Mini-Culminating Activity - A Raisin in the Sun

Mini-Culminating Activity – A Raisin in the Sun

Task:  Write an article to be included in a class newspaper about the characters, events, and places in A Raisin in the Sun.

You are responsible for writing a story (or stories) for the newspaper.  You can choose from the following:

·      1 Headline story  (i.e., Youngers move to Clybourne Park, Beneatha Younger leaves home for Africa, Playwright Lorraine Hansberry dies at 35)

·      1 Feature story (gardening, horseback riding, the city of Chicago, etc.)

·      2 of any of these: style, arts & entertainment, sports, police report, obituary, business/finance, travel/leisure, home/living

Remember:

·      Must be typed.  Your name should be in the byline.  (Ex: Language Arts Teacher has SWAG, by Carrie Beth Davis)

·       No plagiarism.  Your work must be cited!  Do NOT copy and paste from encyclopedia or any other source.  Plagiarism = 0.

·      This will be a test grade!  Do a good job, or be prepared to reap the consequences. 

·      This is the ONLY day I’m promising you in the media center.  What you don’t get done today, you will be responsible for finishing on your own time.

·      Email finished assignment to davisamericanlit@gmail.com

Links you might want to check out:

·      http://dtricarico.hubpages.com/hub/HOW-TO-TEACH-THE-PARTS-OF-A-NEWSPAPER

·      http://obituaryguide.com/template.php

·      http://journalism.about.com/od/writing/a/headlines.htm

·      http://journalism.about.com/od/writing/The_Basics_of_News_Writing.htm

·      http://journalism.about.com/od/FeatureWriting/Feature-Writing.htm

1^st and 3^rd Block – Remember: You also need to do a final, typed draft of your character/item poem from yesterday.  Make it pretty, but do NOT spend more than 5 minutes or so typing it up!  PRINT it, and turn it in to me.  DO NOT email it to me unless I give you direct permission to do so.  (Remember, printing is 10 cents/page for black and white!)