Today we are going to get a taste of the Gullah people. And since Ms. Younge knows a lot about them, we are going to her class blog to learn more.
Archive for February, 2008
Our third grade buddies have a class blog now too! You may especially enjoying this post about the collaborative posts you did with them a few weeks ago.
Now that you become such accomplished bloggers we would like to invite you to do a review of a book, movie, television show, restaurant, concert, museum, special event, or something similar (just check with Ms. Edinger first). You may do as many of these as you like in school during our blog times if [...]
Last year’s class was privliged to work with the distinguished poet Natasha Trethewey. After guiding them through a close reading of some of the same Amistad poems we just looked at, she helped us create one of our own.
Inspired by the above description of Margru (one of the original profiles of the Amisated captives [...]
First of all we are going to explore several poems related to the Amistad story.
The oldest poem is by Phillis Wheatley. She was born around 1753 in Africa (one source I’ve read said she was from Gambia and another said Senegal), taken captive and brought to the United States when she was around [...]
Now that you’ve read Margu you are ready to write a post about the story. Remember that there may people from all over the world reading your post so make the best it can be!
1. To start, come up with a direction for your post. Here are some ideas, but you may have another [...]
Yesterday Edinger House went back to the First Program (their “old country”). As they went up the stairs to their 3rd grade buddies’ classroom they commented on how easy it was to walk up to the 4th floor after having to walk up many more flights at Big Dalton. They also commented on how [...]
Ms. Nickles and I are delighted with your posts and commenting so far. We are confident that as we make the blogs public that you will continue to write thoughtfully, considerately, and mindful of the need to be cautious. Terrific, terrific work so far!
Today you are going to write about The Tempest, the Middle School musical you saw last Thursday. Try to describe the play and write about what you enjoyed. Think about the characters, costumes, set design, singing, and dancing.
Your blogs might go public after this post, so be sure to proofread carefully (checking for [...]
A few weeks ago, as part of our study of historical fiction, I read aloud Amistad Rising by Veronica Chambers with illustrations by Paul Lee. Now we are going to look at the Amistad story again through the eyes of one of its participants — Sarah Margru Kinson. The Amistad captives were mostly Mende, people [...]
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