National Grandparents Day
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The Task
With Granma

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The Task
Your task is to work cooperatively with a grandparent to make a record of his/her life in any one of the following ways:

Diamond Bullet  Write an essay about your grandparent.  sample essays
Diamond Bullet  Perform a monologue about the thoughts and feelings from a moment in his/her life.
Diamond Bullet  Compose a song. sample song (mp3, ~1.14MB)
Diamond Bullet  Write about a favorite memory the two of you share.
Diamond Bullet  Formulate a story about a time in your grandparent's life.
Diamond Bullet  Create scrapbook or memory book pages.  sample pages
Diamond Bullet  Create a poem.   sample poems
Diamond Bullet  Construct a family tree.   sample family tree
Diamond Bullet  Videotape an interview.
Diamond Bullet  Write a biographical sketch.
Diamond Bullet  Design a web page about your grandparent.   create a page     add an image      create a link

Diamond Bullet Invite your grandparents to school for a special Grandparents Day program.
(Your school can choose a date for the celebration. It is not necessary to wait for the
National Grandparents Day holiday.)

To view Grandparents Day celebrations at other schools, click on these links:

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Grandparents Day At School -- E-mail:
 
djm@grandparents-day.com

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