Saturday, November 10, 2012

African Love Letters

About a month ago, I gave my grade 7 and 8 students the assignment of writing my girlfriend a letter. The objective was to work on their English skills by writing her about themselves and wishing her a happy birthday. I showed the students the picture of Sarah below so that they knew who they were writing to. I did not, however, anticipate the types of letters that were turned in...ha.

Yeah...if I was a 7th grader, I suppose I would have also
turned this assignment into a chance to profess my love

These letters were...

Cute. Absurd. Hilarious. Touching. Amazing. Ridiculous.

 Here are a few good excerpts. If you can't read the words in the picture, click on it to make it bigger.

Enjoy.
















Good stuff.




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