Speaking of how things work and are made, a couple of current shows that my husband and teenage son (14 yo) really enjoy are Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters.
Joy is right about the fact that you are having an impact, even though you're students might not be showing it to you. I remember a couple of years ago, I had a 3rd grader who just didn't seem to be getting it. Right about the time that I asked for help at about this time of year, he did a complete 180 and started really stepping up to the plate and showing he really was learning all the things that I had been teaching. He had been writing very little and not using any of the mini-lessons I had taught, and then all of a sudden, he wrote this two-page detective story in which he was the main character. Of course, you have the added challenge of 8th grade egos. But, I agree with Joy--hang in there! Eve At 11:06 PM 3/10/2007, Joy wrote: >. . . If you can't take them there, maybe you could rent one of >those videos like Mr. Rogers used to show (Crayola factory was my >all time favorite, but I can remember lots of other ones we saw when >I was growing up, I think one the boys liked in high school was >about how they make steel - lots of fiery cauldrons, etc!) > >. . . You are having an impact on them, even if they don't show it - >remember it just isn't cool to show any enthusiasm when you're in 8th grade! > Joy/NC/4 -*-*-*- Eve Dubois Classroom Teacher Renaissance School Shelburne, Vermont _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
