Writing - Sharing the planet

Writer's Workshop - Nature Is Speaking (Finding Out / Sorting Out)

Conservation International believe strongly in the power of visual storytelling to educate, inspire and affect change. CI's filmmakers traverse the globe, spotlighting the people, challenges and successful projects that our programs are pioneering.

Task: You are to craft, re-craft and present your own text (video) as a means of 'Taking Action'

Choose:

- Which force are you going to write about? ocean, trees, bees, etc

- Think about perspective! You are that force of nature! What characteristics does it have?

- Which language features will you choose to use?

- How can you make your text more powerful?

- Does your text suit the purpose? How can you be sure?

An example - Nature Is Speaking – Julia Roberts is Mother Nature

Some call me nature

Others' call me "Mother Nature"

I've been here for over 4.5 billion years

22,500 times longer than you

I don't really need people

But people need me

Yes, your future depends on me

When I thrive, you thrive

When I falter, you falter

Or worse, 

But I've been here for eons

I have fed species greater than you

And I have starved species greater than you

My oceans

My soil

My flowing streams

My forests

They all can take you

Or leave you

How you chose to live each day

Whether you regard or disregard me,

Doesn't really matter to me

One way

Or the other

Your actions will determine your fate

Not mine

I am nature

I will go on

I am prepared to evolve

Are you?

End Title: Nature doesn't need people... people need nature

Act: 

- Use iMovie to create your very own 'Nature is speaking' video

- Where are you going to source your images and sound? (Make connections here to the #16stubc focus for this week)

- How are you going to ensure that your voice is recorded clearly and no background noise is distracting?

- Share your completed video with Mr Cameron

Reflect:

- Use the following to complete a detailed reflection about your 'Action'

Find out more here: Lee Pace is Mountain

Find out more here: Reese Witherspoon is Home

Find out more here: Liam Neeson is Ice

Find out more here: Harrison Ford is The Ocean

Find out more here: Edward Norton is The Soil

Find out more here: Robert Redford is The Redwood

Find out more here: Kevin Spacey is The Rainforest

Find out more here: Penelope Cruz is Water

Find out more here: Ian Somerhalder is Coral Reef

Find out more here: Lupita Nyong'o is Flower