GIRAFFE CORNER

Welcome students to "Giraffe Corner".  Here you  will learn  better  self- expression through writing  about  famous  characters.  A daily quotation taken  from  a well known person will direct your safari into  personal development.  Included in your daily fare  will be affirmations, praise statements, discussions , speeches , analyses, and interpretations, all with little risk to you.  You can even use a pen name if you wish.  So come along  and let us learn about confidence, motivation, effort, responsibility, initiative, perseverance, caring, teamwork, common sense, and problem solving.  They are guaranteed to make you a better writer and a more developed character.

DIRECTIONS:
Select one of the quotations from a link below and give me the following information:

• a summary of the quotation in your own words
• your reaction to that quotation
• What did you think or wonder?
• What was interesting?
• what you want to discuss with your group
• I'd like to talk to my group about.....
• I'd like to ask them.......
• I wonder..........

Click here to find a quote that you'd like to write about.

Read the stories about the person whose quotation you liked.  Write a short story telling what you like about that person.  Click on the links below to find more information.

Eleanor Rooselvelt
 http://www.wic.org/bio/roosevel.htm

Martin Luther King Jr.
 http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/srs218.html

Mother Teresa
 http://www.albanian.com/main/culture/famous/teresa.html

Benjamin Franklin
 http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/home.htm

Helen Keller
 http://www.hki.org/helen.html

Gandi
 http://www.kids-right.org/p_gandhi.htm