End of the Year. Ice Cream. Writing Activities. 2015HappyEdugator

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1 End of the Year Ice Cream Writing Activities

2 Write an Ice Cream Joke or Riddle To make it funny, be sure you have a good punch line!

3 Write a Research Report on the History of Ice Cream Find out about where ice cream originated and who enjoyed it throughout history. Which came first, ice cream or refrigeration?

4 Design Your Own Ice Cream Parlor Design your own ice cream store. Describe it in detail. What would you name it? Where would it be located? What would the exterior look like? How would you decorate the interior? What flavors would you serve? Try to paint a picture with words.

5 Write the Lyrics to an Ice Cream Song

6 Write a Legend About Ice Cream How could ice cream have influenced history? Why was ice cream created? How could it s appearance explain something that happens in nature? Make an imaginary story that answers one or all of these questions.

7 Write Directions on How to Make: Banana split Rainbow parfait Banana snowball Hot fudge bonanza Earthquake freeze Baked Alaska Peanut Butter soda Triple Pineapple Fluff (Choose One)

8 Prepare A Speech Write the notes for a 3-5 minute speech that explains how to eat an ice cream cone, or that tells the story of the history of ice cream.

9 Make an Ice Cream Dictionary Define at least ten ice cream related terms.

10 Describe an Ice Cream World Imagine the world was made out of different flavors of ice cream. Describe what it would be like.

11 Write Directions to Make Your Favorite Ice Cream If you like to eat ice cream, you should know how to make it. Write the directions to making your favorite flavor of ice cream. Be sure to list materials and ingredients needed, step by step procedures, specific measurements, and quantity of servings produced.

12 Explain the Right Way to Dip Ice Cream Someday you might have a job at an ice cream store. Explain the proper way to dip ice cream cones for your customers. Give very specific instructions for future employees.

13 Describe How to Give an Ice Cream Social You are an editor for a large national woman s housekeeping magazine. In a short, but informative article, give directions on how to have a successful and fun ice cream social. Make sure you include how to write invitations, how to make decorations, how to serve it, what you will serve including drinks, and how to make your guests have a great time by offering games, choices, etc.

14 Invent Your Own Flavor of Ice Cream Ice Cream comes in many delicious flavors! It was not always that way. For a long time, commercial ice cream only had three flavors vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. Then creative people started coming up with new flavors. Some were not so good, but some became very popular. What would you name your flavor and what would the ingredients be? Do you think it could become a famous flavor? Why?

15 Describe Ice Cream to an Alien This purple alien has no clue about ice cream! However, you don t have any to show him, so you will need to give him all the details you can think of. Use lots of descriptive adjectives and imagery sensory words that will get this alien to understand ice cream and what it means to you!

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