A Better Place Project
In English 9 and World Cultures,
you’ve been asked to think about circumstances for an ideal community. You’ve
been asked to define your ideal place. You’ve been asked to make a proposal
for an ideal community. Guess what? You
may never achieve a utopia, but you can work toward making your community a better place.
Next
Assignment: Using any writing genre, take a step to promote a positive change
in one of your communities (home, school, club, team, church, job, city, state, country, or global community). Turn in a copy of the communication you will send to a community
decision maker.
Name _________________________________ Block ___________ Score _____
Step
1: Identify a need. What change
is needed to make this a better community?
Propose a change:
Why the change is needed?
What needs to happen for this change
to be implemented?
Predict possible results of the change—How
will it help the community become a better place
Step
2. Identify an audience. Who
has the power to make this change happen?
Name
Title
What can they do?
_____________ ______________ ______________________________
_____________ ______________ ______________________________
_____________ ______________ ______________________________
Government Resources: http://www.ci.ankeny.ia.us/Library/ (use their links) or http://www.usa.gov/
Step
3: Choose a presentation mode. How
will you deliver your proposal? Pick an effective way to reach and impact an
audience.
Possible Projects:
Write a letter or email to a decision
maker
Write a letter to the editor of a publication
Write a song
Post a blog
Organize and collect signatures for
a petition
Write and deliver a speech to an audience
Make an advertisement to distribute
or publish
Write and record a dramatization and
send it to a decision maker
Promote and organize a demonstration
