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Overview
Each school will submit a Class Letter of Introduction which includes information
about your class, where your school is located, etc. to the Discussion Area (A full
description of what to include is listed below in the Procedure). If more than one
class is participating, Please limit the Class Letters to 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.
- When it is time to submit the Class Letter, you may find it useful to
consult the following:
- Please review the following sample Class Letters of Introduction:
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Lincoln Middle School, Lincoln, NJ, USA
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South Kalgoorli Primary School, Australia
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Assessment Suggestions
Since students will be collaborating as a class when writing your Class Letter,
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 for the
Class Letter of Introduction are printed in the
Project Instructions section of this web
site.
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Step 3: Class Letter of Introduction
Materials:
Instructions:
- Write a Class Letter of Introduction. You should include the following:
- Name of your school
- Grade Level
- Location of your school (City, State / Province, Country)
- Your Latitude (N or S) and Longitude (W or E)
- Some information about your school and community
- Any other information that you would like to share.
- Once your Class Letter of Introduction is ready, please submit it
to the Discussion Area of this project.
Be sure to include the name of your school, city, and
country in the Subject area of the message in the Discussion Area.
- e.g. "Letter of Introduction from South Kalgoorlie Primary School,
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Australia"
- Once your Class Letter of Introduction is posted, return to the Discussion
Area frequently and respond to postings from other participating schools.
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Printable Student Worksheet
