Time Writing

The topic for project 3 is the ever-growing debate of global warming. For project 3 I had to utilize a blog, letters, and a fable. For the blog aspect of the project I had to post my research paper from project 2, Global Warming: A Fabricated Truth. Students were able to comment on the blogs, and then were obligated to do a peer review of one of the letters. The project involved 3 letters. The 3 letters had to be written to organizations that were either against your views or for your views. I chose to write to Al Gore seeing as though he is the leader of the global warming movement. After the letters were completed the next step was the fable.

The fable is supposed to be geared towards 5^th-8^th graders. The purpose of the fable is to come up with a way to make it fun for the kids to learn about your topic. Considering I have a topic where in most schools the opposing viewpoints are taught, but I know the activity has to be engaging enough for the kids to forget about what they are taught for the time being. I am not trying to change the kids mind, but I would like them to see the opposing side to the debate.

The first portion of the blog did not have that much planning. The research paper had to be posted, so there was no real thought process on this aspect. As for the letters, I thought it would be ignorant to write to all organizations that held my views. That is why I chose to write one of my letters to Al Gore. Gore has been the driving force behind the global warming movement, so I felt it would be great to go in that direction. The construction of the letters was simple. In the letter to Gore I was not writing the letters to argue. My goal was to enlighten him about the opposing views. I wanted him to think about the points I made and refute the evidence I brought forward. The other two letters were to organizations that shared my views. I simply asked for answers and opinions on certain questions I had.

I thought the project was effective. I took a different approach to the topic. The purpose was to make people aware of the opposing views. I had not intentions to persuade. I think project 2 and 3 were both successful in allowing me to make my points.