penpal2010

 Title: Pen Pals  Objective(s): o  Students will practice the different components of a friendly letter o Students will write a friendly letter to a Bridge student at another site  o Students will reply to a Bridge student’s friendly letter  Bridge Technology Standards 

o 1.1.1 o 1.1.3 o 2.2.2 o 3.1 o 3.2 o 4.1 o 4.2

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Materials o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">http://www.joelson.addr.com/letterwriting.htm o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Microsoft Word o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Envelopes (one per student) o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Pencils/markers o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Chart paper/white board <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MONDAY Procedure <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">GUIDED PRACTICE a. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Example body: My name is Sally and I go to the Columbine Bridge. I am in 3rd grade and my favorite subject is science. I like to cook spaghetti and my favorite animal is a horse. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BRAINSTORMING <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">FREE TIME <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">TUESDAY Procedure <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">WEDNESDAY Procedure <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING >> >> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> LETTER READING & REVIEW <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BRAINSTORM <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">THURSDAY Procedure <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INTRODUCTION <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">REVIEW & MODEL a. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Example body: “Dear Sally, Thank you for your letter. How many brothers and sisters do you have? What is your favorite TV show?” <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">INDEPENDENT WORK
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explain that this week they are going to write a friendly letter to a Bridge student at another site
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Lead a discussion about what a friendly letter should include or be about
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Ex. It should include a greeting (such as dear_______); it should include a body (talking about which site the student is from, what their favorite animal is, their hobbies etc.); it should include a closing (such as sincerely_______); it should include the date; proper spelling, capitals, periods etc.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:20/5:20 Gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">http://www.joelson.addr.com/letterwriting.htm <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Point out the following parts of the friendly letter and explain them
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Date
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Greeting
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Body
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Closing
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Signature
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click on “writing a friendly letter” on the bottom right column
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Read the sentence out loud to the students
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind them that their friendly letter is going to another Bridge site for a student to read J <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Next click on “letter generator” on the top right column
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Choose a student’s name to enter in the box
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Read the intro letter out loud to the students (or have a volunteer read it)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “see the parts of a letter”
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Review the parts of a letter (you can scroll over them for a label)
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “write your own letter”
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click on the “friendly letter” box
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Enter the information into the boxes
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Use your Bridge Site’s address (see below)
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Columbine: 2390 West Cedar Ave. Denver 80223
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Westwood: 855 South Irving Denver 80219
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Lincoln: 1217 West 10th Ave. Denver 80204
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Quigg: 4558 Navajo Denver 80211
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Type in someone’s name (it can be a student in class or a made up person)
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Model how to write 2-3 sentences (see example below)
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Tell the students to share things about themselves such as what site they are from, what grade they are in, a favorite food or color or animals etc.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Enter a closing (you may have the students choose one)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind the students they need to sign their name on the actual letter before sending it
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">If the students want to write a “p.s.” explain that its for adding something you forgot in the body of the letter
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Show the students the different options for a border on their letter
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Have the class choose which one they want for their practice letter
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “print”
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Show the students the final letter and model how to sign your name under the closing
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:35/5:35 gather students back on floor
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">On the white board or chart paper, brainstorm some things the students can write about
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind the students they need to share what site they are from
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Some ideas might be
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What grade they are in
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Brothers and sisters
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Pets
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Favorite foods/colors/subjects in school/songs
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Sports they play
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What they did on Spring Break
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What they want to be when they grow up
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Tell the students that tomorrow they are going to write their friendly letter and send it to another student at a different Bridge site!
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:45/5:45 when students have a list of ideas for their letter, they may have free time
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Lead the students in a circle prompt using the following prompt
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Give another student in the class a compliment (ex. You are smart; I like your outfit; you have nice handwriting etc.)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remember students are only to say one word….not s whole story
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">The circle prompt should take no more than 5 minutes!!
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind the students that this week they are writing a friendly letter to a Bridge student at another site
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:25/5:25 Gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">http://www.joelson.addr.com/letterwriting.htm <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Review the following parts of the friendly letter and explain them
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Date
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Greeting
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Body
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Closing
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Signature
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Review the brainstorm list you made yesterday
