My House Has Stars Assignment

We have read and discussed Megan McDonald's book My House has Stars; now you are going to practice research writing by researching one country in your heritage and writing about it in the way she did in her book.  All of our writings will then be compiled to create a class book.

As you Research consider the kinds of details we noticed as we studied the different pages.  Remember:  you are only going to write one page - about 250-300 words - so you don't need  a lot of facts, just some interesting ones, some that you know well, and at least two that most people wouldn't know. 

Before you begin to draft, we'll examine the organizational strategies you could use.  You will also want to consider some of the ways McDonald writes related to her sentence style and word choice.  We will discuss more of these in class so you can use them in your own writing as you revise.  

Your final draft should be typed or written neatly in ink.  YOu must also include some kind of colored illustration, either drawn, computer-generated, or copied and glued on at teh top or bottom of the page.  

Your final draft is due on Novemeber 29th.  I look forward to reading about the places of your heritage!