This is my friend Lawrence from Malaysia.

We enjoy playing computer games together.

That’s why he’s my FRIEND!

This is my friend Caroline from This is my friend Caroline from Mexico.Mexico.

We enjoy fishing together.We enjoy fishing together.That’s why she’s my FRIEND!That’s why she’s my FRIEND!

This is my friend Julie from This is my friend Julie from Minnesota.Minnesota.

We enjoy canoeing together.We enjoy canoeing together.

That’s why she’s my FRIEND!That’s why she’s my FRIEND!

This is my friend Kaja from Sweden.

We enjoy traveling together.That’s why she’s my FRIEND!

This is my friend Devon from Ohio.This is my friend Devon from Ohio.We enjoy going to restaurants We enjoy going to restaurants

together.together.That’s why he’s my FRIEND!That’s why he’s my FRIEND!

This is my friend Miga from Japan.We enjoy eating

together.That’s why she’s

my FRIEND!

This is my friend Odin from the This is my friend Odin from the Netherlands.Netherlands.

We enjoy snuggling together.We enjoy snuggling together.

That’s why he’s my FRIEND!That’s why he’s my FRIEND!

This is my friend P. Raja

from India.

We enjoy playing the Indian ball and stick game called “Gulli Danda”

together

That’s why he’s my friend.

This is my friend Justine from This is my friend Justine from next door.next door.

We enjoy shopping together.We enjoy shopping together.

That’s why she’s my FRIEND!That’s why she’s my FRIEND!

Created by:Juli Brown

Gael Fonken Leah Isaacson

Kim JonesEvelyn Koay Laurie Leitch

Jackie PetersonJason TackerKong Yang

Kyoga Yoshida

Special thanks to Jason for the illustrations!

Teacher’s Notes:

• This initial book has a minimum of features and could be used as a model for several subsequent student-designed books.

• Two such projects are featured here:– a.) Focus on Action Verbs– b.) Writing with a seven sentence

essay format

a.) First project—Focus on Action Verbs

• This project would require the students to find, shoot and/or draw pictures that show how to play their favorite action games.

• This would give them practice with the nouns and verbs that go with that game.

• If a game is from their home countries, words from that student’s first language are useful and welcome, giving the student added expertise and confidence.

• This book could be called the “ing-thing” book to keep the focus on the “ing verbs” that go with gaming.

Example that uses our photo book as a model:

This is my friend P. Raja

from India. We enjoy

playing the Indian ball and stick game

called “Gulli Danda”

That is why he is my friend.

b.) Second Project—Seven Sentence Essay

1. Topic sentence is given: I want to introduce to you my favorite hero__________.

2. When sentence: He/she lived _________.

3. Where sentence: He is from _________.

4. What sentence: He/she is famous because…

5. Why sentence—Before this_________.

6. Fact sentence—Now_________.

7. Summary sentence: _________ is famous because he was _(summary adjective)_.

Example of a seven sentence essay:

• I want to introduce to you my favorite hero, Basil the Great.

• He lived 1600 years ago.• He is from Turkey from the city of

Caesarea near the Black Sea.• Basil the Great is famous because he

started the first Hospital. • Before this, sick people had no place

to go.• Now Hospitals are where sick people

go to get well.• Basil is famous because he was kind

to sick people.

Build the essay around photos and drawings from the first culture environment that can carry the meaning if the student doesn’t get all the words right—for example:

• Queen Arraweelo: A Role Model For Somali Women, by Ladan Affi:

http://members.tripod.com/%7Ecaafi/arawel1.html

http://www.angelfire.com/ar/arawelo/whoiam.html

Use photos and drawings to illustrate other aspects of the sentences:

One WEB source of uncopyrighted photos is: “Public Domain Photos” http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/

Follow-up essay for advanced students:

• Use these seven sentences as topic sentences for a seven paragraph essay.

References on Photography

for Writers:

• Juarez, Kamara. 1996. All Across San Francisco: Immersion Journalism through Photography and Video. Pp. 108-123 in More Than the Truth: Teaching Nonfiction Writing through Journalism. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

• Bernardin, Susan, et. al. 2003. Trading Gazes: Euro-American Women Photographers and Native North Americans, 1880-1940. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.