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 Grade 8 ELA Activities
In the Life of a Room
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Most of us feel connected to our bedrooms. Even if we share this
room with others, there are objects in it that reflect our personality
traits. By focusing on the setting of her room, your child can think
about how it reveals her character. Additionally, by examining how
this setting has a personality of its own, your child will have to
ask such questions as: How does her setting reflect her? What does
it reveal about who she is or who she is becoming?
Here's what you need:
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| Paper |
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| Pen or pencil |
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| Crayons or markers or paints (if she wants to illustrate
her story) |
Here's what you do:
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Have your child write a story or a poem from the perspective of
her bedroom or another room that has special meaning to her. (If your
child is a letter writer, encourage her to write a letter from the
room to her.)
As you talk with your child about her ideas, encourage her to think
about events that have influenced the room's appearance or arrangement.
Who has lived in the room? How would your child describe a time when
she first felt at home in her room? How would she describe a time
when her room really changed? As your child becomes comfortable with
describing the room, have her imagine its personality. What are the
room's moods, thoughts, or feelings about what goes on inside of it?
What might the room say to her if it could talk? What does the room
hope will happen in the future? By posing these types of questions,
you will help your child consider her room as a type of character
with likes, dislikes, and stories to tell.
Keep going...
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By examining the features of a familiar room, your child will learn
more about how setting can reveal character. (She'll also work on
the critical skills of being highly observant and paying attention
to details.) If your child is ready for a larger challenge, have her
write a story or poem that presents relationships between different
rooms in an apartment or a house. She might find that writing a letter
from one room to another is an effective method of revealing the personalities
of both rooms. Encourage your child to think about how the characters
of the different rooms in the house or apartment come together and
tell the story of the home and the family that lives there.
Grade 8 ELA Activities
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