[LIT] building background knowledge

[kimberlee hannan]

Maureen,
How cool!  I am teaching history and ela together next year.  What a
wonderful literature idea, or literature study idea.
Kim

On 7/2/07, Maureen Robins <mrobinsster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying an experiment: I created a summer reading assignment of
> "partnered" books -- one non fiction and a fiction set in the same
> time period i.e. for seventh grade Fever 1793 and Jim Murphy's Yellow
> Fever. I chose the books knowng what was on their curriculum calendars
> for each grade. I'm hoping that the entire summer reading experience
> will "front load" one part of the curriculum for the upcoming year. So
> even if the kids choose to "reread" a text, they will still be
> involved in a learning experience. I don't know how the nonfiction
> reading will go. I'm optimistic, though, as usual.
>
> Maureen Robins
> Literacy Coach
> NYC
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>
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Kim
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Kimberlee Hannan
Department Chair
Sequoia Middle School
resno, California 93702


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