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| Nick's facebook page! |
I mean, seriously, how could I resist?!
So, just a quick share today. And a huge shout out to Jessica Boguslawski and her students at Fitzgerald High School in Michigan.
Jessica incorporated The Pull of Gravity into her curriculum as a "choice book" to go with her Of Mice and Men unit. In March, I Skyped into her classroom.
Prior to my Skype visit, I sent along some book "swag" to the students, and there arose a running joke as to the real meaning of the word swag and whether I was using it wrong. As such, I showed up via Skype (to many giggles) wearing a handmade swag crown. After the Skype visit, I
mailed the crown to the class.
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| buttons and bookmarks fit for a queen. Or, king! ;) |
**sorry, crown-wearers' photos not posted without permission**
Anyway, without further ado, in addition to that awesome one up top (!!!) here are some more of the terrific The Pull of Gravity student projects from the 10th graders at Fitzgerald High School.
Please note that I have redacted last names
and/or spoiler information contained
in any of the projects.
Three words for the students who made these:
You. Totally. ROCK!!! :D
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| Two "Wordle" posters and a "Letter to Nick." |
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| Dad ("Fat Man 2")'s facebook page! |
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| Letter to me! (redacted for spoilers) |
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| Another letter to me, redacted. :) |
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| Jaycee's facebook page! Love, love, love her wall posts. :) |
- gae
p.s. here are the links to the prior posts in the series for the 2011-2012 school year:
That is very cool.
ReplyDeleteright?!?! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! (just exclamation points. this page is not emoticon enable) :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS!!!! This way cool stuff is why I am desperate to teach high school instead of middle school!!!! Plus, I could use TPoG as a mentor text, which would be totally sweet!
ReplyDeleteLemme tell you, this is why Y.A. is so great -- adults are dull!
ReplyDeleteAw, look. Sweet to see my hubby on the blog. :) *points up to David*
ReplyDeleteMicki, I've had several middle schools use TPoG and do some really cool projects! A 7th grader made a TPoG board game (the photos are somewhere on my fb author site!) with little moveable Nick, The Scoot and Jaycee pieces! Oh man, I loved that one. A few of the featured schools on TPoG Goes to School(s) are definitely middle schools. I'd come into your classroom via Skype any day. <3
Jody, you made me laugh. The kids are really amazing to interact with. And the personable, warm, chatty teen boys who love my book surprise me over and over again.
TPoG is definitely a great choice for 7th graders, and I would totally read it with them and they'd love it. I think it's the whole Of Mice and Men connection that really gets the English teacher in me super excited. Either way, I love the book!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is just completely filled with happy.
ReplyDeleteReally fun to see the happy interactions between the book (you) & the students. I have ordered your book, Gae, will read & pass it on to the middle school teachers with whom I work. Great times to share!
ReplyDeleteThank you all! Was so distracted by Friday Feedback, I almost missed these. :)
ReplyDeleteAlmost makes me wish to teach middle school. *thinking* Maybe I'll stay with third graders. Love the ideas and good on y'all.
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