What Is your Story?

Name: What Is your Story?
SKU: 5726
Price: 44.95 NZD
Availability: InStock
Author: Jean Bennett
ISBN: 9781927221020

How to explore and record your heritage

By
Jean Bennett

Intrigue your students with a unique and challenging puzzle: putting together their own life stories.This book is a cross-curricular resource in which family, community and cultural identity are sources for meaningful student research and writing. It provides stimulating activities that support students to examine and value their personal lives, encouraging them to record their lives using a range of text types. There are helpful hints and practical suggestions for organising material and documents, plus outlines of a range of presentation formats.

Ages: 9-11 | Pages: 52 | Code: 5726 | ISBN: 9781927221020

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Jean Bennett

Jean Bennett is the author of 28 fiction and non-fiction books for young people, plus short stories, poetry, and journalism for adult readers. She enjoys tutoring writing workshops and helping students to develop their writing skills. Jean is a qualified librarian and adult educator. Previous roles include information literacy lecturer and Newspapers-in-Education coordinator. In 2003, Jean was awarded the Storylines/Betty Gilderdale Award for services to New Zealand children's literature.

Contents
Introduction for teachers	4
Introduction for students	4
All about you	5
Write a personal profile	5
Describe yourself	6
Your pets	6
Personal details	7
Your home	8
Your neighbourhood	9
Your school	10
Your class	10
Autograph book	11
Reading log	11
Viewing log	11
Personal timeline	12
Keep a diary	13
Your impressions	14
Record your activities	15
What's important to you?	16
The collecting bug	17
Starter list	17
The year of your birth	17
Family items	18
Fast forward	19
Keep things in order	20
Technology tools	21
Photographs	21
Storytelling	22
Some story ideas	22
Digistories	23
Storyboard outline	23
Hopes and dreams	25
Treasure hunt	26
What does your name mean?	26
Family names	26
Where on Earth ... ?	27
What would it be like to live there now?	27
Family tree diagram	28
Family tree	28
How do your people grow?	29
What did you say?	30
Traditions	30
Festivals	31
Celebrations	32
Highlights	32
Food	33
Music	33
Clothing	34
Arts and crafts	34
Body art	35
Flags	35
Money	35
Games	36
Your family	37
Journeys	37
Family heritage wheel	38
The world wide web	39
Web search suggestions	40
Check internet information	41
Some ways to check the source of information	41
History	42
Perpetual calendar	42
What was life like, way back then?	42
Take notes	43
Cause and effect	44
Tell me about ...	45
Interview tips	45
Find out about the three Cs	45
Hot questions	46
Interview skills	47
After the interview	47
Arrange your information	48
Presentation	49
Family focus	49
Map your family's journey	49
Visual ideas	49
Audio/visual ideas	50
Graphic organisers	50
Evaluate your work	51
Wise words	52