Submitted by Samantha Wolf, EMS Teacher
The 7th graders at Erie Middle School have worked hard on their writing skills all semester and we are closing out the year with a new, fun activity. Each student was challenged to create their ideal donut, yes DONUT! They began by brainstorming, then they wrote a descriptive essay about their ideal donut, taking the reader though each aspect. Was it a cake donut or a yeast donut? Was it filled? If so, with what? What kind of frosting is on it? Toppings? Etc…
May I say, the donuts they created were amazing! We had fruity donuts, candy donuts, plain donuts, and themed donuts. Then, they had to write a persuasive piece convincing everyone else why their donut was the best.
The students then created a visual representation of their ideal donut, and these only added to their awesome ideas. Finally, everyone read and viewed their classmates’ creations and a vote was taken. To the victor went the spoils. Their donut was brought to fruition by Sullivan’s Grocery Store in Morrison. The results are beautiful and delicious.
The winning donut was titled Sprinkle of Love and composed of a red velvet cake donut, with hand piped cream cheese frosting, sprinkled with Oreos and drizzled in chocolate fudge, created by Brianna Goodhart. They are beautiful and delicious. And really, we are all winners because we all got to indulge in the deliciousness of the Sprinkle of Love Donut. Great job to all of the EMS 7th graders and thanks to everyone who helped make this fun, crazy idea come true!
