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Student Sample Being Sought: Early Elementary

WritingFix is currently seeking a K-3rd grade student's sample for this writing assignment. Teachers: if you can help us get a student sample, along with a digital photo of the student and a signed permission slip, we will send you a complimentary copy of the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Elementary Writing Guide. Writing written as a class or in student groups is always acceptable.

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Student Sample: Upper Elementary

Aliens from the nine planets
Unknown place
February 20, 2008

Dear Humans of Planet Earth,

Are you insane? You are coming into our property of space and putting all this technology junk (space stations) right into our territory. You have your property, and we have ours. Don’t go anywhere near outer space, or we will invade your planet. I mean, if that’s OK, because we’re not trying to be rude, of course.

Another reason, not only you are coming into our space, but you are also landing on our property with your space shuttles. Then you always explore the planet that you landed on. Is that rude or what!?

Can we satisfy the leaders of your planet by having some U.F.Os stop by for a visit? If you get everything that you put in our galaxy out, then that can be arranged. The thing that we are really mad about is that you are going to shoot missiles at a satellite in space. That satellite, which you humans built, is as big a school bus. What if one of the missiles went at one of our planets?

You know that space probe thing that looks around Mars? I mean, come on. Now not only you humans are exploring, but you are also using machines! What if we started exploring your planet? Wouldn’t that be embarrassing?

We need to calm down a second… there, that’s better. We just hope that you humans will listen.

From the destroyers,

Aliens
(and 4th grade writer, Trevor)

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