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This lesson plan will work quite well for all grades depending on the complexity of the pictures used:

Objective:
1. The student will be expected to look at a picture of a deserted island and verbally tell the teacher what they would do if they were stranded on the island. This would include what they used for survival, for entertainment, for shelter and for ways that they might escape the island. Sounds like “Gilligan’s Island, “doesn’t it?

2. After the student relates the story to the teacher, he will then write his story using Microsoft Word.

Materials:
A picture of a deserted island is needed to get the student’s creative juices flowing. The pictures may be found on the internet. Art.com is a particularly good sight that allows you to copy a small version of the picture. A recording of the music of waves would be most helpful to help the student to set the scene.

Student materials:
The teacher and access to the computer lab.

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