Flying Solo
Introduction | Task | Process | Resources
In the book Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher the children are left by themselves without a teacher the whole day. The students believe they can run the classroom and do their work on their own. They do a pretty good job by themselves until the end of the day when emotions run high. When the adults find out what happened they are outraged. The children in this class will not be trusted again. it is your job to explain the children's side of the story to various types of media.
You
are a student in Mr. Fabiano’s third grade class. The whole class
has lost recess for a month! The class has tried telling their side
of the story but no one is listening! You have decided to take measures
into your own hands. The class is going to break into four groups
and will get your side of the story out to one of four different types
of media.
1.
The class will be assigned to one of the following groups:
A.
Local news
B.
Local radio
C.
Local Newspaper
D.
Internet Website
2.
In the local news group you will create a news story to be played on the
six o’clock news telling your side of the story.
3.
In the local radio group you will create a radio spot telling your side
of the story as well.
4.
The local newspaper group will write a letter to the editor expressing
their side of the story.
5.
The internet website group will create a website explaining your side of
the story.
6.
In your group you will research the information needed for your form of
media using the following websites.
Here are some very helpful sites for gathering information for your project. As you know, for a well researched article at least two sources should be cited.
*Television:
http://www.wboc.com
http://www.wmdt.com
*Radio:
http://www.rab.co.uk/index1.asp
*Newspaper:
http://www.dailytimes.com
http://www.kidsnews.com
http://kidsreport.com
http://www.nespa.org
http://www.childrensexpress.org/html/khome.htm
*Internet:
http://www.novelfans.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PICPAIN
10--Convincing story, correct conventions of writing/speaking, used internet resources, worked as a group, used time wisely, thought about audience
5--Half-way convincing story, used some internet resources, most of group participated, did not think about audience.
0--Not a convincing story, did not use internet resources, did not complete project as instructed.
http://www.ralphfletcher.com/Biography.htm
http://www.ralphfletcher.com/for_teachers.htm
Created by Keri Freeman, Tracy Gibson, Bridget McNeil, and Josh Rupard
for Children's Literature 408 with Dr. Bond at Salisbury University