Assignment 7

PenPal News Final Project Options:

1. Interview someone important to you. Use questions from this website to get you started.

Write up: 1) a summary of what the person said in the interview 2) what surprised you and what interested you most about you learned.

2. Write an opinion piece about a current event or an issue in your community or the world.Describe what is happening, how you feel about it and why.

You can read about things happening near you on these websites:
Taipei Times - Taiwan
Taiwan Today - Taiwan
The Slovenia Times - Slovenia

You can read about things happening around the world on these websites:
Yahoo World
CNN
BBC

3. Write an article about where you live.
Is there an event coming up? Is a big change happening?
What’s something interesting or challenging that your community is going through?
Describe:
What is happening? / What has happened? / What will happen?
Where it is happening? / Where has it happened? / Where will it happen?
Who is involved? / Who was involved? / Who will be involved?
Why is it happening? / Why did it happen? / Why will it happen?
Talk to people about your topic and write about what they said and how you feel about it.

4. Write about an issue that you discussed with your penpal. 
What is the issue?
Write what your penpal felt about it
Write what you originally thought about it
If your thoughts changed, write about why they did
If your thoughts didn’t change, write about why they didn’t

5. Write a personal news story. You can write about something that happened to you recently that was funny, sad, weird or surprising. (Must be appropriate for school) 

After you’ve finished this assignment, please complete this short survey about PenPal News.