It's that time of year again, the Literature Festival. Every year we get to send two students for a day of fun at a Springfield campus. They will get to purchase books, get autographs, listen to a few authors speak, and most imporantly, have lunch at CiCi's.
Well, I have to decide who to send, that's where you come into play. I have narrowed my selection down to six students. I had them write me a letter explaining why they should go and would love to get your opinion. I have typed these exactly as I got them, for the full effect of course. I will be telling them tomorrow morning, so cast your vote quickly!
Student A:
Dear Miss Arnold,
I really hope that I can to to the Literature Festival. One of resons why I really want to go is because I love to write and I love to read! I also think I want MSU University to be my colleg it looks so cool and plus it has grat classes. So I want to go to MSU so I can meet Authers. And I really hope I can meet Henry Winkler I like Hank Zippzer I am reading A book about Hank Zippzer. It is Awsome! I really hope I can go to MSU because I love writeing and reading.
PS Please Pick Me!
Student B:
Dear Miss Arnold,
I think should go to th literature festival because I think if I got tips on my writeing I could be a better author. Also because I want to know how my favorite authour rights so well. Another thing I think I could learn is how they come up with such juicy deatails.
PS I think it would be awsome to learn how to write better books.
Student C:
Dear Miss Arnold,
I think that I should go to the literature festival because it would be a very great experience. It would make me a better writer. And it would get to know the authors books better. I have always wanted to go to a literature festival becuase my brother once got to go and he said it was a very great journey and now he is writing like a pro. Soon that will be me. I love writeing and sticking with one author. The author that I am sticking with right now is Dear Dumb Diary by Jim Benton. And I have always wanted to go to MSU it is my DREAM collage. And I want to check it out and see what it is like so when I am in collage I will know were to go. I am hopeing that I am the on that gets to go it would be a DREAM COME TRUE!
Student D:
Dear Miss Arnold,
The reason I think I should go is so I can become a book writer. I really want to meat a fames persen who can really inspier me. The reason I think I should go is because it will make me a better reader. Another reson I think I should go is I relly want to lern how to read so I can do better in reading.
Student E:
Dear Miss Arnold.,
I think I should get to go because I enjoy writing and I want to learn more about it. I also enjoy reading and when I grow up I want to write books for people who enjoy reading. I think it would be nice to get to meet authors and I have always wanted to meet authors. So that is why I think I should go. I think it will be really really fun.
Student F:
Dear Miss Aounld,
I think I shoes go to the Literature Festival because I all whosed wanted to wrte a book about Dr. Seuss but I never maat him and he is my favorite athor in the hole world. And I really want atrgrave. And my wrieing grade is lats gist say my wrieing grade is not as good as I want it to be and I don't have good idaes ether. And I've never got to go somewhere spashil in my live so far. And i'm acking you pelese can I go?
Let the voting begin! Oh just for fun, here are two other sweet letters, these students already get to go so that is why they are not listed above.
Dear Ms. Arnold,
I believe that I should get to go to the Springfield Literature arts festival on the account of several reasons. First, writing and drawing has been my pride and joy since the time I could hold a pencil. Second, my most beloved author and illustrator, Brad Sneed (the man who retold and illustrated the marvelous collection, Aesops Fables) is said to be there. And for the prime reason, the most beloved part there is to be, being able to read and enjoy a beautiful story with someone I was able to actually see and talk to would be my life long inspiration.
Dear Miss Arnold,
I diserve to go to the Literature Festival because I have always loved to write. In third grade I wrote three stories and who knows how many poems. In my free time I read to get ideas, think about what to write, or writing.
I also diserve to go because I have always wanted to meet Mary Osborne. I read her books when I was three. she might be there.
I want to go to be able to tell my brother (that's in the army) all about it I just want to make him proud.
Some kids say they want to go, some kids don't want to go. But I actually want to go to find out how to write.
PS Please!