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Comic Strip Writing:
Directions: Choose
one activity per day for writing. Use the journal ideas for daily journal
writing. For activity 3, remember to base essay on "The Annie Auditions"
, to order: ABC.com (Turning
Point-Feb. 16,
1997)
Online Activity:
Go to The Century.com, click
on various "time capsules", and
write a summary about a topic of your choice. Franklin Delano
Roosevelt's famous wife, Eleanor, is featured in one of them!
Activity 1:
Look at copies of Stagebill from various plays, as well as
the adbooks
from some High School plays we have at the Writing Center. For this
week, create your own adbook. These are the components you will need:
Activity 3:
After watching the "Annie Auditions", write an expository essay about
3 things you need to be able to do to have your best chance at passing
an
audition for Broadway.
Activity 4: Write a short skit:
2. If you knew a secret
about your best friend, one that could hurt her if she found
out (if you found out she/he was adopted, if you found out that her/his
parents were
getting divorced, etc.), would you tell? Why or why not?
3. Annie hated getting
up in the middle of the night to clean up the orphanage, what
do you hate to do? How could you make it better?
4. Should children
who do chores, like the orphans, receive an allowance? Why or
why not?
5. If you could talk
to anyone from the past, like Franklin D. Roosevelt, who would you
talk to, and what would you want to know?
6. Describe what you think makes someone a hero.
7. If you could have
a "night on the town", like Annie did with Mr. Warbucks, where
would you go, who would you go with, and what would you do?
8. If you could adopt a new cousin, what would your cousin be like?
9. Mr. Warbuck's best
Christmas was when Annie became his adopted daughter.
What was your best holiday, and why was it so special?
10. If you found out
that your best friend lived in a "Hooverville", what would you
do to help him/her? What would you say to him/her?
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Story Starters
Directions:
These are for Narrative Writing samples. Please be
creative
and descriptive, but all stories must have a beginning, a
middle,
and an end!
1.
To get started, first go Plot Boosters,
pick a plot idea, and then go to a story starter.
a. "All of a sudden, I heard a loud crash in the orphanage!"
b. "It just started raining while we were trying to escape, when..."
c. "When Mr. Warbucks took me out to the city, a huge blizzard started..."
d. "I wanted to get away from it all, so I built the perfect Clubhouse..."
e. "I opened my eyes, and there I saw..."
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More
Activities!
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1.
After reading the "Quotes from the Critics", write a "critique" of the
movie "Annie".
You may use a "1-10" grid to help organize your thoughts, but this must
be written
in paragraph form-minimum 5 paragraphs.
2.
Create a comic strip about Annie, or any other situation with a theme similar
to
Annie's. Illustrate. The strip should be at least 3 boxes long.
For cartoon formats,
click on and print. For reading fun, click onto the comics!
3. Create a comic book with any kind of comic you can create!
4.
Write a movie review of "Annie", using the review
grid as your guide! Write at
least 5 paragraphs telling why you rate the movie either, "Thumbs Up/Thumbs
Down"!!!
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Go
back to introduction page!
