Discussion: Survival of the Fittest

Okay, so here is where you get to use your process analysis skills for real.

Next season, CBS has decided to take Survivor to the teens. Twenty 16-to-18 year olds will be selected based on what they know about survival.  To win a spot as a castaway, you need to compose a careful examination of one skill you will need to survive in an environment with no food, water, or shelter. To win:

1. Select and research a specific survival activity (i.e. how to build a fire in extreme cold, how to catch fish without equipment).
2. Plan a well-organized procedural (step-by-step) document that explains the steps in detail.
3. Draft a detailed, descriptive, interesting procedural document on your survival skill based on the skills learned in this unit and section.
4. Add diagrams, illustrations, or photographs to enhance your document.
5. Be sure to list your research sources using MLA format.

Read and conduct a peer review of at least two of your peers’ contest entries following the 4 Ps of peer critique:

• Praise what is working.
• Probe what you don’t understand.
• Propose improvements with tact.
• And above all be POSITIVE.