Think of a time when you've won something. Tell what you won and how you won it. 

Advertising

Have you ever looked at an ad and thought about how much brainpower went in to making it memorable?  Advertisers have to be very clever to create an effective ad that communicates a message in a tiny amount of time.  They also need to appeal to the viewer, and be memorable at the same time.  Sometimes they make you feel thoughtful, sometimes they tug on your heartstrings, and sometimes they make you laugh out loud.  What technic were advertisers using in these ads?



Clever Print Ads-  Look at numbers 4, 7, 12, and 30.

What about this one?
Disconnect to Connect (youtube)


Advertisers also use catchy slogans (catch phrases) that will stand out in your mind and make you think of their product.



Do you recognize these catchy slogans?

• I’m lovin’ it
• Just Do It
• Melts in your mouth, not in your hands
• The happiest place on earth 

Your assignment is to get with a partner and design your own special product.  Invent something useful and cool and decide who would want to buy it.  Then create a picture ad and a slogan to advertise your product to the buyers you're shooting for.  Remember, if you're trying to appeal to an elderly person, you will use a different approach than if you're advertising, say, a new video game.

What's News With You?

Writing a news article:

News articles are specific, and must tell a story without using too many words.  It is crucial to include the following details:

-Who is it about

-What happened

-Where did it happen

-When did it happen

-How did it happen

Did you notice that those are the same points you look for when writing a current event response?  

Imagine you were a wonderful painter and your parents would let you paint anything you wanted on your bedroom walls. What would you paint? Use lots of details to describe your artwork.

"The Two Sides of Me" - Mavrick Robbins

My evil is low and my goodness is great, but the little evil inside me I really do hate.  Every day I commit evil as little as it may be, it grows slowly within me.  I read the Bible, go to church, but is this enough to keep down that evil lurch?  I have overcome evil in all of my days, but soon I may go on my separate ways.

"The Two Sides of Me"- Danyon Burk

The two sides of me are always angry, bashing, smashing and crashing.
They fight and fight until one falls down.  That is when the other controls me.

Lashing and swinging, the other tries
to get control of my mind.

They never stop, for one must win.  When Good loses he weeps and cries, because he feels bad for me.

"The Two Sides of Me"- Gavynn Melani

The two sides of me, the good and the bad, are at constant battle in my head.

The good wins a few, the bad comes around and the good battens down the hatches until there's no sound.
He looks out and to his horror, utter destruction lies all around.

Good on my left shoulder, bad on my right, they tell me what to do all through the night. 
Now you know about the addicting bad I have to fight.

"The Two Sides of Me"- Ally Hyden

I didn't realize.
Didn't realize my evil side.
When you're a kid, they call it ignorance or mischief.
The truth is, it's evil.
My evil side is a demon of insincerity,
unhelpful, unkind.
She would twist the words so it would seem she was innocent, not guilty.
How awful!  How unforgivable.  How despicably, unreliably horrible.
My good side is kind.
An angel in the wind,
a star in a black sky.
Beautiful.
"Help more," she said. "Help more."
Why two sides?  Why not one- the good one?
Why?

Literature Groups

Maniac Magee (18 slots available) Reading level: 5.5

  Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run--and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.

Things Not Seen (4 slots available) Reading level: 6.2

  Bobby Phillips is an average fifteen-year-old-boy.  Until the morning he wakes up and can't see himself in the mirror.  Not blind, not dreaming-Bobby is just plain invisible.  There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to Bobby's new condition; even his dad the physicist can't figure it out.  For Bobby that means no school, no friends, no life.  He's a missing person.  Then he meets Alicia.  She's blind, and Bobby can't resist talking to her, trusting her.  But people are starting to wonder where Bobby is.  Bobby knows that his invisibility could have dangerous consequences for his family and that time is running out.  He has to find out how to be seen again-before it's too late.

White Fang (3 slots available) Reading level: 6

   A classic adventure novel detailing the savagery of life in the northern wilds. Its central character is a ferocious and magnificent creature, half dog, half wolf, through whose experiences we feel the harsh rhythms and patterns of wilderness life among animals and men.

My Side of the Mountain (4 slots available)  Reading level:  6.7

   Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.

Write a story titled, "The Bat Who Couldn't Fly."

Imagine you could have lunch with any celebrity. Who would it be? What kinds of things would you talk about?

Your choice! :)