National Grandparents Day
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The Task
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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 official
National Grandparents Day holiday. Our motto is "Make Every Day Grandparents Day.")

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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