Please Mr. Locklair

Dear Mr. Locklair:

In Mr. Horton’s sixth grade class, we are researching current events. I am researching the new hybrid cars. I think this is a fascinating new technology, and I hope that it will eliminate our foreign-oil dependency.
Since hybrid cars are a new technology, there are very few print sources that contain information about them. In fact, there are NO books in our school’s library or the Holly Springs Public Library about hybrid cars. While this may be an issue for the librarians to discuss, I think it might be easier if Mr. Horton would allow us to use online sources. The information will be more up-to-date and easier to access, so I will be able to finish my assignment.
I understand that Mr. Horton thinks there is a lot of junk on the internet. And he’s right. But there are lots of good things out there too. Mrs. Price showed us some strategies for evaluating websites so we don’t get junk stuff. One of the strategies is the 5W’s of evaluating online sources from Mrs. Schrock on www.Discoveryeducation.com . I think that if we could show Mr. Horton that we know how to use these strategies and won’t use the stuff written by buffoons, he would let us use the internet and we would create better products.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and talk to Mr. Horton. He’s a great teacher.
Amy Kay