Lesson+05-16-08

**Lesson Outline**

 Today you will: > 
 * 1) Finish writing your letter to a politician (yes, you will actually send this!)
 * 2) Review at least 2 other student's letters and provide constructive feedback
 * 1) Catch up on missing assignments or complete an extra credit assignment


 * Step 1: Finish writing a letter to a politician (yes, you will actually send this!)**  From Lesson 05-14-08

 In a previous lesson you wrote and brainstormed about an issue that was important to you and came up with potential solutions. Today you are going to follow through with trying to solve that issue (or another issue that is important to you) >  Now that you have identified the issue and who to contact please write you letter to [|www.nicenet.org], conferencing topic #7 "Letter to a Politician" 
 * 1) Identify the issue (if you don't have one think about some current events you have heard about):
 * 2) Who does the issue affect most?
 * 3) What level of government do you think would be most effective to contact? Why?
 * 4) What branch do you think would be most effective to contact? Why?
 * 5) Name, title and email address of the person you are going to contact:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Remember to keep you letter appropriate and respectful!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">You will first post you letter on nicenet.org so you can get positive feedback to make you letter more effective (after it has been reviewed and revised you will actually send your letter and post it to your blog).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Click on the examples below to see how to write a political letter:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|example 1]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|example 2]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|example 3]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">[|example 4]


 * Step 2:** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Review at least 2 other student's letters and provide constructive feedback **


 * 1) Return to [|www.nicenet.org] and go to conferencing topic #7 Letter to a Politician
 * 2) Carefully read at least 2 other students Letters to a Politician
 * 3) Reply with constructive feedback to these letters. Make sure to say what you like, what's confusing, what needs more elaboration and any other information you think will be helpful. Please be as detailed as possible since these letters will actually be sent!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **Step 3: Catch up on missing assignments or complete an extra credit assignment** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 3)">From Lesson 05-14-08

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">If you are missing any assignments (I know many of you are!) please go back and complete them
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">If all of your assignments are done complete the following //**extra credit**// assignment:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Click here to watch Jimmy Kimmel's [|Unessary Censorship] or watch the video below
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Research: who decides what is not allowed on TV?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">What amendment pertains to "unnecessary Censorship"
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">What political statement is Jimmy Kimmel trying to make? Do you think it is effective?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">What are your thoughts on censorship? Do you agree or disagree that the government should censor what is said or shown on TV? Explain your answer to all of these questions at [|nicenet.org], conferencing topic #8 Unnecessary Censorship.