Re: [Middle-Lit Digest] Vol. 3 No. 194 Messages: 5

["Trisha MacKenzie" <trisha.mackenzie@gmail.com>]

That's what I was thinking too, Carla.  Stephanie -- take a look at Fran
Claggett and Joan Brown's book "Drawing Your Own Conclusions" -- it's one of
my bibles -- and there are some great lessons/ideas for graphic
representations of thinking.

Trisha
Blach Intermediate
Los Altos, CA


On 1/8/07, middle-lit-owner@interversity.org <
middle-lit-owner@interversity.org> wrote:
> Middle-Lit Daily Digest
> Volume 3 : Issue 194 : "text" Format
>
> Messages in this Issue:
> 200701/1  : Happy New Year!
>    shighley
> 200701/2  : writing contests for students
>    shighley
> 200701/3  : In the Time of the Butterflies
>    Stephanie Galvani
> 200701/4  : Re: In the Time of the Butterflies
>    Mary Tigner-Rasanen
> 200701/5  : Re: In the Time of the Butterflies
>    Carla Beard
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:37:37 -0500
> From: shighley@aol.com
> To: middle-lit@interversity.org
> Subject: Happy New Year!
> Message-ID: <8C8FEEE2E39E4E4-14E0-738@FWM-R15.sysops.aol.com>
>
> Happy New Year to all fellow Middle-Listers.
>
> I'll be interested to hear any reviews of Freedom Writers.  Are any of
> you planning to see it?
>
> Susie
> shighley@aol.com
> Indianapolis
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> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:56:14 -0500
> From: shighley@aol.com
> To: middle-lit@interversity.org
> Cc: lit-request@literacyworkshop.org
> Subject: writing contests for students
> Message-ID: <8C9007ABAEF5FAD-1760-19BA@FWM-R01.sysops.aol.com>
>
> I know I've seen many, many requests for places to submit outstanding
> student writing.  This website (and current newsletter) came through on
> another list.
> http://www.fundsforwriters.com/writingkid.htm
>
>
> It's the most comprehensive list I've seen, and it appears to be legit
> contests, although many are limited by state.  The overall website has
> many things for adult writers as well.  It's interesting to think about
> how this type of effort (running a website like this) can be a full
> time job for someone.
>
> Susie
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> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:23:07 -0800
> From: "Stephanie Galvani" <stephaniegalvani@hotmail.com>
> To: middle-lit@interversity.org
> Subject: In the Time of the Butterflies
> Message-ID: <BAY109-F154A13106DD5EA48F9390DCCBD0@phx.gbl>
>
> Help - I'm a bit stuck and need some guidance.
>
> I have a student who is a very, very bright girl (8th grade) who tends to
> go
> way beyond what I ask of her.  I want to give her an alternative
> assignment
> while the rest of the class works on skills she has already mastered; we
> are
> looking at about two weeks - or seven lessons.  She recently finished In
> the
> Time of the Butterflies, and I want to have her "do something" (awful
> expression, I know) with it, preferably that minimizes paragraph-and-essay
> writing and maximizes other kinds of expression.  The reason she is doing
> this alternative assignment is that I want her to nurture some of her
> other
> skills, not just her nonfiction writing abilities; her seatmate claims she
> is very creative, although she demurs about this.  Off the top of your
> heads, does anyone have a creative idea I could pick up and run with.  I
> am
> feeling very dull and need a jump-start.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Stephanie
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> From photos to predictions, The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes
> has
> it all. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline1
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:10:35 -0600
> From: "Mary Tigner-Rasanen" <mtr.listserves@marylily.org>
> To: <middle-lit@interversity.org>
> Subject: Re: In the Time of the Butterflies
> Message-ID: <00af01c73287$22d7cbd0$6401a8c0@Mary>
>
> does she draw? if so, you could have her illustrate some scenes.
>
> another idea (if she, for instance, likes to write poetry) would be to
> identify themes and write some poetry with strong imagery.
>
> i read the book quite a while ago, but i remember that the setting was
> vivid, as was the emotional quality of the book.
>
> you might even have her combine poetry and drawing, or just color, to make
> a
> response to the book. maybe talk to her with some ideas and see what she
> responds to.
>
> mary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephanie Galvani" <stephaniegalvani@hotmail.com>
> To: <middle-lit@interversity.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 8:23 AM
> Subject: [middle-lit] In the Time of the Butterflies
>
>
> > Help - I'm a bit stuck and need some guidance.
> >
> > I have a student who is a very, very bright girl (8th grade) who tends
> to
> > go way beyond what I ask of her.  I want to give her an alternative
> > assignment while the rest of the class works on skills she has already
> > mastered; we are looking at about two weeks - or seven lessons.  She
> > recently finished In the Time of the Butterflies, and I want to have her
> > "do something" (awful expression, I know) with it, preferably that
> > minimizes paragraph-and-essay writing and maximizes other kinds of
> > expression.  The reason she is doing this alternative assignment is that
> I
> > want her to nurture some of her other skills, not just her nonfiction
> > writing abilities; her seatmate claims she is very creative, although
> she
> > demurs about this.  Off the top of your heads, does anyone have a
> creative
> > idea I could pick up and run with.  I am feeling very dull and need a
> > jump-start.
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Stephanie
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > From photos to predictions, The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes
> > has it all. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline1
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Report list problems to listmom@interversity.org
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:14:30 -0500
> From: "Carla Beard" <carla@webenglishteacher.com>
> To: <middle-lit@interversity.org>
> Subject: Re: In the Time of the Butterflies
> Message-ID: <003a01c73287$ad85f680$2e01a8c0@carlaaq93caqwi>
>
> Would a mandala be an appropriate activity for this book?
>
> Carla
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: middle-lit-owner@interversity.org [mailto:middle-lit-
> > owner@interversity.org] On Behalf Of Stephanie Galvani
> > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:23 AM
> > To: middle-lit@interversity.org
> > Subject: [middle-lit] In the Time of the Butterflies
> >
> > Help - I'm a bit stuck and need some guidance.
> >
> > I have a student who is a very, very bright girl (8th grade) who tends
> to
> > go
> > way beyond what I ask of her.  I want to give her an alternative
> > assignment
> > while the rest of the class works on skills she has already mastered; we
> > are
> > looking at about two weeks - or seven lessons.  She recently finished In
> > the
> > Time of the Butterflies, and I want to have her "do something" (awful
> > expression, I know) with it, preferably that minimizes
> paragraph-and-essay
> > writing and maximizes other kinds of expression.  The reason she is
> doing
> > this alternative assignment is that I want her to nurture some of her
> > other
> > skills, not just her nonfiction writing abilities; her seatmate claims
> she
> > is very creative, although she demurs about this.  Off the top of your
> > heads, does anyone have a creative idea I could pick up and run with.  I
> > am
> > feeling very dull and need a jump-start.
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Stephanie
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > From photos to predictions, The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes
> > has
> > it all. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline1
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Report list problems to listmom@interversity.org
>
>
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>
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