Hi, Fascinating connection! We read Tuck at the end of the year. I have "stations" as our culminating project. At one station they make "baseball"-type character cards with the character of their choice. They give them a nickname, list favorite song, etc. At another station they cast a movie, choosing modern-day actors to play the parts. They have to support their choice. At another, they paint their favorite scene with watercolors. Then, they describe the scene using vivid, descriptive language. At another they create a matrix with several of the characters and a character traits. At another they make connections between three characters using sentence strips as the connectors. They take two days to rotate through all of the stations.
At the beginning of the unit, I ask them whether or not they would want to live forever. (We make a big deal out of it. My co-teacher thought up the idea of giving them each a small plastic cup with some water in it. We then tell them....if you choose to drink this, you will live forever. Think about what that will mean. (We discuss.) Then we say "Go" and they either drink or leave it.) They then write about their decision and support it. I keep these. At the end, the again write about their choice. I give them back their original writing. Another language arts teacher in the same grade also does a "Living Water Ad" at the end of the unit. The kids have to create an ad for water that will allow one to live forever. They are assigned an "audience" to whom they will "appeal." (It's interesting to see the ads of those assigned to 50 year olds and those assigned to teens.) They use their newly acquired knowledge of propaganda techniques to produce their poster/ad. They then present it to the class and are video taped. They LOVE watching themselves on tape. Best, Kim On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:50 PM, TLP <[email protected]> wrote: > Thought I would share my recent experience. My class is reading Tuck > Everlasting and we have had a fascinating time relating it to Twilight! The > connections are incredible and my some of my students are convinced it was > the inspiration for the vampire love story! How is that for updating the > classics? On that note, Does anyone have any ideas for Tuck. I thought of > having the kids create a Facebook or some sort of Social Networking Page > for > Jesse and WInnie.... > Tena > _______________________________________________ > 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
