Bill wrote: I don't know about most of your schools, but in my school, this is probably the lowest point in the year. So what better time than now to... celebrate our successes!
Pam writes: Every single student except one (who isn't on my roster after today) read a novel, wrote a one page summary, *and* are in the thick of things creating a project to present to the class. Many have found learning to podcast to be very exciting. For many, just the opportunity to use a new laptop that has built in cameras is motivation to work when they were ready to slump into apathy. I have kids creating interviews with characters from novels, researching authors & creating interviews, preparing to teach lessons about their non-fiction books, drafting I Am poems from characters' point of views, scripting and creating audio podcasts of songs about their novels and enhanced podcasts with video to create commercials about their novels. I'm just amazed at the surge of energy that the 6th graders have shown when presented with new technology. :o) Pam/6th gr./FL An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France (1844 - 1924) -----Original Message----- From: Bill IVEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:55 pm Subject: [LIT] that time of year... Hi! I don't know about most of your schools, but in my school, this is probably the lowest point in the year. So what better time than now to... celebrate our successes! In my case, I am really excited about the first drafts of literary analysis essays that my ESL students are producing. One of them, although her vocabulary is extremely limited, managed to turn in two or more pages on friendship, discussing at length (on paper and with me in conference) issues around making and keeping friends through thick and through thin. Another produced work which, a few grammar tweaks aside, shows that she has come light years in terms of being able to express sophisticated thinking in English. It is so cool to see these kids developing the English to express that which has been inside them all along! What successes are you all seeing? Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com _______________________________________________ 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
