Parents are another audience. One group of students wrote the governor to request a meeting with him while they were visiting the capitol on a field trip. The teacher suggested that the students write the governor but did not see the letters before they were mailed. Their letters produced a call from the governor's secretary to schedule a meeting time. The secretary reported that the governor was persuaded by the sincerity of the letters.
Teachers make an effort to give students access to computers at all stages of the writing process.
Most teachers, however, are unable to encourage students to do even rough drafts on the computer because time and access have usually been limited. They are encouraged to include in their portfolios writing they have done for purposes important to them in their everyday life. The list is now posted in the barn and consulted frequently by workers. He also included it in his portfolio. Several students in a small middle school in eastern Kentucky vividly recalled a time early in the school year when their science teacher shared his own writing with the class.