I Teammates - can't remember the author - great for baseball season - compare PeeWee Reese and Jackie Robinson - also great social studies tie-in
I wrote about this book in my book about courage and acceptance. The students gain a deep understanding of the era. debrennersmith Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Developing character with Venn Diagrams I read The Sixth Grade Nickname Game by Gordon Korman to my fifth graders. They loved it and it has so many characters it would be easy to compare/contrast. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 12:50 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Developing character with Venn Diagrams > > Hello All, > I am looking for a good read aloud for sixth graders so they can compare and contrast 2 characters using a venn diagram (2 or 3 circles) and then develop one character using the vocabulary from the text. > I eventually want to do this with The Cay by Theodore Taylor, but I want to model how it is done with a read aloud first. If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate any and all thoughts. > Thanks so much, > -- > Michele Polselli NBCT '06 > Literacy Coordinator & Grade 6 ELA/Humanities Teacher > Portsmouth School Dept. > Portsmouth, RI 02871 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.