Thank you, Amy. I love the book as well. Lori
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 21:19 , Amy Holtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Lori, If you decide to teach Watsons as a unit, let me know. I teach it every >year in my sixth grade class, and I have a good webquest using news articles about the bombings. Amy Holtzer > > > >________________________________ > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of ljackson > >Sent: Sun 12/3/2006 7:40 AM > >To: Teachers Applying Whole Language; A list for improving literacy with focus >on middle grades.; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv > >Subject: [LIT] Race, Identity, Relationships and Literature > > > > > > > >I have three young teachers working with small groups of students in grades > >5 through 8. Each works within a small school with multi-level classrooms > >and each school is isolated geographically from one another. We are > >designing an inquiry based literature unit which will use Blackboard > >technology to facilitate lit groups across these classrooms. The question > >we have posed as central to the unit is: > > > >How does race inform identity and impact relationships? > > > >We are beginning to brainstorm novels which could be used with this study. > >Here is what we have so far: > > > >Iggy;s House > >Maniac Magee > >Edger Allen > > > >Help!! In my former life, I was a first and second grade teacher. Can you > >help us build this list? I would love to include a book in which there was > >romance impacted by race, but it needs to be relatively tame. > > > >Thank you all in advance!! > >-- > >Lori Jackson > >District Literacy Coach & Mentor > >Todd County School District > >Box 87 > >Mission SD 57555 > > > >http:www.tcsdk12.org > >ph. 605.856.2211 > > > > > >Literacies for All Summer Institute > >"Literate Lives: A Human Right" > >July 12-15, 2007 > >Louisville, Kentucky > > > >http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > > >Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
