Literature Links

About this edublog project

  • Pre-service teachers used blogs to discuss award-winning Newbery books using reading roles creativiely adapted from Harvey Daniel's 'Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-centered Classroom'. Contact Anne Davis at adavis@gsu.edu if you have questions.


    Note

    These blogs were moved from Manila blogs to TypePad blogs. The author shows up on each post as Anne Davis as a result of the transfer. The original posts were made by students and the instructors Lynne Jordan & Anne Davis. The initials on the post title signify who did the actual blogging of the post.

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Reflection CCT

When I first saw this little book, 89 pages, I was a little disappointed.  How on earth are we going to talk about this book for a whole semester?  Obviously we managed quite well.  I made a committment not to read ahead and that really made a difference.  Like others, I go so much more out of the text than I would have with the quick read I normally would have done.  I think children would really enjoy working with the weblog because they simply adore getting mail!  The contact with other people would balance out the tedious side of this assignment for elementary age students.


It struck me a devine intervention that this book would be about death as I personally struggled with life-threatening medical problems with both Bill and Coulter. I really hope I will never loose a student as a classroom teacher, but I am sure I would use this little text in my classroom if it did happen.

Posted by Anne Davis on December 10, 2003 at 01:54 PM in Connector, Imported |

Reflection -BW

The process of this project has been an interesting journey. I found the process of weblogging to be fun and interesting in the beginning and a burden at the end. Having said that, I feel that I know more about this book than I would have if I just read it all in one sitting. Having to analyze the characters, the setting, and the motives made me know and understand the book better. That is where I see a benefit for children. Children will understand the books meaning much more if they have to be accountable to their group members for an appropriate response. I understand the importance of the project now.

Posted by Anne Davis on December 10, 2003 at 01:16 PM in Imported, Learning Reflections |

Reflection-SBC

At first I wasn't too thrilled about this semester long project. In the beginning, for a brief moment, it was fun. Then the process of completing it became more than tedious. I would strongly suggest orchestrating it very differently with future cohorts. It wasn't until today that I saw the benefits of the project's existence. Although I personally hope to never hear the word weblog again, I must say that this experience has been one that strengthened my teaching abilities. Thanks!

Posted by Anne Davis on December 08, 2003 at 06:17 PM in Imported, Learning Reflections |