Ella is really getting into writing in school, she really enjoys writing about all kinds of things, but usually writes more non fiction than fiction. Here are a few samples unedited to enjoy. Sometimes she included a quick drawing to go with it, so I scanned those in when I could and included them below the writings.
I am going to start with our favorite one, which happens to be the most recent. The class really put a focus on writing after getting back from Christmas, so this was her main story in a whole book of "Persuasive Letters" that was sent home recently. Jump down to some of the letters beginning in January of 2012, and you can really see a big improvement in her writing very quickly. I copied these verbatim, italics are her words exactly.
Not Title - 1/27/12
Dear owners of shelter,
Perhaps you know that poor NEED SHELTER?! I want to tell you a few reasons to GIVE SHELTER TO THE POOR! Every day the poor are FEERZING. They have NO FOOD at all. All they have is curmbs. The kids that are poor don't have any toys. They would want toys like other kids that are not poor. They also have to live on SIDEWALKS. I, Ella Wynn, declare that we Washongtin help the homeles with NOTHING. P.S. I am not the govurment. GIVE SHELTER TO THE POOR!
Do it for happiens!
We have had some conversations about how we can help the local homeless so that Ella learns to become part of the solution and not just complain about problems without doing anything about it. She seems pretty encouraged to try and raise some money that we can take to a few local shelters to help out.
