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THROUGH OUR EYES

September 15 - December 15, 1999

Moderator:
Regina Royer
Salisbury, Maryland
USA

Index

Presentation of the Project

Participating Schools

Essays

A Note From The Moderator

Our Project Results from KIDPROJ 99 (Last Year)

Our Project Results from KIDPROJ 98

Our Project Results from KIDPROJ 97

PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT

Dear Writing Teachers Everywhere:

Do your students hate to write descriptive essays? Perhaps having a real purpose and audience would help. Ask your students to choose a place near your community to describe to global audience. Since our environment shapes our experiences, it becomes an important part of who we are. For example, we live in Salisbury, Maryland, USA, not too far from the Atlantic Ocean. We enjoy swimming, surfing, fishing, and walking on the beach. Where do you live? Describe to us your location. The desert? The prairie? The tundra? The city?

Register to participate through the KIDPROJ listserv. The results will be posted on the internet for everyone to see. The final essays will also be desk top published into a hardcopy magazine "Through Our Eyes" and sent to each participant.

The project will be limited to 25 participants. Selection will try to make the magazine representative of the global community.

OBJECTIVE:

The main objective of Through Our Eyes is to provide an exciting opportunity for students to develop their writing skills by describing some place that represents their locale.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1. develop decision making skills as students choose one place to describe to their global audience
2. enhance descriptive writing skills as students describe the sights, sounds, and smells of their specific location using spacial methods of organization
3. develop communication and interpersonal skills as students work collaboratively to produce their final essay
4. encourage the writing process as students complete prewriting and writing activities

FORMAT

Those who have subscribed to KIDPROJ throughout the world will be able to participate in Through Our Eyes.

1. During the first two weeks, students will choose a place to describe. Students will post their choices on the KIDPROJ list. Students are encouraged to choose a site that they feel best represents a place that they care about or a place that is a part of who they are. Students will include a brief explanation of why they chose that place to describe.
2. During the third and fourth weeks, students will list specific details using adjectives, nouns and verbs to describe the sights, sounds, and smells of the location. Since it is easier to be specific when you are looking at what you are describing, participating classes might want to go to the places that they are describing as a mini-field trip in order to gather notes and do prewriting. Students may wish to also submit a photograph or .gif file of their group "on location" which will be included in the web site and in the published magazine. Students will post their details on the KIDPROJ list.
3. During the final weeks, students will write their essays. First students will be encouraged to write their own descriptive essays. Then, students will work collaboratively in their classes to create one final essay that represents the work of the entire class. This final essay will be posted on the KIDPROJ list.

TIMELINE

Sept. 15 - Sept. 30

Registering to participate in Through Our Eyes

Oct. 1 - Oct. 15

Deciding on a specific place to describe to your global audience that represents your locale

Oct. 15 - Oct. 31

Listing specific details and verbs to share the sights, sounds, and smells of your location

Nov. 1 - Nov. 15

Collaborative writing to create one classroom essay that describes your place "Through Your Eyes"

Nov. 15 - Nov. 30

Sharing final essays to describe our world "Through Our Eyes"

Dec. 1 - 15

Receiving the final electronic and hard copy magazines

REGISTRATION FORM

Please use this web form or send this Registration Form to the moderator of the topic, Regina Royer: rroyer@shore.intercom.net

Topic:THROUGH OUR EYES - from September 15 - December 15, 1999

Name of school:

Complete Snail mail address:

Contact Teacher's name:

E-mail address:

Approximate age of students:

"I wish to participate in the Through Our Eyes collaborative writing project."

PLEASE NOTE:

In order to take part in any KIDLINK activity, students have to answer the four KIDLINK questions and send the answers to RESPONSE (response@listserv.nodak.edu)

We hope that you will enjoy participating in this KIDPROJ topic!

Regina Royer Salisbury, Maryland, USA

Information Contact:
Patti Weeg, Title 1 Computer Teacher, Delmar El. School, Delmar, Maryland, USA.
Home Page: http://www.globalclassroom.org/

KIDPROJ WWW Contact: Diane Smith

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