Part 1: The Dear Reader Letter
This will be the first thing that your reader will see, and should be written as an actual letter. In it, you should address why you chose the topic you did and what makes it important to you. You should also mention what you knew before you started researching and what you learned by doing it. What cool things did you find out about that you didn't know before? Finally, mention how this matters to other people. Convince the wolf aliens that this is a notable piece of humanity.
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Part 2: The Table of Contents
The table of contents will make it easier for your reader to know what they're going to see in your project. Create a list of each piece that is included in your project and what the genre of it is. You should name each piece something creative to catch the reader's attention. You will make this near the end, that way you know where each piece begins and ends.
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Part 3: 3 Written Documents
This should go without saying, but all of the artifacts that you create must relate directly and clearly to the topic that you chose. The wolves will be confused if they think they are going to learn about Napoleon Bonaparte and see something in there about Wilt Chamberlain's amazing basketball records. They tend to get mad when they're confused, so be sure to avoid that!
The written documents can be anything that you create that relates to your topic. From a doctor's note to a love letter to a short story, you have a wide range of choices here! When you create them, you should also try to make them look like the format that you choose. If you write a letter, make it look like one! Include the date, the greeting, and even put it in a (readable) handwriting-style font! As an example, one piece could be a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife Josephine asking her to come visit him because he missed her. This would make sense since letters were common in their time, and would show how they felt about each other in the relationship. |
Part 4: 2 Non-Written Documents
For this part, you can put down the pencils and back away from the keyboard. Now you can create something hands-on that gives information about your topic. Do you like to draw? Make a comic about your person or event! Are you a natural on stage? Set up a scene and get someone to film you doing your thing! Are you the kind of person who is never seen without headphones? Use that love of music and write and record a song! If you're a bit shy, you could also find songs that are appropriate both to school and your topic and create a playlist. Make sure to explain how each song relates to the topic so that everything is clear!
There are many possibilities here, so get thinking and share ideas with others to come up with some ways that you can really show those wolves that humans can create amazing things! |
Part 5: Notes Page
Because the wolves are alien, they might be unfamiliar with certain aspects of human culture. In order to make sure that they understand everything, you should include a notes page. Here, you'll identify what each piece that you created meant in terms of your overall topic and research. You should explain why you chose each specific format, as well as how the artifact reflects what you learned.
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Part 6: Self-Reflection Page
In order to show the alien wolves that you are capable of intelligent thought, you will create a self-reflection page to include near the end of your project. This way, if they aren't convinced by that point, your heartfelt discussion of what you learned and how you feel this project went for you might turn their hearts around.
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Part 7: Works Cited
You've got to give credit where credit is due! The final piece of your project should list all of the sources you used to discover information about your topic. This will be a lot easier if you keep track of your sources throughout the process instead of trying to track everything down again at the end. Make use of your new Delicious account to make this really easy! Websites like EasyBib and Citation Machine are here to help you out as well.