Teacher's Guide for APPLESEEDS Growing Up in Colonial Williamsburg

Ask your students to write a letter of application for the job of junior interpreter in Colonial Williamsburg. This activity helps students become familiar with the five parts of a letter and to respond to the content of the December APPLESEEDS. Display any other Colonial Williamsburg materials you have available, or visit the Colonial Williamsburg site at http://www.history.org

To the Students: After reading the article on pages 12-15 in the December, 1998 APPLESEEDS, you are very interested in becoming a junior interpreter. To get the job, you are asked by Colonial Williamsburg to send a letter of application.

Write a letter which includes the following five parts:

1. Heading - your street address, city, state, and date
2. Greeting - "Dear Colonial Williamsburg,"
3. Body - include
   1. A little bit about yourself
   2. Where you learned about being a junior interpreter
   3. Why you want to be an interpreter. Show that you understand how you would be trained and what you would have to do
   4. What talents, skills, and interest you have that would make you well qualified for this job
   5. Information in the magazine's articles that is especially interesting to you
   6. Where you would like to work within the Williamsburg historical site, and what you would like to do there. Use the map on pages 16-17
   7. Something special about colonial life that appeals to you
   8. Design and describe your own costume, after looking at how people are dressed in the magazine
   9. Use convincing language, with strong and clear reasons to persuade Williamsburg to hire you.
4. 4. Closing - "Yours truly," or "Yours sincerely"
5. 5. Signature - Sign your first and last name

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