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Inventory
1.
Peter: Peter
is a man and a husband. He likes to dance and drum. He makes
the drums from the hides of the animals that he raises on his
ranch home. He has a green hat and a green scarf that matches his
favorite green drum.
2.
Ranch: This
is the place in which Peter and his wife live. There is also
a family donkey that lives there. The ranch is located in Mexico.
Cows are raised on the ranch. There is also a river near by.
3.
Canoe: Peter
owns a wood canoe. The canoe is made of birch wood. There are
two magic feathers in the canoe. The feathers ensure safe travel
and help the canoe to fly.
4.
African Trophy:
This trophy is an award for a drumming contest. The statue
is an African sculpture of the Messiah. It is made of black
gold.
5.
Fossil: This
is an old fossil of a shell. It was found in a river in Africa.
It was made in the sand.
6.
Wallet: The
wallet was hand-made in Mongolia. It is made of leather. There
is an embossed print of an elephant and a monkey on the front. There
is also a zipper on the inside.
7.
Seal\Stamp:
The stamp has a square base which is usually carved with a
seal used to seal letters or documents, although this one hasnÕt
been carved yet. There is a lion on top and it is heavy. There is gold
stamping on both sides. On one side there is ethics, truth, knowledge, and
invent. On the other side is the name of a university.
8.
Arrowhead:
It is made of stone and made in Mongolia. There is a small Mongolian
art design painted on the side in brown ink. The end of the head
is sharp and used for cutting and as a weapon.
9.
Female head:
It is a carved womanÕs head from the neck up. She is a detective.
She has blue eyes and is bald. She is wearing eyeliner and
red lipstick. She is also not wearing any earrings, but has pierced
ears.
Story
There
is a man named Peter. He lives in a ranch that is located near a
river in Mexico. He hears about a drumming contest in Africa.
He decides to go and compete because he wants to gain more knowledge
about other cultures. He takes his flying canoe to Africa for the
competition. To prepare for the contest, he goes down to the river
to bathe. At the river, he finds a fossil in the river. He decides
that the fossil will bring him good luck so he puts the fossil in
his wallet.
Peter
goes and competes in the competition. He wins and in return, wins
the Black Messiah trophy. As another prize for winning the drumming
competition, a tribal leader presents him with an arrowhead. The
leader tells him that is it a key to a great treasure. The search
for the treasure takes him to Mongolia in his flying canoe.
Once
he arrives, he takes the arrowhead to an antique store and shows
the owner. The owner tells him about where the temple is that holds
the treasure. There is also a detective in the store. The detective
overhears the clerk speaking and decides that she wants in on the
treasure. She waits until Peter leaves, then attacks him in the back
alley. Peter fights back with the arrowhead and cuts off her head.
Peter
goes looking for the temple. Shortly after, he finds the temple and
the treasure. It is a seal with important secret codes along the
side. Peter returns back to his ranch and returns to his family.
He then sells the seal for a million dollars to put into his leather
wallet.
Questions:
1.
Are you satisfied with the story? (now we have three versions)
2. Do all elements hang together well? (is the plot logical?)
3. How would you have changed the story, if you had had to write it alone?
4. The inventory describes details you saw and some decisions you made about
the objects. Do you agree with the descriptions in the inventory?
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2.
Form four groups. Have each group focus on a complete
re-write of the story using the exiting inventory.
Group
1 will write for a Kindergarten focus group (5 year old audience).
Group
2 will write for a corporate board who is thinking about publishing
the story in Chicago.
Group
3 will write for a Nepalese University press in Kathmandu.
Group4
will write for the United Nations Youth Programs in Brussels.
Each
group will try to write the story in such a way, that its audience
will adopt the story for their next curriculum, publication,
or public use project.
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•Each
group member writes one draft.
• I
will collect these via email to Roland@stcloudstate.edu (subject:
en191f06-your name-quiz1).
• Then
the group fine-tunes one re-written story as their final copy
and sends it to all in class.
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Inventory
1.
Peter: Peter is a man and a husband. He likes to dance and drum.
He makes the drums from the hides of animals that he raises on his
ranch home. He wears a green hat and a green scarf that matches his
favorite green drum.
2.
Ranch: This is the place where Peter and his wife live. The ranch
is in Mexico. They own a donkey. They herd cows on the ranch. There
is also a river near by.
3.
Canoe: Peter owns a wooden canoe. The canoe is made of birch wood.
There are two magic feathers in the canoe. The feathers ensure safe
travel and help the canoe to fly.
4.
African Trophy: This trophy is an award for a drumming contest. The
statue
is an African sculpture of the Messiah. It is made of black gold.
5.
Fossil: This is a shell fossil. The fossil is made in sandstone.
It was found by Peter in the river by the ranch.
6.
Wallet: The wallet was hand-made in Mongolia. It is made of synthetic
leather. There is an embossed print of an elephant and a monkey on
the front. There is also a zipper on the inside.
7.
Seal\Stamp: The stamp has a square base which is usually carved with
a seal used to seal letters or documents, although this one hasnÕt
been carved yet. There is a lion on top and it is heavy. There is
gold stamping on both sides. On one side there is ethics, truth,
knowledge, and invent. On the other side is the name of a university.
8.
Arrowhead: It is made of stone and made in Mongolia. There is a small
Mongolian art design painted on the side in blank ink. The end of
the head is sharp and used for cutting and as a weapon.
9.
Female head: It is a carved womanÕs head. She is a
monk
from the temple. She has blue eyes and is bald. She is wearing eyeliner
and red lipstick. Even though she has pierced ears, heÕs not wearing
any earrings.
