IELA Project

 The first big project of the school year was in IELA. The students had to pick a topic that involed an American military conflict. CJ chose to write about how Russian tanks helped the Allies win WWII. The report was to be hand written on an 11x17(approx) sheet of paper folded in thirds like a brochure. Pictures were also required. When he was done with the rough draft he had 5 notebook pages filled with his story. Knowing that it would never fit, he called his friend Carol to help condense his masterpiece. It was fascinating listening to Carol ask questions that would get CJ thinking and therefore condensing. It was also fun to listen to CJ and Carol interact. It gave me a glimpse of the CJ that everyone tells me about. CJ turned in the condensed version and I will keep the novella version in his 8th grade memory box.