Mrs. Watterton

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Choose a government worker in your community.  You might choose the 
mayor, city manager, a council member, police chief, building inspector, city 
clerk, or city engineer.  The worker that you choose must work at the city 
level, not the state level.
     This project will involve several steps and will require that several 
pieces of information be turned in.  This project will involve three separate 
test grades.  PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES CAREFULLY.  Use the “help” 
sheets provided to assist you with each step of the project.

1. Type or write to a community worker.  Tell who you are and why you are 
writing.  Ask the government worker to describe his/her job.  You may want to 
invite him/her to speak at our school.  Tell your worker you need a reply no 
later than April 20, so that you will have time to write a one-page report 
about that job.  It is your responsibility to make sure you get an answer so 
that you can complete this assignment.  Have your parents call the worker’s 
office if you have not received an answer by April 13.
Be sure you use the correct letter format.  (See attached).  Bring the first 
copy of your letter to school by Wednesday, March 21.  I will grade and edit 
your letter and then give it back to you.  If necessary, you will recopy your 
letter, making any needed corrections.  After I have approved your final 
copy, you may then mail your letter.  You should get the letter into the mail 
quickly, to ensure a timely response. You may write very neatly or use the 
computer to type your letter, but you, not your parents, should do the 
typing.

Due Date 1:  First copy due by : Wednesday, March 21.  You will receive a 
grade on this copy of your letter. Make sure you do a neat and thorough job.
Corrected copy of your letter due Friday, March 23 *if necessary.  (I 
will get it back to you quickly, so you can get it in the mail.)

2. Predict what kind of work you think he/she does.  Type or write a good 
paragraph (using our 5 paragraph format) about this prediction and include at 
least 5 things that you think your worker does at his/her job.  Make two 
copies of your prediction paragraph, one to turn in on March 30 (which I will 
keep), and one to turn in with your final report.  You will receive a grade 
on this paragraph.

Due Date 2:  Turn in your neatly written or typed paragraph on Friday, March 
30.
 
3. Once you receive your reply from your worker, you will write a one-page 
hand-written (in cursive) report about what you have learned about the 
government worker you have chosen.  Focus on his/her job duties.  Compare 
what you thought he/she did to what you learned that the actual job duties 
are.  Do not copy straight from the letter you receive.  Put those 
responsibilities in your own words as much as possible.

**Final Due Date:  Turn in your one-page report, your copy of your prediction 
paragraph, and the letter you received from your community worker on Friday, 
April 27, 2012.

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Homework Offenses will begin the week of Sept. 26!!!! Remind your student to 
do ALL of the assigned homework and to turn it in ON TIME!

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Reminder: As a school, we are trying to "Go Green" so we will no longer be 
printing and sending home monthly lunch menus...you can access the lunch menu 
online through my webpage or going to the school web page.

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