1. Letter to Your Younger self
What advice would you give to the younger version of you to empower your inner Superman?

2. Examples: August 2010 Ken, my precious baby son,
Attending this Leadership Camp is another step towards fulfilling a valuable learning gap in your young life.
The way you think and the decisions you make will come with more confidence and nothing will ever be too hard to tackle. Always open your heart and mind, embrace all things new – this will only further enhance your knowledge and capabilities in life.
To be a leader you need courage and you have shown this; you are the Cultural Captain for your school. In whatever role you choose, you can always count on me and your family for love, guidance and support. Take these and any encouragement that come your way and put them to good use. I know you can do it – I believe in you but most importantly, believe in yourself.
You are a beautiful soul Ken, and I am so proud and blessed to have you as a son and as my friend forever.
Have a wonderful time at camp with your friends, old and new.
Love you always
Mum
xoxoxo

3. To my Dearest Josh,
I just want you to know that I am very very proud of you. I’m proud of you for being selected as a school leader and being able to go to leadership camp. I’m proud of you for trying your best (most of the time) I’m proud of you for being a great big brother to Kyle and helping me out with him. Most of all bub, I’m proud of you for always being so positive, happy, caring and loving. Not just with your family but with your friends, team mates and just people in general.
You have the ability to do and be ANYTHING you put your mind to. You have the wonderful ability of making people laugh. OK so perhaps you don’t always choose the appropriate moment to do it but it is a wonderful thing to be able to lift up the hearts of others. You really do have what it takes to be a great leader bub, all you need to do is believe in yourself as much as I do. I really do hope that leadership camp will give you the confidence you need to do great things for now and when you get older.
Take this opportunity to learn more about yourself and others bub and remember that there is always room to learn more.
I’m sure you’ll have a great time at camp and I can’t wait to hear all about it on Tuesday.
We all love you very much bub.
XXX Mum XXX
PS: Don’t forget to brush your teeth!!! LOL!!!

4. Dear Carolyn My Darling,
How are you feeling?
I wanted to tell you that I am very proud of you for going to the leadership camp. I believe you can do it as you have shown you are a friendly, loving, happy, clever and hard working person.
I am happy for the opportunity to learn how to be at the front, leading people to change the world to be a better place to live.
I also wanted to tell you that a great leader should have the inner strength and strong beliefs about fairness, acceptance, tolerance, honest, caring and sharing.
Carolyn my darling please enjoy your camp and I am sure that it will be wonderful and fun with lots of learnings and character building. I believe you will at the front and top all the time.
I love you,
Mum
31st July 10

5. Dear Marrianne,
You are as precious to us today as you were the moment you were born. When we first saw you AND HEARD you we knew you were destined to be a leader.
We have been constantly amazed by you as we watch you grow and blossom into a beautiful, outgoing and loving young lady.
You walked and talked at an early age; you developed an understanding of other people’s feelings and an awareness of the world around you as a young child. Daily we watch you find the beauty in the world; the best in other people and the silver lining to every cloud.
You are filled with kindness and love for everyone around you and you put those feelings into actions. with lots of effort and imagination. You accept everyone, just the way they are. You are Nonjudgmental and sensitive; a lover of babies and the elderly, ill or disadvantaged & a true animal lover.
Life has been rocky in our household and we are stunned at how well you have coped and grown in spirit, and used all those tough times to make you stronger. We admire the way you look forward, and search for solutions to the problems facing our world today.
You have been a wonderful support; a devoted daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin and friend; everyone who knows you comments on your beautiful nature. “You paint the sky for us.”
We will always stand behind you to help and guide you. We love you and thank you for being you – a true leader.
With love and kisses, from Mum and Dad

6. Letter expectations: 1 page At least 250 words Theme is clearly stated
Advice is thoroughly given
Complete sentences
No grammatical errors or mistakes
Written in 3rd person point of view
Uses solid, vivid vocabulary
Graded against Informative Writing Rubric
Due by end of class Friday