From: bweimann@exit109.com
Subject: Re: Biographies
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 21:14:12 -0500 (EST)
Dear Cherie, I am so glad to finally have someone else who is teaching English and using the biographies and journals as their reading materials. I have been doing this for a few years and I just love it. I am doing it in high school, but my students are all reading on an elementary level so I still have to explain a lot of words to them. Reading these bios and journals is a very enriching experience for them in many ways. I have written telecommunications skills into my curriculum, so I make my kids go onto the Internet and d/l the bios themselves and then print them out for the class. Your activitiy is excellent and I know the kids will love it. Barb At 08:55 PM 11/10/96 GMT, you wrote: >Suggestion for Activity A.2 Since I am also >required to teach English I plan on using >this activity for an English and Reading >project: The biographies of the people working on >the projects are wonderful!! I have printed >them all and plan on handing out to my >students. Each student will receive a >different one. After they have read them >I will ask them what they found interesting. >the kind of education required for their jobs, >were they good students as children, etc. >Next I will have each child share something >they liked about the person they read >about with the class. Finally each child >will be required to choose one career and >write an application for that job. > > > > >