The Mystery at Kill Devil Hills

The Mystery at Kill Devil Hills

The Mystery at Kill Devil Hills

Project Choices

Due Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Your project will be mostly completed at home. You will have 2 days in school to use the computer lab and some time during class with your literature group. You can also work with a friend outside of school. However, you MUST have your own project to present. Choose from one of the choices below.

Choice # 1 – Brochure

Create a Brochure about the Outer Banks. Think about who your audience is; families taking a vacation, school field trip, or someone who may wish to move/relocate to the Outer Banks area. Your Brochure should be an ‘inviting’ one! There are 2 sample style brochures on my website you can use as a guide/template; one was made using Publisher 07 and is a sample of “The Earth’s Crust.” The other sample is of T.J.’s project on Isla Mujeres. I scanned this one for you to see a visual. There are 2 scanned pages; side 1 and side 2 of the brochure. You can also use construction paper (and not Microsoft Publisher).

Your Brochure MUST have 6 panels.

* Panel 1 – The Cover. It must include:

A Title of your Brochure

Picture of the Outer Banks (You can use link # 1 on my web page for this)

Your name

* Panel 2 – Location of the Outer Banks

Depiction of the Wright Brother’s travels to get to the Outer Banks. Please use # 8 link on my web page for this information if you need.

* Panel 3 – Information on Jockey’s Ridge. Lure your reader in to visit this amazing area of the Outer Banks.Please use # 1 link on my web page for this information if you need.

Be sure to include:

Wildlife

Recreation

Ecology

* Panel 4 – Your Choice

* Panel 5 – Your Choice

* Panel 6 – Back Panel - Adjectives/Verbs and

Similes

Write a Summary. Which would be your favorite place to visit in the Outer Banks? Include:

5 or more adjectives and/or verbs (refer back to pages 28 and 39 in the book for examples)

Include 2 sentences that use similes (refer back to page 32 for an example of a simile)

Choice # 2 - Power Point

Create a Power Point about the Outer Banks. You can either email me your ppt or download it to a flash drive (ask your parents which they would prefer you do. They may need to help you download your ppt to a flash drive).

Your Power Point MUST have 6 slides.

Your Power Point MUST include animation and color

* Slide 1 – Front Cover

* Title of your PPT

* Picture of the Outer Banks

* Your name

* Slide 2 – Location of the Outer Banks

*Depiction the Wright Brother’s traveled to get to the Outer Banks.

Please use # 8 link on my web page for this information if you need.

* Slide 3 – Jockey’s Ridge

Lure your reader in to visit this amazing area of theOuter Banks.Please use # 1 link

on my web page for this information if you need. You may need more than 1 slide.

Be sure to include:

* Wildlife

* Recreation

* Ecology

* Slide 4 – Characters

* 3 Characters from the book and 3 character traits for each character (from our listof traits)

* Slide 5 – Your Choice

* Slide 6 – Adjectives/Verbs and Similes

* Write a Summary, which is your favorite site to visit in the Outer Banks.

* Include 5 or more adjectives and/or verbs (refer back to pages 28 and 39 for examples)

* Include 2 sentences that use similes (refer back to page 32 for an example of a simile)

Choice # 3 - Collage

Create a Collage about the Outer Banks.

  • Your Collage should be on paper that is larger than 8 x 11 and not larger than poster board.
  • Your Collage MUST include 1 or more clipart, 1 or more free hand illustrations, and 1 or more magazine pictures.

* Your Collage Needs to include:

  1. Title of your Collage
  2. Your name
  3. Picture of the Outer Banks
  4. Depiction the Wright Brother’s traveled to get to the Outer Banks.

Please use # 8 link on my web page for this information if you need.

  1. Information on Jockey’s Ridge. Please use # 1 link on my web page for this information. Include:
  2. Wildlife
  3. Recreation
  4. Ecology
  1. 3 Characters from the book and 3 character traits for each character (from our list of traits)

7. Adjectives/Verbs and Similes

* Write a Summary, which is your favorite site to visit in the Outer

Banks.

* Include 5 or more adjectives and/or verbs (refer back to pages 28 an

39 for examples)

* Include 2 sentences that use similes (refer back to page 32 for an

example of a simile)

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