Honors 9 Expository/Functional Text Research Assignment:
Designing Your Own News Flyer Honoring Survivors
Overview: For this assignment you will spend time researching 1 holocaust survivor and 1 survivor of your
choice (they could have overcome another historical tragedy, a physical/mental obstacle, or adversity of some
kind). After you spend time researching their tales of survival you will create a news flyer in their honor where
you write 1 article highlighting the holocaust survivor, 1 article highlighting the survivor of your choice, and
1 article comparing and contrasting their stories (commentary). You will include visual aids in this news flyer
including 1 relevant piece of functional text (a graph, timeline, chart of some kind that you CREATE helping to
illustrate an aspect of one of your news articles). You will also need to incorporate relevant images (at least 2)
as well as titles to spruce up your flyer!
Here is a quick checklist of every element that should be present:
News Flyer Requirements (please follow this order when putting together your flyers)
1. Three pieces of expository text: (Strand 3, Concept 2)
1.Holocaust Survivor Article: Once you’ve done solid research on your holocaust survivor’s story/life
(birth, family background, experiences during the war, tale of survival, updated information of their recent
years/occupation, other interesting tidbits, and any people associated…..) write an informative
article, in your own words, that incorporates a portion of the information you have learned. Remember,
you can't write about everything you've learned...you must evaluate what information is the MOST
important regarding their tale of survival. The article should be approximately 200 words in length and give
a clear explanation of your focus.
2. Survivor of your Choice Article: Once you’ve done solid research on a survivor of your choice (their
birth, family background, unique life experiences, tale of survival, details of overcoming struggle, updated
information of their recent years/occupation, other interesting tidbits, and any people associated…..)
write an informative article, in your own words, that incorporates a portion of the information you
have learned. Remember, you can't write about everything you've learned...you must evaluate what
information is the MOST important regarding their tale of survival. The article should be approximately
200 words in length and give a clear explanation of your focus.
3. Article Comparing Survivors (commentary): Now that you have written a short article on each type of
survivor (holocaust and survivor of your choice) you must write a brief article comparing and
contrasting their stories of triumph. In this article you should comment on the similarities/differences in
each trial these individuals faced, their personality traits (that may have contributed to their survival), and
the impact their stories could have (or already have had) on future generations/the modern day world.
This article should maintain the third person voice and must be 100-150 words in length.
2. One piece of functional text: (Strand 3, Concept 3)
Consider any statistical info you learned in your research. Provide a graph, chart, diagram (or anything
else that would fit “functional text”) to provide information in a visual format related to your ONE of
your survivor’s stories (Examples: This could appear as a timeline of birth-death, important dates
related to their experiences during the war, statistics of death rates in the form of a graph focusing on
the camp your survivor spent time in, details about their family lineage).
Example:
Sales
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
3. At LEAST Two Graphics:
Provide two or more graphics to enhance the expository and functional text. These should be
appropriate to reinforce the information presented, as well as provide interest to the eye ( Examples:
This could include photos of your holocaust survivor, the camp they were located to during the war,
relevant images related to their unique tale of survival/ as well as images related to your survivor of
choice).
Examples:
4. Titles, headlines:
Provide clear titles/headlines in an appropriate size/font to organize your almanac page. You should
include the following titles in your Almanac Page:
 Holocaust Survivor
 _____________ Survivor (depending on your choice)
 Comparing Survivors
 Statistics/Facts/Dates (depending on what your piece of functional text represents)
5. Other Considerations:
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In order to make our flyers show some conformity, please use 12 point/ Times New Roman for
all expository text.
Provide a separate page that includes all internet page websites you referenced for information
and graphics (sample below)
Make sure your page is interesting, organized, accurate, and pleasing to the eye.
Your flyer can be more than 1 page long if you need more space- do not let the word “flyer”
make you feel limited- it can become more of a news “packet” if needed. BE CREATIVE- as long
as the required elements are present, edited, and polished you will excel at this assignment.
So….how do you get this done? What steps should you follow to make this project doable?
1st- research, research, research. Read lots of sites that contain information and settle on areas of focus for
your expository text articles. Take notes…notes…notes. Remember, these articles must be written in your
own words and will be submitted to turnitin.com .
2nd plan your functional text. Remember, you can’t just copy a chart or diagram that you saw during your
research…you have to design your own based on information you learned.
3rd
plan the layout of your page. Where will you place the articles…where will the functional text fit…..and
then plan and place your graphics. Don’t forget to place all of your headlines and titles!
4th
edit, edit,edit. Another set of eyes can help you remove all those silly little errors!
Plan of Action
I will focus my holocaust survivor research (for my first article) on the following individual:
Name:
I will use the following sources/information to construct my article on my holocaust survivor:
URL of Source
Information Found
I will focus my research (for my second article) on the following survivor of my choosing:
Name:
I will use the following sources/information to construct my article on a survivor of my choice:
URL of Source
Information Found
Helpful Resources
Sample Flyer: (yours will focus on a holocaust survivor and a survivor of your choice, but the “look” of your
page should be similar)
Sample
Piece of
Functional Text
Sample Title
Sample
Article
Sample Image
Sample Works Cited Page: (note that both images AND internet sources are given credit on this page- to
cite your images simply copy and paste the image beside the URL from website where you found it/ to cite
your research sources please use MLA format like the sample below)
Note: All images are
accompanied by the
copy and pasted URL
giving credit to the
website where it was
found
Note: Underneath your image citations
please include the citations for your
research sources in MLA format
Helpful Links for Research on Holocaust Survivor:
http://www.ushmm.org/ (stories and information on related topics)
http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/survivor/index.html -(survivor stories/information surrounding the war)
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/sitemap/sitemap.htm - (survivor stories, information on camps, events etc.)
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/survivors.php- (detailed information on survivors)
http://archive.adl.org/children_holocaust/children_main1.asp (children of the holocaust)
http://www.holocaustforgotten.com/survivors.htm (many survivor stories and photos)
http://go.fold3.com/holocaust_stories/ (stories of many survivors)
http://www.tellingstories.org/holocaust/index.html (stories of survivors and refugees)
http://www2.webster.edu/~woolflm/chronology.html (chronology of Holocaust)
Helpful Link for Creating a Chart/Diagram in Word (for the functional text aspect of this
assignment):
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/quick-start-add-a-chart-to-your-documentHA010379388.aspx
Helpful Link for Creating a Timeline in Word (for the functional text aspect of this
assignment):
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/how-to/Pages/creatingtimeline.aspx
Helpful Link for STARTING to Create an MLA Works Cited Page (NOTE: THIS WEBSITE DOES
NOT CREATE A PERFECT MLA WORKS CITED PAGE- YOU WILL NEED TO EDIT!):
http://easybib.com/
Check your MLA Works Cited page HERE:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
ADVICE: SAVE, SAVE, SAVE- BACKUP YOUR WORK EVERYDAY IN
THE LAB WITH A FLASHDRIVE AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAVING
TO YOUR STUDENT FOLDER- ANYTHING SAVED TO
“DOCUMENTS” WILL DELETE OVERNIGHT!