Letter+to+Parents

324 Fulton Avenue**
 * Nashwaaksis Middle School
 * Fredericton, New Brunswick**
 * E3A 5J4**
 * Phone Number: (506) 453-5436 Fax: (506) 444-4129**
 * Principal: Allan Atkins**


 * Miss Natalie Jargaille**
 * Grade 8 (D,E,F) Language Arts**
 * E-Mail: grvgf@stu.ca**
 * December 6, 2010**

To the parents of grade eight students in Mrs. Stephanie Rogers' Language Arts classes,

My name is Natalie Jargaille and I am the student intern in Mrs. Rogers class until December 23, 2010. I am responsible for creating and implementing lesson plans in Language Arts for your children during this time.

Beginning on December 6, 2010 your child will be participating in a Webquest which will take at least six classes to complete. The topic of the Webquest is to learn about advertising in a critical way. Your son/daughter will be accessing a 'Wikispace' (a site that I created for the students to open) and will follow guidelines and questions that help them navigate. Each page within this site has a link to an internet website that is age-appropriate and teacher approved for use by the students.

Below is a list of some of the links the students will be accessing. Feel free to look through these sites and ask questions by phone, e-mail or written letter through your child.

[|www.mediaed.org] [|www.media-awareness.ca] [|www.library.thinkquest.org]
 * Sites:**

When your child has completed the questions throughout the Webquest, they will be inventing their own product (on paper) and marketing an advertisement that they will present to the class. This will be done in groups of two or three. They will choose a radio advertisement, tv commercial or magazine ad to create. Your son/daughter will decide within their group which they would prefer to do. I am looking forward to an exciting Webquest for your son/daughter as they discover everything they need to know. While the students are working on their assignments I will be ensuring that they are remaining on the sites necessary for this project only.

Although this will be done primarily in class there is one section that will need to be completed at home. This involves watching TV commercials during an age-appropriate program that you are familiar of and that you approve. If there is no television in the home or your child is currently not allowed to watch television at home alternate arrangements will be made to complete the section without it.

Sincerely,

Natalie Jargaille