“What is going on? Are the chairs mad at us?” remarked Logan as he entered class on Monday morning. The chairs are done! They complain of unfair working conditions, constantly being tilted on two legs, knocked over, food spilled on their seats, and no rest from sweaty children. Listen to the following recording in our google photo album to see what the chairs have to say.
Students were then asked to write a persuasive essay to the chairs to convince them to return to work. Ms. Heather has taught the students the “OREO” method of persuasion, Opinion, Reason, Evidence, and restatement of Opinion. Thanks to the words of the E6 students almost all chairs returned to work. Please enjoy the student samples below.
Dear Magnificent chairs,
You are right, E6 didn’t realize how much we needed you. Now we do. Probably because we are sitting on the floor. Without you, chairs, we can’t work properly or sit still. Sometimes we can be unproductive but I think today will be the most unproductive without you helping us.
My second reason is that I’m sure everyone is already tired of being on the floor. Therefore, we will promise to not rock, spill or draw on you again. By the end of this, I hope you have the smile some kid drew on you.
The last reason is you are very important in everyone’s lives. We just didn’t realize it. Maybe we could make a holiday just for chairs…what do you say?!
Sincerely,
Rocco
Dear E6 irritated, wooden chairs.,
I’m sorry for rocking my chair, I deeply apologize.
I don’t do it that often, I really, really try.
I’ve seen people fall, and crash, smash and cry,
But we should think about you, who also took a dive.
You’ve been hurt, battered, and bruised,
But that’s what makes you E6 chairs you!
And about the kids… I know I smell it too!
Once I almost fell back
and nearly hit my head,
I caught myself in time,
If you remember that.
Ever since then I’ve tried not to rock,
For both of our sakes, we all need to stop.
As much and I want you to leave,
I need you even more,
After a long day of playing many sports.
How about lets do this,
We wipe off all the food
We accidentally drop on you,
And maybe if we rock
We immediately stop
And when we begin again, we can be punished A LOT!
So try to give a chair,
To those who are good
Not to the other disrespectful rocking fools.
So think about this,
Before you try to leave,
I’m really sorry if we upset you,
But will you come back please?
Sincerely,
Your empathetic friend,
Cayden
Dear chairs,
I need you. You are the best thing that I have ever sat on. I am sorry for everything I have ever done to you. We children are childish and we didn’t understand your feelings and we understand you now.
We never told you this but we are very grateful that you’ve let us relax on you for the past years. You and the table make such a good pair and with you we are complete. You complete us. We could never survive work and school without you.
We never meant to hurt you and we promise to stop taking you for granted. Will you forgive us?
Your very sorry friend,
Saagar
The students are finishing biology by investigating the different cycles that support life; the water cycle, the oxygen cycle, the nitrogen cycle and last but not least, the carbon cycle. Students take notes and use their notes to transfer the information into another medium. This helps all the new information really stick. Below is a sample of a student who summarized the nitrogen cycle into a poem.
Nitrogen Cycle by Addi B.
In the plant I sat alone.
Until an odor hit my nose.
Bacteria flew from up above,
And soon I had,
Friends?
Three little oxygens hopping around,
Rolling, twirling, spinning about.
They grabbed my hands and leapt to the skies.
I won’t admit I’m afraid of heights.
Landing in a pillowed fray,
Water was all that they could say.
“What?”
From far ahead I felt a buzz,
But I didn’t want to leave the fuzz.
I tried to run
But…
ZAP!
Down I went falling, falling back again.
I said in a hurry.
Curling back to my rooty home.
Until an odor hits my nose.
We are finishing the year strong with lots of reading and writing. In the weeks ahead we will be preparing for “Shakespeare Unshackled”, our musical that highlights the life and times of William Shakespeare and the Renaissance. More details to come.
It’s hard to believe that this unprecedented year is almost over. This is definitely a year none of us will ever forget. Thanks again for all of your kind words, hot coffees, and endless support. Please visit our photo galleries, new pictures have been uploaded.
Take care,
The E6 Team
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