celebrity.letter.2011

Title: Letter to a Celebrity  Objective(s):  o Students will choose a celebrity to write a letter to   o Students will find the celebrity’s fan mail address   o Students will write a friendly letter to their celebrity of choice   o Students will practice addressing an envelope   <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Bridge Technology Standards <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">

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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Materials <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Chart paper/white board <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">scratch paper <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">http://www.fanmail.biz/ __ <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">http://www.wikipedia.org/ __ <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">http://www.joelson.addr.com/letterwriting.htm __ <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;">http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/parsley/curriculum/postal/ envelope.html __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> o <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">envelopes (1 per student) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MONDAY <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';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">TUESDAY <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';">INDEPENDENT WORK <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">WEDNESDAY <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 <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">a. Columbine: 2390 West Cedar Ave. Denver CO 80223 <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">b. Westwood: 855 South Irving Denver CO 80219 <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">c. Lincoln: 1217 West 10th Ave. Denver CO 80204 <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">d. Quigg: 4558 Navajo Denver CO 80211 <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l7 level2 lfo7; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> a. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ex. My name is Sally Stokes and I am a big fan of yours. I love your song “Never Say Never” and I sing along to it all the time. I also watched your movie in 3D. I think you are great. I am in the third grade and I live in Denver. My favorite color is purple and my best friend’s name is Debbie. We listen to your CD every day. <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';">THURSDAY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">BEGINNING ACTIVITY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">MODELING <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 http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** LESSON #17 **
 * 3) <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 celebrity
 * 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 why they like the celebrity they chose, what their favorite things about that person is, share their hobbies, favorite food, favorite color 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 explain that today they are going to brainstorm some celebrities to write to, choose one, and then find their fan mail address
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students that the letters they are writing are not going to the person directly, but to their fan mail address
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">on the white board or chart paper brainstorm a list of celebrities the students are interested in writing to
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">once you have 10-12 people, tell the students they are going to choose one and find their fan mail address
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.fanmail.biz/ __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> on the chart paper or white board <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">gather students around 1-2 computers <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show the students how to click a letter at the top **this is the first letter of the celebrity’s ** LAST ** name** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if the students do not know the celebrity’s last name, they can search in the box <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to find a celebrity and their fan mail address (ex. justin bieber or will smith) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">on the top of the scratch paper, model how to write the celebrity’s name and at the bottom, write the fan mail address <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 pass out a piece of scratch paper to each student
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist monitor while students go to __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.fanmail.biz/ __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">to choose a celebrity and find their fan mail address
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">check that the students wrote down all the correct information BEFORE collecting their scratch paper
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">make sure all the fan mail addresses are kept in a safe place for tomorrow
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when students are finished choosing a celebrity and finding their fan mail address, they may have free time
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** LESSON #17 **
 * 3) <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';">review this week’s lesson (they are going to write a letter to their favorite celebrity)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">the goal for today is to find 2-3 interesting facts about the celebrity that the students can use in their friendly letter
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">brainstorm some things that might be interesting to talk about with the students’ celebrities (ex. songs they sing, movies they were in, their favorite food or color, their birthday, where they live etc.)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write the students’ ideas on the white board or chart paper (they can refer to this list as they are researching their celebrity)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">after you have 6-8 things to research about their celebrity written down, model how to find the answers
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">go to __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.wikipedia.org/ __ <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">and click on “English” at the top
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">in the search box at the top right, type in a name of a celebrity (you can use an example from one of the kids)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to read through the information to find 2-3 facts about the person
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell the students they need to write these facts on the BACK of their scrap paper from yesterday
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the goals for today
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">find 2-3 interesting facts about the celebrity they chose
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> write the facts on the back of their scrap paper (the front should have the celebrity’s fan mail address)
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">ask for questions
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:25/5:25 have students move to a computer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">write __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.wikipedia.org/ __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">on the chart paper or white board
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">pass out the students’ scrap paper from yesterday
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while students write 2-3 facts about their celebrity
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when students are finished choosing a celebrity and finding their fan mail address, they may have free time
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** GAME: CHOICE **
 * 3) <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';">review what the students have done so far this week
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that today they are going to write the friendly letter to the celebrity they chose
 * 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';">model how to 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
 * 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
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “** next **”
 * 2) <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)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Click “** next **”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Model how to write 5-6 sentences (see example below)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Tell the students to use the facts they wrote down yesterday in the letter and to share things about themselves
 * 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
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the steps for creating the friendly letter to the celebrity
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">have students move to a computer
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while they create their letter
 * 3) ** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">**please proof read the letter before the students print it out!!**  **
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">make sure the students sign their letters before you collect them
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">put them in a safe place for tomorrow!!
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:00/5:00 students go to computers and open http://www.freetypinggame.net/
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">today is ** LESSON #17 **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:05/5:05 take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 4) <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)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain that today they are going to share their letters with the class
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">model how to share
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">first, introduce your celebrity (my celebrity is __________________)
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">tell why you chose him/her (I chose Shakira because__________)
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">read the letter
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">you may use one of the student’s letters as an example of how to share
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">review the expectations for the audience (quiet mouths, criss-cross, hands in lap, raise hands for questions/comments)
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">call on students to share their letters with the class (every student doesn’t have to share…only the kids who want to can)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">show them how to go to __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/parsley/curriculum/postal/envelope.html __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">point out the different parts of addressing an envelope
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">return address (who SENT the letter)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">address (WHERE the letter is GOING)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">stamp
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">on the chart paper or white board, write YOUR SITE’S ADDRESS
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Columbine: 2390 West Cedar Ave. Denver CO 80223
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Westwood: 855 South Irving Denver CO 80219
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Lincoln: 1217 West 10th Ave. Denver CO 80204
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Quigg: 4558 Navajo Denver CO 80211
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> model how to correctly address the envelope
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">explain to the students that they must address the envelope correctly or it will not be sent to their celebrity
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:30/5:30 pass out the students’ scrap paper with the celebrity’s fan mail address on it
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">pass out one envelope to each student
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">assist/monitor while students address their envelopes
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">when the students’ envelopes are finished, pass out their letters
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">**you may have to help the students fold their letters to fit in the envelopes**
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">if students want to draw a picture for their celebrity to include in their letter, they can J <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">make sure to collect the letters and envelopes and give them to your site director!!
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">4:50/5:50 if students finish early, they may have free time