This is the most wonderful time of the year: cool, crisp breezes blowing fallen leaves across your feet as you walk, the smell of smoke from chimney, cute costumes and ghoulish figures seeking candy until they can no longer walk, pumpkins smiling or scowling at you from people's porches.
It all started as a tired little clown with her disco queen momma, but quickly digressed into the spooky.Extra Credit: Part 1
Ghost of Marie Antionette
Regan from The ExcorcistE
Your assignment is to read about various paranormal stories in Arkansas (Keep it local, y'all!). You will find the most reliable information at Haunted Arkansas, a sub section of the State of Arkansas' website. There are several interest sites about paranormal research in the state and an episode of Ghost Hunters. Here is a brief look at some of the story that are part of Arkansas' folklore and urban legends:
Extra Credit: Part 2 - CREATE
Please have some FUN with this next part. You can create a product that is inspired by the Arkansas paranormal story that you most like. Here are some suggestions: brochure, advertisement, warning poster, a video, a piece of art, write a story, or however you choose to express the piece of Arkansas paranormal history.
You wake to find a portal in your room. You are too
curious to walk away, so now you have traveled to a time and place where there
is an extreme epidemic. People are dying every where around you.
It is your job to discover what is causing so many to
suffer and die. You must first identify the symptoms and the progression of the
disease. After that, you must determine the causes of the disease and how the
environment/people have been impacted.
Before you succumb to the illness yourself, you wake
up to your alarm going off. Whew! I was only a dream. Yet, you are still
curious as to how the epidemic was handled. You wonder, “Did they find a cure?
Is it preventable? Is it still around today?” You will only find these answers
through the magic of research.
(Note: Although the introduction
is written in second person, you have to maintain a third person point of view
for your research paper as a matter of formality.)
Essential/Guiding Questions: How have epidemics
impacted society? Why are they represented in literature?
The
Task
Research your chosen
epidemic position;
Develop a informational
text that addresses the epidemic;
Demonstrate academically appropriate writing and MLA format usage.
The
Process
To
accomplish the task, what steps should the learners go through? Use the
numbered list format in your web editor to automatically number the steps in
the procedure. Describing this section
well will help other teachers to see how your lesson flows and how they might
adapt it for their own use, so the more detail and care you put into this, the
better. Remember that this whole document is addressed to the student, however,
so describe the steps using the second person.
1.Preview this video
2.Choose one of the discussed epidemics to research.
You must choose a book from the list provided in this post. You need to get your own book and bring it to class on Friday.
If you have absolutely no way to get a book from the library, a store, a friend, or a family member, then you must notify me in writing or email by Wednesday. I will need a full explanation as to why you could not get a book.
If you want to read a different memoir or biograph, then you must submit a written or email request for approval.
