adaptation of Charles Perrault's "Cinderella". You can make your own picture book if you like. This is a fun and creative exercise.

1.) BRAINSTORMING
Consider the following questions to help you get your thinking started.

• Who/what will be the protagonist?
• Who/what will be the antagonist?
• Remember to include at least one royal (celebrity-type) character.
• What will be the setting of your story?
• What problem will your protagonist face?
• How will the problem be solved?
• Remember to start your story with "Once upon a time" and end it with
• ...they lived happily ever after" or some similar phrases. You can give it a Christian theme and use scripture if you like.
• The theme or moral of your story should be that goodness triumphs over evil.

2.) Webbing/ Graphic Organizer/ Mind Map

Next create a story web of at least 15 bubbles. Include these bubbles in the web. protagonist, antagonist, royal or "celebrity" figure, setting, problem, solution, magic, plot

3.) FREE-WRITING/FIRST DRAFT

Refer to your story web and keep in mind the concept of story structure Concentrate on PURPOSE and IDEAS.

4.) EDITING

Have at least two people (a young sibling and parent) read and comment on your "Cinderella" tale. Ask them what did they like or not like about the story. Note this on an evaluation sheet. The evaluation sheet is the Rubric Sheet I will give you.

5.) PROOFREADING

Now... it's time to make changes in the area of PRESENTATION. Here you may ask for help from mom or dad.

6.) PUBLISHING

This is the fun part! How do you want your story to appear? What will the pages look like? What colors will you choose How will you put your book together? HAVE FUN! BE CREATIVE!

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