Steamboats on Okanagan Lake
Writing

Pretend you are a mother or father travelling with your three children on the S.S. Sicamous. Write a journal for the day trip.

Write a make-believe narrative paragraph about a day trip that you and your family took on the S.S. Sicamous.

Write a narrative paragraph about a ferry or a boat trip that you have been on.

Using your imagination, write a descriptive paragraph about the dining room on the S.S. Sicamous. Remember to use lots of adjectives.

Using the picture in the vignette and your imagination, write a descriptive paragraph of the scene at Kelowna Wharf as people wait to board the S.S. Okanagan.

Write for five minutes about what you think it would be like to take a day trip on the S.S. Aberdeen steamboat in 1893.

Write for five minutes about what you think it would be like to be leaving the Okanagan Valley on your way to World War 1.

Write for five minutes about a boat trip you have been on. Or, if you have never been on a boat trip, write about what you think a boat trip would be like.