https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j Summer Reading Project en-us 2017-09-13 15:36:27 UTC 2025-12-20 19:56:56 UTC hello@padlet.com mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187228628 2017-09-13 15:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187228628 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187230666 I Will Always Write Back is a true story about an all American girl from Pennsylvania and an African American boy from a small town in Zimbabwe. It shows how one middle school assignment changed these kids lives forever.  ]]> 2017-09-13 15:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187230666 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187232567 It all started with one assignment to write to a new pen pal from another country . A few weeks later that letter got shipped to martin's class. Little did Caitlin know that Martin and his siblings were very poor and barely had enough money to go to school. One day Caitlin asked to see a picture of him and Martin didn't even have enough money to buy a photograph. This is the photo that Caitlin sent:]]> 2017-09-13 15:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187232567 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187234755 Did you know one American dollar is equal to 37 Zimbabwe dollars ? If only Caitlin knew that...]]> 2017-09-13 15:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187234755 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187236381 Even though the assignment only lasted a week, Caitlin and Martin kept writing to each other for 6 years! Caitlin was fascinated with Martins life in Zimbabwe. Here is a picture of when they finally met each other.]]> 2017-09-13 15:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187236381 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187265172 Will Caitlin ever learn that Martin''s family isn't doing well financially?]]> 2017-09-13 16:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187265172 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187267251 Will Martin have enough money to go to college? Will he attend university in the United States?]]> 2017-09-13 16:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187267251 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187268286 Martin tells Caitlin in the letter that his dream is to go to college in America and to meet her.]]> 2017-09-13 16:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187268286 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187341989 I hope you enjoyed my summer reading project and will consider reading I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Marin Ganda with Liz Welch]]> 2017-09-13 19:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187341989 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187345700      As soon as Caitlin chose to write to a pen pal in Zimbabwe, she knew it was the start of a forever friendship. Here is my favorite and most important quote throughout the story: "I didn't know it then--how could I have?--but that moment would change my life." (Page 4)Did you know that Hatfield, Pennsylvania is 7,983 miles away from Mutare, Zimbabwe? (Those are the exact locations of where the book takes place.)]]> 2017-09-13 19:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187345700 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187348508 I Will Always Write Back is an amazing book to read it is heartbreaking because it is so true and extremely meaningful. "Caitlin and Martin's correspondence is an eye-opening look into the real-life implications of global poverty." said Amanda May Dundas. ]]> 2017-09-13 20:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187348508 mamaral2023 https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187348514 2017-09-13 20:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mamaral2023/2vc6faepu17j/wish/187348514