The
Story
A
man named Peter lives in a ranch with his wife in Mexico. There
is a river near his ranch.
One
day, he hears about a cultural drumming contest in Africa. It is
not an ordinary drumming contest. It is about culture and knowledge.
He decides to go and compete because he wants to gain more knowledge
about other cultures.
To
prepare for the contest, he goes down to the river to bathe. In the
river he finds a shell fossil. He decides that the fossil will bring
him good luck so he puts the fossil in his wallet. From there he
flies to Africa in his canoe.
Peter
competes and wins the drumming competition in Africa. He is presented
with the Black Messiah trophy. As another prize for winning the drumming
competition, a tribal leader presents him with an arrowhead. The
leader tells him that is it a key to a great hidden treasure.
The
search for the treasure takes him to Mongolia. Once he arrives, he
takes the arrowhead to an antique store and shows it to the owner.
The owner tells him where the temple is that holds the treasure.
There is also a monk in the store. The monk overhears the clerk speaking
and decides to help Peter to reach the temple. She waits until Peter
leaves the store, and tells her that sheÕs a monk from the temple
and gives Peter clues and directions to find the temple.
With
the clues given by the monk, Peter goes in search of the temple.
Shortly after, he finds the temple and the treasure. It is a seal
with important secret codes along the side. Peter goes to the head
monk of the temple and asks about the inscriptions. The head monk
tells Peter that the carving means, Òethics, truth, knowledge, and
invent.Ó Peter realizes that, as the winner of the drumming competition,
which was about culture and knowledge, the tribal leader gave him
the arrowhead to learn more about cultures. The arrowhead wasnÕt
any key to a hidden treasure, but a treasure of ethics, truth, knowledge,
and invent. And the monk, the monk was stationed there to help Peter
reach his goal.
Having
achieved his quest for knowledge, Peter returns back to his ranch
and returns to his family. He shares about his adventure, and helps
his fellow people to understand about ethics, truth, knowledge, and
invent.
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Inventory
1.
Peter: Peter
is a man and a husband. He likes to dance and drum. He
makes
the drums from the hides of animals that he raises on his ranch
home.
He wears a green hat and a green scarf that matches his favorite
green drum.
2.
Ranch: This
is the place where Peter and his wife live. The ranch is in Mexico.
They own a donkey. They herd cows on the ranch. There is also a river
near by.
3.
Canoe: Peter
owns a wooden canoe. The canoe is made of birch wood. There are two
magic feathers in the canoe. The feathers ensure safe travel and
help the canoe to fly.
4.
African Trophy: This trophy is an award for a drumming contest. The
statue
is an African sculpture of the Messiah. It is made of black gold.
5.
Fossil: This
is a shell fossil. The fossil is made in sandstone. It was found
by Peter in the river by the ranch.
6.
Wallet: The
wallet was hand-made in Mongolia. It is made of synthetic leather.
There is an embossed print of an elephant and a monkey on the front.
There is also a zipper on the inside.
7.
Seal\Stamp: The stamp has a square base which is usually carved with a seal
used to seal letters or documents, although this one hasn't been
carved yet. There is a lion on top and it is heavy. There is gold
stamping on both sides. On one side there is ethics, truth, knowledge,
and invent. On the other side is the name of a university.
8.
Arrowhead: It is made of stone and made in Mongolia. There is a small Mongolian
art design painted on the side in blank ink. The end of the head
is sharp and used for cutting and as a weapon.
9.
Female head: It is a carved womanÕs head. She is a
monk
from the temple. She has blue eyes and is bald. She is wearing eyeliner
and red lipstick. Even though she has pierced ears, sheÕs not wearing
any earrings.
The
Story
A
man named Peter lives in a ranch with his wife in Mexico. One day,
he hears about a cultural drumming contest in Africa. It is not an
ordinary drumming contest. It is about culture and knowledge. He
decides to go and compete because he wants to gain more knowledge
about other cultures.
To
prepare for the contest, he goes down to the river to bathe. In the
river he finds a fossil shell. He decides that the fossil will bring
him good luck so he puts the fossil in his wallet. From there he
flies to Africa in his canoe.
Peter
competes and wins the drumming competition in Africa. He is presented
with the Black Messiah trophy. As another prize for winning the drumming
competition, a tribal leader presents him with an arrowhead and a
wooden female head. The leader tells him that they are keys to a
great hidden treasure.
The
search for the treasure takes him to Mongolia. Once he arrives, he
takes the arrowhead to an antique store and shows it to the owner.
The owner tells him where the temple is that holds the treasure.
There is also a monk in the store. The monk overhears the clerk speaking
and decides to help Peter to reach the temple. She waits until Peter
leaves the store, and tells him that sheÕs a monk from the temple
and gives Peter clues and directions to find the temple.
With
the clues given by the monk, Peter goes in search of the temple.
Shortly after, he finds the temple and the treasure. It is a seal
with important secret codes along the side. Peter goes to the head
monk of the temple and asks about the inscriptions. The head monk
tells Peter that the carving means, Òethics, truth, knowledge, and
invent.Ó Peter realizes that, as the winner of the drumming competition,
which was about culture and knowledge, the tribal leader gave him
the arrowhead to learn more about cultures. The arrowhead wasnÕt
any key to a hidden treasure, but a treasure of ethics, truth, knowledge,
and invent. The wooden head that was given to him was of the female
monk that was stationed there to help Peter reach his goal.
Having
achieved his quest for knowledge, Peter returns back to his ranch
and returns to his family. He shares about his adventure, and helps
his fellow people to better understand ethics, truth, knowledge,
and invent.
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