Monthly Archive for June, 2008

Memories of Edinger House 07-08

Published on June 13, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

TB remembers Ms. Edelson’s Halloween story (and, especially, the laugh!). She also remembers studying The Wizard of Oz and seeing the second Oz movie.

SB remembers cranberry jellybeans at Plimoth, immigration stories, Cindy stories, and the Pilgrim stories.

RB remembers the very l_o_n_g bus ride to Plimoth (which was just a bit boring:)

AC remembers Hobbomock’s Homesite and Black Rock Forest.

KD remembers it taking forever to write an Arch Day song that didn’t win:(

RC remembers her “wedding” with T ( our class mascot – a plush turtle). T remembers the man at Plimoth mentioning (horrors!) turtle soup.

TF remembers his podcast of Edgar from Good Masters Sweet Ladies!

HH remembers walking on a “yellow brick road” (to the song over the class loudspeakers) to a pile of brownies and books.

SH1 remembers making the Pilgrim stories.

SH remembers Ms. Edinger reading aloud I Am Not Joey Pigza.

CL remembers interviewing and making the oral history books and the wild arrival of the Dalton Myachis.
MM remembers dressing up and reciting poems for the Alice in Wonderland tea party and seeing our comics for the first time. She also remembers the skits at the final Literary Salon. And Ms. Edinger’s ladybug obsession and reading Ms. Edinger’s Margru story. And reading The Arrival.

KM remembers Candlelighting and the bouquet of paper flowers (which she taught the class to make secretly) the class made and gave to Ms. Edinger on Valentine’s Day.

TS remembers Myachi®!

AS1 remembers the puppet shows in art and various movies made in art and playstreet.

UW remembers the Lower East Side walking tour and eating pickles from Gus’ Pickles. She also remembers indoor playstreet on days were too hot or too cold.

CW remembers the first day of school and how little and afraid she felt.

Your Final Blog Post of the Year

Published on June 10, 2008 in General. 0 Comments
Dear Edinger House,
At the very beginning of the year I gave each of you a composition book and a letter from me. In it I explained that we would be writing letters back and forth to each other in that journal and here was your first one from me. You all wrote me back — wonderful letters telling me about your summers, about the sort of learners you are, books you liked, and so on. For the next few months we continued to write back and forth. You wrote about books you were reading. who you thought was the hero of Charlotte’s Web, what you would take with you if you had to emigrate, and more.
Then, in January, you switched over to blogs. You have done so many posts including:

  • one summarizing your oral history book.
  • a review of the MS play, “The Tempest.”
  • a joint post with your third grade buddy about their New Orleans project.
  • a response to my (as yet unpublished) story about Margru and the Amistad.
  • your wonderful Amistad poems (and collages).
  • your Cinderella story.
  • your podcast from Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
  • posts on Plimoth Plantation and your Pilgrim Project.
  • an article about our study of forced immigration.
  • your Mourt’s Relation drawing.
  • your All About Alice series of posts.
  • book (and occasional movie) reviews.
  • a post on The Wizard of Oz.

You did a lot that was truly amazing! Your blog replaced those composition books as a place to write about books and learning, a place to see what your classmates thought about things, a place to publish stories, and to write so much about so many things. It has been great!

And so for your final post of this year I want you to think through what doing the blog meant to you. What did you learn from doing it? What did you like? What did you not like? What were your favorite parts of doing a blog? Would you like to do another blog next year? If so, what would you like it to be? (Ms. Nickles and I are thinking about perhaps doing one as a MS club next year involving school news.)

Thanks for being super bloggers this year!

Ms. Edinger

The Wizard of Oz Post

Published on June 3, 2008 in The Wizard of Oz. 0 Comments
So, you read the book, saw the docudrama about the author, and saw the famous MGM movie.  Now it is time to write a really thoughtful post about all of this.  This post will give your opinion about something related to the book.  Here are some possibilities:

Was the MGM movie a good adaptation of the book by L. Frank Baum?

  1. Give your readers an introduction and some background about reading the book and seeing the movie.
  2. Next state your decision: is it a good adaptation or not?
  3. Give three reasons using specific examples from the book and movie. Consider the settings, the characters, what was left out, and what was added.
  4. End your post with a conclusion (that restates in new words your beginning)
Is The Wizard of Oz a better book than Alice in Wonderland?
  1. Give your readers an introduction and some background about your reading of both books.
  2. Next state your decision: I think ____ is better than ____ because____
  3. Give three reasons using specific examples from the books. Consider the settings, the characters, the writing, etc.
  4. End your post with a conclusion (that restates in new words your beginning)
Come up with another idea and check with Ms. Edinger for her approval first.