The San Fransisco Earthquake/Dragonwings by Laurence Yep

Introduction

While reading our class novel Dragonwings by Laurence Yep, you will research and discover all to know about the San Fransisco earthquake of 1906. How did the San Fransico earthquake effect the city? Building this background knowledge while reading the novel will give you a better understanding of the characters in the novel, life during this time.

Task

By the end of this research, you will create a newspaper article in which you write as if you were a survivor of the San Fransisco earthquake.  You will discuss how the destruction of the earthquake has changed your life and the lives of everyone around you. You will write about at least 2 people you have met and how this has affected their work, businesses and family life.  You must include pictures and specific details regarding the destruction.

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Process

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1. While reading the novel Dragonwings you will gather as much information as you can about the San Fransisco earthquake and how it affected the characters in the novel.

2.Record your information from the novel in your graphic organizer.

3.Collect pictures from the actual devastation of the earthquake online that you would like to add to your newspaper article.

4.Complete an additional graphic organizer for the research you conduct on the earthquake outside of the novel.

5.Use the information from both your novel and your research to create a first draft version of your newspaper article.  It mus be written in the first person, include a brief description of your life before the earthquake, details on where you were when the earthquake struck, and details on how it has impacted your life.  Have you lost friends or family? Is your home still intact or destroyed? What are you able to do for money and food? ETC.

6. Details must be historically accurate. (For example, you cannot say you were at Central Park when it occured. 

Evaluation

Content (Includes all components and are historically accurate)

4

3

2

1

Graphics (Includes at least 3 images related to article)

4

3

2

1

Graphic Organizers and 1st Draft

4

3

2

1

Mechanics(Spelling,grammar,punctuation)

4

3

2

1

Organization-Includes specific format and layout

4

3

2

1

Names of writers, newspaper title, article headings

4

3

2

1

Overall Creativity

4

3

2

1

Neatness and readability

4

3

2

1
Conclusion

Well done journalists!  You have successfully done your research and written a newspaper article in the first person!  You've detailed specific places, times and events and shared how this destruction has changed your life and your city of San Fransisco.  You can email me your final article when you are complete.  

Credits