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Future Quest Island - Postcard Writing

Basics

  • Project TitleFuture Quest Island - Postcard Writing
  • ThemeWriting and Imagining the Future
  • Submitted ByFuture Quest Island
  • OrganizationFuture Quest Island
  • Brief DescriptionInspired by their trip to the island and their future forecast, the student will write a postcard to a family member or friend to tell them about it!
  • Any modifications or extensions for particular student populations?Possible accommodations:

    Screen reader

    Voice to text

    Writing template ( to structure message, postcard description, and address)

Key Questions

  • Key QuestionsUsing your imagination to place yourself in a future time, place, and career, what would you say in a postcard to friends and family?

Units / Activities

  • Pre activities:Have sample postcards Materials Needed:
    Access to postcard generator and printer
    Drawing implements (colored pencils, markers)
    Address students wants to send postcard to
    Stamps
  • Step 1Log on to postcard generator, (http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/p... [1])


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    Web Link: Postcard Creator - ReadWriteThink [1]

  • Step 2Print out postcards
  • Step 3Students will use the generator to complete all parts of the back of the postcard, including description of the picture on front, address, and short

    message.
  • Step 4Students can then draw a picture on the front of the postcard that matches thee description they wrote on the back. Encourage them to draw a picture of something on the island that they
section: 
collegecareer [2]

Source URL: https://www.futurequestisland.org/toolkit/lessons/future-quest-island-postcard-writing#comment-0

Links
[1] http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/postcard-creator-a-30242.html
[2] https://www.futurequestisland.org/toolkit/fqi-sections/collegecareer