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 Below are various
examples from teachers and students who
put their artistic talent
and writing skills in notes
or drawings to say
thank you to the author or
specialist.
*Step 12 of the ASK
Process, see details below.
 Write a letter
of thanks to the
author/specialist.
The last step in
the Project ASK process is
having your students write thank
you notes to the author or
specialist. This could be done
in the form of cards, letters,
or drawings done as a class or
individually.
The bottom line of this
assignment is teaching the
students manners and the value
of a “Thank You” that can be an
educational lesson in
appreciation and letter writing
along with enforcing the
appreciation for other’s time
and effort that was given for
such an learning experience. And
yes, timeliness is always
important when writing a
thank-you note.
They will
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you to look at more closely.
From the book
"Monkey Island" by Paula Fox
in which the students interviewed a
director from the MCREST
Organization and the MISD Homeless
Education Liaison:
A teacher from Burr
Elementary in the Utica Community
School District sent this in...
"After the video conference my 6th
graders really wanted to spread the
word what they learned.They came up
with the idea to do a hall display.
They wrote about what they learned,
how to help prevent homelessness and
some wrote a personal narrative
paragraph about this topic and some
did a picture or a poem also. The
pictures below show what the
students did.
Monkey Island #1,
Monkey Island #2,
Monkey Island #3,
Monkey Island #4,
Monkey Island #5,
Monkey Island Class Project #1,
Monkey Island Class Project #2,
Monkey Island Class Project #3
and
Here is a newspaper
article from the Warren Weekly in
2008. The students from Black
Elementary in the Warren
Consolidated School District did a
class project as well from the book
"Monkey Island" by Paula Fox.
"Students Reach Out to Homeless Man"
Here is a very
creative way that a teacher from
Indian Hills in Romeo has done as a
thank you project from the class to
the author of "Journey Back to
Lumberjack Camp", Janie
Panagopoulos.
"Journey Back to
Lumberjack Camp" thank you in a
power point presentation from a
class in the Romeo District.
From "The Breadwinner",
specialist was Parwin Anwar,
a refugee from Afghanistan:
thank you #1, and
thank you #2.
From "Cracker Jackson",
specialist was Kerry Maniaci,
a child advocate from
Turning Point:
thank you #1, and
thank you #2.
From
"Night of the
Twisters", specialist
was Karen Clark, a
meteorologist from National
Weather Service Office for
the Detroit/Pontiac area:
thank you #1,
thank you #2,
thank you #3, and
thank you #4.
Thank you notes and drawings
to Mrs. Janie Panagopoulos
author of the books
"Traders in Time",
"Train to Midnight",
"Journey Back to Lumberjack
Camp", and
"Far Away
Home: An Orphan Train
Story":
thank you #1,
thank you #2,
thank you #3, and
thank you #4.
From "Mackinac Passage:
Mystery at Round Island
Light", for the author,
Mr. Robert Lytle:
thank you #1, and
thank you #2.
From "Julie of the
Wolves", a specialist
from the International Wolf
Center:
thank you #1,
thank you #2, and
thank you #3.
From "The Wall", a
specialist, Gordy Bourland,
a Vietnam Veteran:
thank you #1,
thank you #2,
thank you #3,
thank you #4,
thank you #5,
thank you #6 from a teacher, and
thank you #7 from a teacher.
Quotes from Teachers
and Students About ASK
Holocaust:
"We talked about Dr.
Wayne when we got back to
school. What an experience!
In my 30 years of teaching,
it ranks at the top."
-Marty Pichila, 6th
grade teacher,
Eisenhower Elementary.
"Dr. Wayne is a great man
and I'm glad he is willing
to share his story with us."
- Student, Eisenhower
Elementary
"I can't imagine looking
into the eyes of hate."
- Student, Eisenhower
Elementary
Quotes from students'
thank you letters.
"We liked getting the
real truth about what really
happened from you. It
cleared up information that
we read in the book. Thank
you."
-Student, Wolfe Middle
School
"I was very glad that you
were willing to answer our
questions. I have to admit
that I was afraid that maybe
I would touch an emotional
subject in my question."
-Student, Wolfe Middle
School
"I want to thank you for
talking to us. It is more
interesting talking to
someone who has been in the
Holocaust than reading a
book about it."
-Student, Mount Clemens
Junior Academy
"I think you were very
brave to tell about your
life. My great-grandmothers'
brothers died in the
Holocaust and I was going to
interview her but I knew she
would cry."
-Student, Mount Clemens
Junior Academy
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