Assignment
Your assignment will be to take the point of view of a Canadian soldier who has either already taken part in the attack of the Nazis on Juno Beach or is about to take part in the battle the next day. You have the choice of presenting the feelings of the soldier by either writing a letter to a loved one, doing an interview (you'll need 2 people in your group to do this) or what ever other way you can think of. The most important thing to do is to present from the soldier's point of view and display a lot of empathy towards the soldier. In order to make your presentation feel real and authentic, you must be knowledgable about what events occured during the the time that lead up to June 6th, 1944.
Once you have decided what you are going to do, it is now time to start planning out your project. You are to use BubblUs-Mind Mapping so you are able to have everything planned out ahead of time. When you are done planning out your presentation, you are to embed your BubblUs on your blog.
Now it is time to start putting your ideas to work and to start writing them into complete sentences. If you are writing a letter make sure you use the proper format for a fireindly letter and if you are interviewing a soldier, make sure your questions are planned out and answered from the point of view of a World War II soldier.
When the planning and rough copy is complete, it is now time to present what you have written. We are going to use something new for this project that will help enforce the importance of clear writing and the use of proper grammar and punctuation. Vocaroo- Voice Recorder with Embedding Capabilties is a Web 2.0 voice recorder that allows you to embed recordings on to your blog.
Things to do before using Vocaroo:
- Make sure that your writing is historically correct (research)
- Make sure your writing displays empathy..imagine that you are the person
- EDIT, EDIT, EDIT..I must okay your writing prior to you using Vocaroo
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