Monologue Activity: Ocean Floor at the Louisiana Coastline

Hi, I am the Louisiana Coast…

Initial reasons for the monologue - Speaking as the Louisiana Coast write a monologue about how you have changed over the years since you were born. Talk about the area, what was the area like when you were born and what has changed or it could be that nothing has changed, but that is very unlikely, what is new or old, etc…

• Research (internet, library, encyclopedias) Louisiana Landforms and coastline starting from your date of birth until now the year 2005
• Use the timeline worksheet to keep track of significant changes so that you can incorporate these into the monologue.

Watch this video and see how the land has changed over time from 1932 and what changes scientists have predicted to happen through the year 2050. Use data from this video to place on your timeline.

http://www.americaswetland.com/custompage.cfm?pageid=4&cid=21

Other interesting websites to learn about wetlands and the changes to the coastline.

http://www.paceonline.org/

http://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/sfs/index.jsp

http://www.lgs.lsu.edu/pubs/6geofacts.pdf

http://www.americaswetland.com/

http://www.americaswetland.com/PDFs/landloss8X11.pdf

How to write a monologue:

The monologue “Hook” – The reason you are telling this story? This question will provide the “Hook” needed to keep the audience listening. This “Hook” can either be a question or a statement that grabs the audience’s attention.

Explanation – Now elaborate on the story. Discuss the coastline, changes, good or bad, issues facing the future of the coastline, and work toward your end of the monologue.

The climax – make sure that the climax of your story is like the final kick of the football when the punters foot makes contact. This is where the audience is waiting to hear what the character has been trying to say all along.

Now is the time for the ending – A monologue must have an ending. This is where closure or resolution is given for the story. You answer the question to the story and let the audience know where the character has been and where the character ends up.

Read your monologue to a friend or partner. Have him/her pick out the best parts. Ask your friend or partner to give you suggestions to make it more interesting.

Now that you have finished the monologue, you are ready to be tested on the information that you have learned so far about Landforms.

Please see your teacher to receive the copy of the multiple choice test on Landforms.

 

 

Landform Blog - Student Questionnaire:

A questionnaire is used to evaluate the progress of the students and the curriculum web. The students have access to the blog after each unit so that they are able to voice their likes/dislikes or understanding/confusion as they go through the webquest.

 

Click on the webpage at the right to access the Landform Blog.When you have finished answering the questions for this section, use your browser back arrow to return to the Ocean Floor webpage.

 

 

 

 

Click the Student to go back to index page!