Hi. My name is
Debra Strand at
Lakewood Middle
School in North
Lakewood, USA.
My Language Arts
class usually has
28-30 students, half
girls and half boys, who are 11 and 12.
My Korean pen pal is Sunhee Lee and
we have had two wonderful years of
exchanging pen pal letters.
My students love having Korean pen
pals. They brag about having international
pen pals. This bridge opens up
my students to paying attention about
where Korea is located, and they listen
more a ttentively to world news. Many
of my students do not have internet athome so we write and mail letters. The
kids are so excited when they receive a
letter from Korea and usually bring it in
to share with their classmates. It seems
letter writing has become a lost art in
our increasingly high tech world.
I am so happy to be pen pals with
Sunhee for their third year. I know
seeds of curiosity are being planted
with each letter about other cultures,
other places, other young people across
the globe. E-palsclassroom exchange
with VANK will be a great opportunity
to understand Korea.
Debra Strand from Lakewood Middle School |
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