Re: In the Time of the Butterflies

["Mary Tigner-Rasanen" <mtr.listserves@marylily.org>]

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
>
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