For this project, you will research an issue about plastics; you will write and publish a children’s book, and you will make a digital movie (mp4) reading of that book.
The Steps:
- Watch “A Radical Plan to End Plastic Waste”https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_forrest_a_radical_plan_to_end_plastic_waste
- Scroll through and read NPR’s “Plastics: What’s recyclable, what becomes trash – and whyhttps://apps.npr.org/plastics-recycling/
- Watch “Plastic Planet”https://librus.hccs.edu/record=b2074334https://library.hccs.edu/ideas
- Choose a topic from one at the list at end of this page and complete the Cube Exercise(I chose ‘FOOD WASTE’ from the list)
STEP 1: Cube Exercise
Step One: The Cube Exercise:In this step, you will develop your ideas and themes into a direction for researching and writing your book. This should be answered as short answers with numbers and complete sentences. This is not an essay. Complete the following:
- Write a question that describes the theme(s) of the book you will write?
- Write a statement that describes the basic plot of your book — this a working thesis statement. If you are struggling,use the “dummy thesis” and finish this statement: “This book is about …”
- Make a list of four potential characters: include at least seven specific identifying demographic pieces of information for EACH.
- Make a list of three potential settings — remember, you need both time and place.
- What is the conflict that the characters will face in your book?
- Write a theme statement (remember, this answers the question “What is the point or message of my book.” Ultimately, this theme statement becomes your “lesson.”
- Remember, you may not write a book about cleaning the beach or a playground (or anything along those lines). You may not write about a kid who sees mess and gets his friends/family/classmates to “clean it up.” You may not write about sea life eating or coming into contact with trash or plastics. These are tired plot lines. Be original.
(I have attached the 4 sources)
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