That sounds perfect. I'm going to the library now to look into it! We're starting a biography project so this would tie in nicely. Thanks again!
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:03 PM, EDWARD JACKSON <lori_jack...@q.com> wrote: > > Truman Capote has a lovely memoir with captivating word choice--awesome for > visualization and/or part of a unit on memoir. It is called A Christmas > Memory and has been published as a picture book as well as in a more age > appropriate format. It is tender, loving and entirely appropriate for 7th > grade. My husband's kids are reading it now. > > > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist > Broken Bow, NE > > > > > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > Join me > > > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:24:40 -0600 > > From: readingwritingliter...@gmail.com > > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (no subject) > > > > I suppose grade level would be important to know :) I'm teaching 7th > > grade... I love Jan Brett's books but don't know how well that would go > > over. > > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Renee <phoenix...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:43 PM, reading wrote: > >> > >> Does anyone have any good lessons/activities to use the week before > winter > >>> break? We're finishing up a unit soon and it'd be nice to have > something > >>> light and timely for the few days before break begins. > >>> > >> > >> I don't know what grade you are talking about but one year with my > >> Kindergartners I read aloud five different Christmas or winter-oriented > >> books by Jan Brett and then we made a graph showing which was our > >> favorite.... one person, one vote. It was a bar graph; each child got a > >> square to add to the bar under a picture of the book they liked best. > >> > >> Have them paint (or draw) a picture of their family at Christmas and > write > >> about it. > >> > >> Renee > >> > >> "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that > matter." > >> ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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.
