Re: Sample Project for "Take Your Kids to Work" Day

[Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I like this one!

These are grade nine kids, and I don't know about anywhere else, but in
Ontario there's one day in grade nine where the kids go to work with their
parents (or any other parents if necessary) for the day.

I've always participated in this, and always give a short presentation on
"what is a technical writer", and giving them a short assignment - usually
the peanut butter sandwich. I have done this for several years and I am
getting bored of the assignment, but it was pointed out to me that the kids
enjoy this, and that's who it's all about. In other words, who cares if I'm
bored!

I think this year I'll do the sandwich and the paper airplane. I'll break
them up into two groups, each with a different assignment. Then they can
give their instructions to the other group to follow to achieve the final
result.

Sounds fun! Thanks for all the great ideas!

Suzette Leeming
Stouffville, Ontario

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Deborah Ray <debray -at- raycomm -dot- com> wrote:

> Another good one is writing instructions for making a paper
> airplane. Kids could do instructions individually, or you could
> pair them up, have each kids write instructions, then have
> each pair trade instructions and try to build an airplane based
> on their partner's instructions.
>
> Good luck!
> Deborah
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Suzette Leeming wrote:
>
> > Our company always organizes an excellent program for the Take Your Kids
> to
> > Work day, which is going to be on Wednesday. I've always given a short
> > presentation on technical writing, and then given them a short exercise -
> > writing the instructions for making a peanut butter sandwich. I'm getting
> > bored with that though, and wondered if anyone had any ideas on something
> > else I could give them; preferably something that doesn't require a lot
> of
> > preparation.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
>
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