Extra Credit Assignment (10 pts.)

Due Friday, March 7

Read Kira-Kira by guest author Cynthia Kadohata (available for purchase in our school library for only $6). Complete all three of these activities. Type and double-space your work.

1. Kate gives one of the eulogies at Lynn’s funeral but sits down before she tells a special memory of Lynn. In a well-thought-out paragraph, write about a special memory of Lynn that Katie might have included in the eulogy.

2. Lynn always wanted to go to the ocean in California. Write a haiku titled “Kira-Kira” that Katie might write and dedicate to Lynn after her family returns from the west coast.

3. It is a Japanese custom to purchase souvenirs (or omiyage) from places the have traveled. Write a one-paragraph description of a souvenir that Katie might bring back from California to put at Lynn’s grave.