The inside text of the card reads:
Have you ever been in a rocket ship? Would you like to visit the moon? Please come to my birthday party on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009. Meet at the launch pad.
My students had to create their own birthday cards centered on an activity they wanted to do. They had to use the structure "has/have ever …" to start the card.
There were several examples in the book that were pretty good ideas that let the student begin to think of what they could do. I let the students write, then decorate their own cards.
Since this activity was only as good or bad as the effort put into their cards, I decided I’d make my own card, pictured on the left as an example. It took around thirty minutes total, as I cut out the designs, helped other students, checked spelling, and corrected their grammar.
Once I finished I was really happy with the result. All the students in the class gave me an awed, "Oooooh! Wow!"
I was feeling in an artistic mood, so I took a few pictures of all the other art my students have made:
