Immediate objectives for this project were given by the teacher, to create an informative letter to the community explaining the project and performing a “needs assessment” or survey to find out what the community would like to see in a museum and who is willing to help.  

 

Students then moved their seats close together, one student acted as a scribe/recorder.  One student drove/led the writing of the letter.  Another contributed by giving suggestions for better word choice.  At one point he went and got the thesaurus.  Teacher gave some guidance of what to include (section for people to list what they want in a museum, and space for people to agree to be interviewed).  The scribe (Angelina) stayed into lunch to type the letter, she was then shown how to email as an attachment to the teacher.