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind the students they need to share what site they are from and a couple facts about themselves in the letter
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click on “letter generator” on the top right column
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Quickly go through each of the letter writing steps as a review
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> 4:35/5:35 Assist/monitor as students create their friendly letter
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">When students are finished with their letter, check for mistakes
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Make sure the student used capitals and periods
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Make sure the student used correct spelling and grammar
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Once the student’s letter is finished, they may print it out
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Make sure the student signs his/her name at the bottom
 * 7) **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Collect the letters and give them to your site director!!! **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind the students that yesterday they wrote a letter to a student at another Bridge site
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explain that today they are going to read a letter written by another Bridge student
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:20/5:20 Choose a letter from the envelope
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Read it out loud to the class
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">After the letter, ask the students the following questions
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What is the letter-writer’s name?
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What site are they from?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What is one interesting fact about the letter-writer?
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explain that the students are going to get their own letter to read
 * 8) **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">If there are more students than letters, you can have them work in partners or groups **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Tell the students they need to know these things after reading the letter
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">The letter-writer’s name
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What site they are from
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">One interesting fact about the letter-writer
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:25/5:25 review the three things the student needs to find from their letter (see #10 above)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">pass out a letter to each student (or group)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Allow 5 minutes for the students to read their letter
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Gather the class back together
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Call on each student/group to tell the class the following information
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> The letter-writer’s name
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What site they are from
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">One interesting fact about the letter-writer
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">After all the students have read their letters, tell the students that they get to write a letter back to their pen pal
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Explain that they can ask specific questions in this letter
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Ex. Do you have brothers/sisters?
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Do you have a pet?
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> What is your favorite book?
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Do you like to play soccer?
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Etc.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:40/5:40 on the white board or chart paper, make a list of questions that the students want to ask their pen pal
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">When the list is complete, explain that tomorrow they will write a letter to send to their pen pal J <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Students may have free time when the brainstorm list is complete
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:15/5:15 gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Lead the students in a circle prompt using the following prompt
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">What animal would you choose as a pet?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remember students are only to say one word….not s whole story
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">The circle prompt should take no more than 5 minutes!!
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind the students that today they are going to write a friendly letter to their pen pal!
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:25/5:25Review the brainstorm list of questions to ask their pen pal
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Go to <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">http://www.joelson.addr.com/letterwriting.htm <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Review the following parts of the friendly letter and explain them
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Date
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Greeting
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Body
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Closing
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Signature
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> Quickly model how to create a response letter (you can use the letter you read for an example yesterday)
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">click on “letter generator” on the top right column
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">In the box, type your pen pal’s name
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “write your own letter”
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click on the “friendly letter” box
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Enter the information into the boxes
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Use your Bridge Site’s address (see below)
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Columbine: 2390 West Cedar Ave. Denver 80223
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Westwood: 855 South Irving Denver 80219
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Lincoln: 1217 West 10th Ave. Denver 80204
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Quigg: 4558 Navajo Denver 80211
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Type in your pen pal’s name
 * 24) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 25) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Model how to write 2-3 sentences using questions from the brainstorm list (see example below)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Enter a closing (you may have the students choose one)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Remind the students they need to sign their name on the actual letter before sending it
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “next”
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Show the students the different options for a border on their letter
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Have the class choose which one they want for their practice letter
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “print”
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Show the students the final letter and model how to sign your name under the closing
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:35/5:35 have students move to a computer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Assist/monitor while students write their response letter
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">When students are finished with their letter, check for mistakes
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Make sure the student used capitals and periods
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Make sure the student used correct spelling and grammar
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Once the student’s letter is finished, they may print it out
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Make sure the student signs his/her name at the bottom
 * 8) **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">Collect the letters and give them to your site director!!! **