HOMEWORK D ⌘

Given Mon, February 11th Due Tue, February 26th

Excerpts from Postcards From Pluto

Ifyou’veeverreadPostcardsfromPluto:ATouroftheSolarSystembyLaureenLeedy,thenyou’llbesuccessfulatthishomeworktask.Don’tworryifyouhaven’treadit.Totheleftarethreeexcerptsfromthebook.Paycloseattentiontothemiddleone.It’sagoodexampleofwhatyou’llbedoing.INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Getasheetoflight-coloredcardstockpaperorconstructionpaper(white,beige,oryellow).

2) Turnthesheetlengthwayslikeanenvelope.

3) Drawandillustratealife-sizedstampontheupperright-handcornerofthesheet.

4) Justbelowthestamp,writethenameofasixthgradefriendfromourschoolandtheaddressoftheschooltoo,butdon’tmailit(ofcourse).

5) Usearulertodrawseverallinesbutleaveenoughspaceforyourillustration.

6) ChooseoneoftheotherplanetsinoursolarsystemtowriteaboutandgetinfoaboutitfromabookorInternetsource.

7) Pretendyoujustgotbackfromatriptoanotherplanetandyou’rewritingapostcardtoastudentinyourclass.

8) Include*thegreeting,*introductorysentence,*atleast5factualsentencesabouttheplanetyouvisited,and*theclosingsentence.

9) Writeyournameandclassatthebottom.10)Drawapictureoftheplanetorsomethingthatyouwouldhaveseenontheplanet.

NOTE:Ifyoumissanyoftheinstructions,

thenyourgradewillbeloweredaccordingly.Followeveryinstructionandsubmityour

workontimeaspertheLatePolicy.