Postcard+Race+Around+the+World

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= = = = == =**The Great Postcard Race around the World**=


 * The introduction of Postcards dates back to 1861. They were used for a variety of holidays such as Christmas and Easter as well as the ever popular Valentine's Day. As time passed they became associated with traveling, and the mystery and allure of the unknown.**

**Your Assignment:**

 * You will take part in the race around the world with our intrepid explorer** **Beaucephus Jones.**
 * Beaucephus will turn 15 in October, and is accompanying his parents and little sister, Annabeth around the world. He is sending a**
 * postcard from every place he visits back to his friends in Denver, Colorado so that they can keep track of his whereabouts during[[image:postcard4.jpg width="233" height="174" align="right"]] the summer.**

Details about the Family:
Beaucephus- 14 years old, freshman at East High School this fall, loves to play soccer, watches the Nuggets, reads History for fun, has a crush on classmate Lorna Doone, loves chicken McNuggets. Annabeth- little sister, 10 years old, entering 6th grade at Morey middle school this fall, loves to draw, color and paint, reads the encyclopedia for fun, has a crush on Beacephus's friend and next door neighbor Beauregard, favorite food is potato chips. Parents-Live in Denver in an old Victorian Home, Father is a professor of Anthropology at DU, Mother is a pediatrician, (kid doctor).

Start and end of trip:
Quebec, Canada will the beginning of the trip Florida Keys will be the last place on the trip

=Rules and Requirements for the Assignment:= You will be drawing out of a hat for country and continent, you may choose anywhere in the country to set your postcard. //Choose a place within the country you might like to visit or have an interest in//. Once you've chosen your place you will need to research places to visit and things to see there.

Picture Postcard
1. Set up a 6 X 4.5 in either Photoshop, Illustrator, or Fireworks 2. Name of Place 3. Picture or Pictures of things unique to that area from the internet 4. Use a gradient 5. One drawn element 6. Use a filter

[[image:postcard.jpg width="187" height="129"]]Backside of the Postcard[[file:postcardback.dot]]
Write a well developed paragraph about your travels and experiences from the place you chose to visit. __You must use the following criteria__. 1. Choose a friend of Beacephus' to address the postcard to 2. you must talk to the person before you and incorporate info from them in you paragraph about where you've been 3. talk to the person who is next on the list and find out where they will be and add that into your paraagraph 4. add figurative language ( hyperbole, metaphor, onomatopoea, personification, simile) 5. Add details about what you did at the place you visited 6. Mention mode of travel on how you got to this place. 7. Add a detail about Beaucephus or any of the family. (for example: Beaucephus likes mint, Oreo ice cream)