CGS 7th grade English Composition classes take part in 'Monster' project
<span>CHESTER - Members of Chester Grade School's 7</span><span>th</span><span> grade English Composition classes recently took part in a creative assignment for teacher Jenny Krantz.</span>
<span>The activity was fun, exciting and well-received by students.</span>
<span>"I had students create a monster which they had to try to sell to their classmates," Krantz said. "This rather innovative feat by itself caught the students' attention and became a fun way to learn persuasive writing."</span>
<span>Once the monsters were created, the students had to develop a flyer which would help to advertise and sell their monsters. In the flyer, students were instructed to include certain persuasive elements to foster the salability of their monsters.</span>
<span>To get the other student-customers' attention, students had to use the techniques of bandwagon, individuality, emotional appeal, etc., to grab the interest of potential customers. </span>
<span>Also included in the sales flyer had to be personal contact information such as customer's name, age, address and other personal information. The price of the monster and other terms also had to be included. </span>
<span>To create interest in the project, all monsters and sale information flyers were displayed in the CGS junior high hallway outside Mrs. Krantz's room.</span>
<span>The monster sale did create a lot of interest and activity in the junior high and helped encourage the 7</span><span>th</span><span> grade English Composition students to work hard to adhere to all of the aspects of the project rules.</span>
<span>Students truly tried to persuade fellow students to want to purchase their monsters.</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-2578bcb1-ea06-64b0-6b66-152ac9b19843"><span>"Overall, my students seemed to have enjoyed the project," Krantz said. "This was my first year to try this student assignment and after the success of this year's project, I plan to re-implement it again next year, maybe with just a bit of modification and tweaking."</span></span>