1. Dear Ms. Niebes:
Do you know that parental involvement in a child’s education plays a huge part in that student’s
academic achievement? Kids put more effort into their education when they see their parent’s
participation.
A feature story that targets the importance of parent involvement in a child’s education would
appeal to parents who read Fort Worth Child and would fit well within the Kid Culture section. It
would be especially timely in March as parents enjoy time during spring break with their
children.
This potential feature story in your publication would explain how parents can make learning
grammar fun by incorporating it into family activities. Child development experts from Lena
Pope will show parents how to engage their child through activities such as rhyming patterns in
poems, exploring parts of speech, and creative writing.
Would you be interested in this feature story? If so, please call me at (123) 456-7890.
I have had experience writing news releases, media advisories, and feature stories in my public
relations methods class. I have also pitched several feature stories to different clients at my
internship. Currently, I’m a public relations senior at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Sincerely,
Elisenia Centeno

2. Contact: Elisenia Centeno
Email: elisenia.centeno@mavs.uta.edu
Phone: 123-456-7890
Celebrate National Grammar Day During Spring Break
FORT WORTH (Nov. 7, 2016) – During spring break, kids want to take a break from classwork.
But what if you could make learning fun while the kids are out of school? National Grammar
Day is celebrated in the month of March and it’s a great opportunity for parents to extend
activities to learn fundamental literacy skills outside of school.
“Parents are the first and best teachers for their children,” Lena Pope CEO Todd Landry said.
“We encourage parents to experiment with some educational activities such as fun grammar
exercises as a way to ensure children don’t stop learning when they go home from school.”
Lena Pope’s child development and education experts point to a resource, education.com, for
ideas to engage kids in grammar.
 Play Sentence Scramble: Choose a topic, such as a sport or a cartoon show. Educate all
players to each compose ten simple sentences on individual notecards of one color and
then put all notecards into a container. On another colored notecard, tell a family member
to write ten conjunctions, such as but, or, and yet. Tell them that they can use a similar
conjunction numerous times, and have them place these in a separate container. Have all
the kids playing to pick two notecards and 1 conjunction notecard and have them read the
sentence. Converse with everyone on which sentences make sense and which ones are
just fun and giggles!
 Spring Break Poem: Brainstorm poem ideas with your child and ask what your child
loves about spring break. After your child chooses the topic, present the perception of a
personification poem. Next, is deciding what rhyming pattern your child will compose.
Talk about the message your child wants to deliver with the poem. After, your child
drafts out the poem, you can edit it and then encourage your child to read it to the entire
family.
 Complete the Christmas Story: Create your own Christmas story by leaving blanks for
parts of speech, such as adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and nouns. Educate and define to your
child the four parts of speech. Have your child fill in the blanks and when completed,
have your child create their own story.
Grammar Activities

3.  Imagine Life on a Cloud: Go outside with your child and observe the clouds and talk
about the shapes and textures. Ask your child to imagine what it would be like to live on
a cloud and discuss adjective. Invite your child to write down 10 adjectives describing
their life on the cloud based on the five senses. Take five pieces of white paper, fold them
hamburger-style, flip the paper for the fold to be on the left, just like a book and staple all
together. Inspire your child to write a story of life on a cloud using the adjectives,
following with illustrations. On the title page, have your child draw a cloud, add glue and
input cotton balls onto the glue shape of the cloud. Have your child come up with a title
and write his or her name as the author and invite your child to read it out loud.
“Research supports teaching grammar by incorporating it into the concrete writing practice is
most effective, unlike grammar worksheets which are unproductive in improving the
understanding and use of grammar.” Victoria Sendejo, principal of Lena Pope’s Chapel Hill
Academy said. “These activities will be successful tools for parents because the most effective
way to teach grammar is to encourage and promote reading and writing.”
For more tips on parents as teachers, visit www.lenapope.org.
About Lena Pope
Lena Pope was established in 1930. The purpose of the nonprofit is to help children grow into
superior citizens through education and counseling. The organization offers an Early Learning
Center that provides an excellent education for children ages six weeks to five years with an
enrollment of 130 students each year. The nonprofit opened Chapel Hill Academy in 2008, an
open enrollment public school that provides creative and learning styles for prekindergarten to
fifth grade. It imparts counseling services to help families stay together for mental conditions,
family assistance, and a second opportunity juvenile program. For more information, visit
lenapope.org.
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