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)