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Interversity Quotes"I think it's time to ask the Standardistos: Where's the test for compassion? For honesty? For curiosity? For moral commitment? Until they can answer, let's tell them to shut up." —Susan Ohanian (One Size Fits Few: The Folly of Educational Standards) Interversity ProjectsEchoes of Orwell:The purpose of this webforum is to promote a lively discussion among students and faculty alike about George Orwell's 1984 and the parallels or echoes found in today's society. |
[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] [no subject]-------------------------------1165709798 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>Hi all-</DIV> <DIV>I'm wondering if anyone would know of a simile lesson plan used wi= th=20 "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros. I would swear I got it from an issue of=20 Classroom Notes Plus from a few years ago, but I no longer have a handl= e on=20 where I stored those old issues--DOH! Anyway, I used i= t=20 once when I taught 6th grade and would like to use it this week for a=20 lesson that'll be observed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From what I can remember, it basically it involved using several=20 objects referenced in the story (e.g. a ratty red sweater, a candle, a tin=20 Band-Aid container filled with pennies, a set of nesting dolls, etc.) =20 Students worked in groups and were assigned one of the objects (which I *thi= nk*=20 was kept in a brown paper bag). They then had to compose numerous= =20 statements to complete the following simile: Life is like (a=20 candle) because...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does this sound familiar to anyone? If so, do you happen to=20= have=20 a copy of the lesson plan or can you possibly refresh my memory if I'm missi= ng=20 something?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>TIA to anyone who might be able to help!</DIV> <DIV>Cathy :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1165709798--
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