Unit 3 Informational essay

Informational Essay

1970 2010

An informational interview project

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INSTRUCTIONS for Option 1 "Interview"

1970 2010

Graphic organizer & essay instructions

sample essay

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INSTRUCTIONS for Option 2 "American Dream"

1970 2010

Graphic organizer & power point instructions

sample Power point

"American Dream"instructions

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1970 2010

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Instructions

• Introduction 1 – Introduce your topic and the theme of “the struggle for freedom has changed throughout history”
• Body Paragraph 2 – Introduce your person and their background (think about who they are and who they are to you).
• Body Paragraph 3 – Explain the things you learned about their high school experience, cultural, & historical significance.
• Body Paragraph 4 – Compare/Contrast their experiences w/ your own.
• Conclusion 5 – Connect your experiences and their experiences with the change of times to how "the struggle for freedom has changed throughout history"

Take the interview information and produce an MLA formatted 5-paragraph informational essay about their life. You will include a paragraph analyzing the differences between their teenage years and your own. Overall, your essay should be centered around the theme, “How has the struggle for freedom changed throughout history?”

Using the provided graphic organizer, complete a rough draft of your essay. Synthesize the information collected in your interview into a 5-paragraph informational essay. This essay should be explanatory. You should also have one paragraph comparing, contrasting, or both- your teenage years to those of the interviewee. You will submit a copy of your rough draft for grading before submitting the final.

If you choose to complete the powerpoint option, download the power point template found in the lesson and on the padlet. Make sure you fully fill it out with your information from the interview.

Graphic Organizer

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Objective

Students will be able to interview a person and synthesize the information to write a formal, five-paragraph informational essay or follow a powerpoint or they will be able to follow a power point that depicts the "American Dream" in "A Raisin in the Sun" along with the struggles for freedom in history.

Sample Essay

• Your essay should be typed in a WORD DOCUMENT
• 12pt & TIMES NEW ROMAN font
• Double Spaced
• Include a heading with NAME, TEACHER NAME, CLASS NAME, DATE
• CENTERED TITLE before the essay starts

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"American Dream" Instructions

• Complete the PowerPoint template based around the idea of the American Dream. You will base your project around Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun.

• The term American Dream was coined by writer and historian James Truslow Adams in his best-selling 1931 book Epic of America. 1 He described it as "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement."

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Overview

• For this project, you have two options. Both focus on the "American Dream" and how "The Struggle for Freedom has Changed throughout History"

• Choose the option that best suits you - either an interview that you will then create into an essay or power point OR the power point that focuses on the play "A Raisin in the Sun"

• Complete the graphic organizer/Rough draft

• Submit your final copy

• Graphic Organizer/Rough Draft due February 11th & Final Draft is due February 27th.

Sample Power Point

• Check out the sample Power Point in the Edio lesson and on the padlet to see how it's done!

Interview Instructions

• For this project, you will choose an adult person that you know and interview them with the questions provided to glean information about how their lives differed from yours in the decade they were a teenager.
• You can pick a caretaker, aunt/uncle, grandparent, church/worship member, or neighbor who was in high school in any decade 1990s or earlier.
• Use the questionnaire provided to complete your interview. You can add questions of your choosing, but please make sure to at least cover the questions provided. You will need to make a copy of the document
• You will then put this into a 5-paragraph MLA formatted essay or follow the powerpoint template provided.

LINK TO INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Power Point Instructions

• Download the Power Point template created for you in the Edio lesson or on the padlet and this is how you will complete this option.
• The Power Point must be COMPLETELY filled out. Follow the directions on each slide and check out the example!

• Click on the outline in the Edio lesson or on the padlet to download. This will be where you organize your information to make sure you have everything you need.
• The grahpic organizer will be your rough draft.