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Overview
Each school will submit a Letter of Introduction to the
Discussion Area which includes
information about your class such as where your school is located,
etc. (A full description of what to include is listed below
in the Procedure). If more than one class is participating,
Please limit one per school. Different classes can combine their
letter into one by having separate paragraphs for each class
if possible.
Objectives
Students will:
- Collaboratively write a class letter in clear, concise,
organized language that presents basic information about
their class.
- Revise and edit the content of the letter using self,
peer, and teacher collaborative feedback.
- Publish the class letter to the online
Discussion Area.
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Time
One or two 45 minute class periods.
Materials
Teacher Preparation
- Writing the Class Letter is best done as a class where
all students can contribute. Alternatively, you can request
that students draft Letters of Introduction individually
or in small groups and select the one that best meets
the criteria listed in the section below. Also, it may
be useful to have students research their city / town
prior to this activity so they will be prepared to include
background information about their school.
- You may find it useful to consult the following:
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Assessment Suggestions
Since students will be collaborating as a class when writing
your Letter of Introduction, the students' participation
in the activity can be used for assessment.
Alternatively, if students individually drafted Letters of
Introduction, you can assess these letters based on their content
(e.g. Do they include all the necessary information?, Is the
letter in the appropriate format based on the audience?, etc.).
Procedure
NOTE: The following instructions
also appear in the Project Instructions
section of this web site.
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Activity 2: Class Letter
of Introduction |
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Each school will write and submit a Letter of Introduction to the project
Discussion Area.
We would appreciate your limiting letters to one per school. If
possible, have different classes combine their letters.
- The Letter of Introduction should include the following:
- Name of your school and grade level of your class
- Location of your school, including: city, state / province,
country, latitude and longitude (so other students can pin-point
locations on a map)
- Hypotheses from the previous activity (Activity 1)
- Any other information that you would like to share about your
school, community, etc.
- Submit
your Letter of Introduction to the
Discussion Area of this
project once you have completed it. Please include the name of your school as well
as the city and country in the Subject of the your message.
- Once you have posted your Letter of Introduction, return to the
Discussion Area frequently and respond to
replies and postings from other participating
schools.
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Printable Student Worksheet
