Object: An invitation [graduation, wedding, party, etc.]

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been invited to a party, or a wedding or a graduation? [Let them answer.] Do you remember how he invited you? Did he call you up on the phone or just shout at you across the street? [Let them answer.] Maybe he sent you one of these. [Hold up the invitation.] This is what we call an invitation. It asks that you attend a certain event that the person sending the invitation thinks is pretty important. If it is his graduation, then he has worked hard to reach the day when he can say that he is finished with what he has been studying and that he is ready to go to work or to go on to some more studying. If it is a wedding, you know that he wants you to come a…