what is a pen pal?

This week, I told my students we'd be starting a pen pal project in writing. Before I could introduce it, someone blurted out, "What's a pen pal?" Great question.

To give you an idea of their wild imaginations, here are their original thoughts on what a pen pal is...

P.S. We're working on using context clues to determine meanings of words we don't know. Don't be alarmed! :)

    

A big tall building

They put pets in cages.

A pen pal is a pen that goes on your shirt.

Airplane

A pen pal is a... place where you live, person with a pen, or rocketship.

Me wearing a pen pal

 A pen pal is a friend.