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Group Invention Mission:
  • It is your group's mission to pick an object from your teacher's stash of inventions.
  • You must invent a new use for your object.  It must be completely different from its original use!
  • Use a digital camera to take pictures of the invention in use.
  • Insert the disk into a computer.
  • Open the file in a photograph editing program such as Photoshop.
  • Resize it and adjust color.
  • Hints on using Photoshop.

    • Each students should save this file to their disks.

Baig, Edward C.  (19 June 2001).  Digital Photography Not Always a Snap [online].  Available:  www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ ccarch/2001-05-09-baig.htm.  (28 January 2002.) 

 
 
Individual Journalism Mission:
  • Each one of you will become a journalist or reporter.
  • You will write an article or advertisement about your invention.
  • Follow the writing process:
    • Pre-writing
      •     Decide your purpose, audience, and main ideas or facts.
      •     If you write a newspaper article, inform your readers.
      •     If you write an advertisement, persuade your readers.
    • Rough Draft
      •     Organize it into a newspaper article or advertisement.
      •     Be creative.
    • Editing
      •     Email or give your rough draft to your teacher and a peer for editing.
      •     Make corrections and additions.
    • Final Draft
      • Put the finishing touches on your article.
      • Make sure there are no grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

The Branson School Writing Center [online].  Available: www.branson.org/depts/English/ writingcenter/.  (28 January 2002).

 
 
Individual Web Master Mission:
 
  • Now each of you will become web page masters.
  • Create a web page that includes your final draft and pictures.
  • Hints for using Netscape Navigator to create a web page.
  • Include your email address so teachers and other readers can respond to your web page.
  • After the web page has been checked for accuracy and is functioning properly, put on a server.
  • Hints for putting a web page on a server.
  • Be sure to cite online and other sources.
  • Proper format of online sources:

    • Author, A. A. (Date of Publication or Revision). Title of full work [online]. Available: full web address. (Date of access).

    San Jose Unified School District [online].  Available:
    http://www.sjusd.k12.ca.us/District/District.html.  (28 January 2002).

    Source for hints: Goodman, Jeff.  2002.  Modern Fashion and Invention [Online].  Available:
    http://www.ltl.appstate.edu/436/block/media/fashioninvention/fashioninvention.html (17 January 2002.)
     

    How your teacher will grade you:
     
     
    Element Points
    Pre-writing page
    • Purpose: Inform or persuade?
    • Main ideas
    • Facts
    		           /10
    Rough Draft 
    • Is it organized like a newspaper article or an advertisement?
    • Is it creative?
    		           /20
    Final Draft 
    • Word processed
    • Very detailed
    • Creative
    • No spelling or grammatical errors
    		           /30
    Web page
    • Pictures that are the correct size
    • Easy to use
    • Links that work
    • Properly cited information
    • Email address included
    		           /40
    Total            /100

     
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