Friday, September 11, 2009

RSVP

We gave the students a writing prompt today to get a baseline of their writing skills. Their pieces will be scored holistically by the whole staff using the state rubric. We'll give them another prompt in early June to measure their progress for the year.

The topic for today was: Your principal wants to invite a celebrity speaker to your school. Think about the celebrity you would choose to speak; then write a letter to persuade your principal to invite this person. Be sure to include convincing reasons and details to support your choice.

Here's who the kids picked:

President Obama
Michelle Obama
Selena Gomez
Raven Simone
Michael Phelps
Ryan Zimmerman
Jon Lester
Pitbull
Jack Black
Ryan Seacrest
Demi Lovato
Michael Jackson
Slash
Bono
Gerard Butler
Christopher Paolini
Stephanie Meyer
Gail Carson Levine
Rick Riordan
T.O.
T.I.
Taylor Swift
Adam Lambert
Adam Sandler
George Washington
Thomas Edison
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hillary Clinton
Jane Goodall
Gandhi
Al Gore
Alicia Keyes
Andrew Zimmern
Joe Jonas
Ashley Tisdale
Fergie
Weird Al
Kristina DeBarge

3 comments:

  1. I'd like to know just a bit more about Weird Al. The best one I saw today was Stephen Hawking. Tn he's a quadriplegic he could still teach us a lot about science and math.

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  2. ...and, as you mentioned, the irony of President Obama? Considering he was here a couple of days ago and we weren't allowed to watch it on TV.

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  3. I remember having to do this one. "Jane Goodall" makes me laugh for some reason.

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