Hi....my project is underway. My email contact from New Zealand gave me her class list this week. My next step is to have my students write an email through epals introducing themselves to her students. I do want to go over a few things with my students before we send emails to her students. I plan on giving my students some background information on New Zealand and I also want to review the letter writing format with them. With my students I would also like to generate a list of questions that they think or feel will be important to ask their epal. I will keep you posted on how things are going...
Before I got to this point, my contact from New Zealand and I had written several emails back and forth just trying to figuring how this was all going to work out. I felt a little strange about it because we jumped right into speaking of the project - I didn't know anything about who she was - I had no background information on her. So...I wrote to her explaining and introducing myself. I talked about what I do and about my family. She responded and told me about herself. Now I feel more comfortable because I feel like I "know" her a bit.
So far, this has been a great experience. I am really excited for my students. I think they are really going to like this project.
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