A Wedding Story

Each wedding is unique and there is usually a good story behind it. That being true I challenge you to be social scientists and report on a wedding.

1. Interview a married person. The person can be a parent, neighbor, friend, teacher, other relative, etc. Think of at least 10 questions you should ask him or her. Bring your questions to the interview and write down his or her answers.

2. Using your interview notes write his or her Wedding Story in paragraph form. See outline below:

✩Editing tips: 

If you think that your paragraph is too long, look for a natural break (a change of idea) to split the paragraph. Use a transitional sentence to link the new paragraph to the one before it. 

Use Word to check your spelling and grammar. It's a good idea to write your story in a word document and save it. You can then copy it into a new blog post after it's been edited.

OUTLINE

I. Section 1 - Introduction

In this section you will be giving an overview or a very general description of the wedding. You will answer questions such as:

• Who got married?
• When did they marry? How long did they know each other before marrying?
• Who came to the wedding? How many people? (Did you attend?)
• Who married them? A priest? A judge? A friend? A tribal elder? etc.
• Where did they get married? Why did they pick that location?
• Describe the location. Indoors? Outdoors? Church? Temple? Mosque? etc.

II. Section 2 - Detailed Description of the Event

In this section you will describe what happened at the wedding and will use excellent details and rich language to set the scene. Be specific. By reading your words the reader should be able to imagine the wedding.

You will answer questions such as:

• What did the bride and groom wear? Were there any special colors used?
• Did anyone else participate in the ceremony? Children? Friends? Flower girls? Ring bearers? The bride's and groom's parents? If so, what did they wear?
• Were there flowers or other decorations? 
• Was there music? If so, what kind?
• Did people dance? Did the bride and groom dance? If so, was it to a special song?
• Was food served? Cake? What kind?
• Were any special traditions observed? For example, breaking a glass, bride being escorted to the groom by her father, bride and groom having a first dance, bride dancing with her father/groom with his mother, cutting the cake together, throwing rice etc. at the bride and groom after the ceremony, bride and groom handing out small gifts to the guests, best man and/or maid of honor making a speech/toast to the couple, bride wearing something white, something borrowed, something new, something blue, bride throwing the bouquet of flowers at the single female guests, etc...
• How long did the ceremony last? And the reception/party?

III. Section 3 - Conclusion and Connection to Self.

In this section you will do two things:

1. You will comment on what the day meant to the person you interviewed: his or her special memories of the day, what he or she most enjoyed/liked, what he or she would change if anything... Feel free to use quotes!

2. You will end your wedding story with your opinion on the wedding you have described (What did you like? What would you have done differently?) and how you would imagine your wedding to be if you were to get married. 

DRAFT PROCESS: email me your draft as a WORD document (msdeusclass@gmail.com) no later than Monday October 31st, if you would like me to give you feedback and help you with your editing.

FINAL DUE DATE: Your wedding story must be posted on YOUR BLOG no later than WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3rd.

Your post should be a minimum of 500 words.
This blog post will count as a TEST.
✩✩✩✩For extra points make your post interesting by adding picture(s) and/or video.
Review the Blogging Rubric in pages (right side of the screen)