A new Mini mantle

Forward  On

Company - A fundraising company. Groups of three or four children will form different companies.
Hook- Movie “Pay it Forward” Whole movie or may be parts of it. Teacher reading Rules by Cynthia Lord.  Or use a disaster or relief effort that is in current events .
Commission - Email inviting agency to participate in a fundraising Expo where creative ways to raise money for charities and relief efforts are to be on display.
Dramatic Tension - Ideas - Productive - Told by tax department that need to pay tax on any money raised.
Offices are robbed. Can we use clues to solve the case?
Key Tensions - Several other charities are concerned that their fundraising ideas are being used and threaten to pursue a court case.
Tasks Arising
Report writing     Research reports       Letter writing      Interviewing teacher in role   Looking at various viewpoints
company Logos/ letterheads  Listing types of helping agencies, charities and investigating them. Locating countries on maps.Developing a submission to put forward on ways to raise money. Setting up displays for  Expo.
Forensic Science  activities to identify the robbers.   
Presentation to Client  - Posters/Taskboards/Jingles and products to be presented at fundraising Expo. Each group will pitch their idea to the rest of us, who will be acting as judges. Decide on idea  - best voted - and carry it out if possible
Closure- Xmas Party!