PROJECT WORK #1

*You and Kit Kittredge are an investigative newspaper reporter team. You have just been given an anonymous tip that a company is going to build a subdivision right behind your house.

The situation: There is a mysterious land formation that should never be disturbed and should remain protected.

Write an article for the newspaper.

Record the following in your journal:

1. What is the name of the company? (find the sign near your
house)

2. What do they plan to build?

3. When do they plan to build it?

4. How will life be different when the building begins?
(hint: read about Virginia's state symbols on this website:
http://legis.state.va.us/1_cap_class/6-8/6_8_emb_symb.html)

5. Another tip just came in:
There is proof that an Indian village was built on that land
Hint: http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=188

6. Kit knows about the Virginia state symbols
Hint: http://legis.state.va.us/1_cap_class/6-8/6_8_emb_symb.html

She writes (you write for Kit) about what animals and plants might be displaced if the developers build the subdivision

7. Write your opinions on both if it's a good idea (Kit)or a bad idea (you)

8. end your article with a good ending sentence that will make the readers want to read your articles again. (Ex: Stay tuned to discover more about a very dangerous predator who lives in the woods.)