Dec 4 2025 1st Half - Group Work Activity Survival Plan Poster Assignment & 2nd Half Sample Prose Review - 3rd Person & Past Tense Alone Assignment Teams
Silent Read 15 min
Review of New Teams Project - you will be completing your good copy typed - on Teams - Assignments - 'Poetry To Prose Assignment - Final Copy - Forsaken Section - Alone'
Review Assignment - extra samples - remind class where to type their good copies and how to submit. We will be doing this 2nd half today.
Library - 1st Half
Poster / Mini-Project Creation - Based on Dec 1 Group Work.
Using your Items List - From Monday.
Each group makes a Survival Plan Poster that includes:
Must Include
Group name (optional creativity bonus: create a survival team name)
Their 10 chosen items
A brief explanation (1–2 sentences each)
A simple visual or drawn map of their camp setup using the 10 items
Where they’d build shelter
Where fire would be
How they get water
What they will use their tools for
Group name (optional creativity bonus: create a survival team name)
Their 10 chosen items
A brief explanation (1–2 sentences each)
A simple visual or drawn map of their camp setup using the 10 items
Where they’d build shelter
Where fire would be
How they get water
What they will use their tools for
Students can draw - colour.
Group Presentation
Each group gets 2 minutes to present:
Their 10 chosen items
Their logic - why you choose the items you did
Their survival plan
One “controversial” item their group debated
After each presentation, allow one question from the class.
2nd Half:
Library - Teams > Assignments - Poetry To Prose Assignment - Final Copy - Forsaken Section - Alone
Review - samples - 3rd person writing & past tense - Alone assignment - Foresaken - Powerpoint Presentation from Dec 1 2025.
Sample Prose #1 – The Sleepover Plans (early chapters)
(Maddie plans a secret sleepover while her parents are distracted.)
Maddie had noticed for a long time that her parents barely communicated anymore, and she had learned to use their tension to her advantage. One afternoon, when they were both distracted, she quietly suggested to her mother that she might stay at her friend’s house that night. Later, she hinted to her father that she would be staying with her mom. Neither parent questioned her or spoke to each other about it. Instead, each simply nodded, lost in their own worries.
Realizing she had slipped through the cracks, Maddie felt a spark of excitement. She gathered snacks, extra clothes, and her favorite things and headed to her grandparents’ empty house, believing she had pulled off the perfect secret sleepover. She didn’t think anything bad would come from it. She thought she would have a quiet night to herself, with no adults checking in. She had no way of knowing that this small choice would change the course of her life.
✨ Sample Prose #2 – The Earthquake Scare
(Maddie thinks an earthquake has happened after waking to a shaking house.)
When Maddie jolted awake in the middle of the night, the room trembled so violently she instinctively grabbed the edges of her sleeping bag. For a moment she was sure an earthquake was shaking the house apart. Her heart raced, and she listened for breaking glass or falling shelves, but the rattling stopped as quickly as it had begun.
She sat up, breathing hard, and looked around the dark room. Everything was still. The furniture stood exactly where it had been before, and no pictures had fallen off the walls. Maddie tried to convince herself it had only been a dream, but the adrenaline still pulsed through her body. She waited, half expecting the shaking to start again, but the silence remained heavy and unchanged. The strange moment left her unsettled, as though something unseen had shifted around her.
✨ Sample Prose #3 – Discovering the Empty Town
(After finding her house empty, Maddie explores the town to see if anyone else is around.)
After searching her house several times, Maddie stepped outside and walked down the street, hoping she would spot someone—anyone. She moved past familiar houses that suddenly felt foreign, their windows dark and lifeless. She knocked on a neighbor’s door, calling their names, but the sound only echoed back at her.
Feeling a growing sense of fear, she headed toward the main road. Usually cars hurried by at all hours, but now the street was completely still. Storefronts were locked, and the parking lots were deserted, as if the entire town had been frozen in time. Maddie cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted, but only the wind answered her.
With every step, the truth sank deeper into her chest. The whole town was empty, and whatever had taken everyone had done so without leaving a trace. She stood on the silent sidewalk, realizing she might truly be alone.
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