This unit aims to explore the evolution of the wolf character in children’s literature through a series of stories. It provides students with an opportunity to reflect on the varying representations of the wolf and understand the significance of character development over time. By engaging in creative activities like mask-making, sculpture, and group murals, students will actively reinterpret the wolf’s character and relate it to real-life scenarios….Continue Reading Watch Out! Here Comes the Wolf!
Subject: ELL
My Class Pet is a Monster: Understanding the Biology and Mythology of Snakes
Through the lens of monster theory, students will explore how the serpent myths in different cultures evolved to portray the snake as a monster. The student can re-write the monster’s story and transform the myth to become relevant for the current times. We will be using Rick Riordan’s popular series of books based upon Greek myths….Continue Reading My Class Pet is a Monster: Understanding the Biology and Mythology of Snakes
Haiku: Poetry with a Purpose
Teaching Haiku poetry is beneficial because it provides an opportunity for my students to nurture, develop, and transform their experiences, ideas or emotions into an artistic form of expression. Because of its minimalist approach to language and imagery, Haiku poetry can enhance creativity, produce enthusiasm and confidence, and discourage a writer’s reluctance….Continue Reading Haiku: Poetry with a Purpose
Teaching Literacy through Native American Literature
I am writing this curriculum unit to create a meaningful approach for the introduction of Native American Literature to my 6th grade multilingual (ML) students. There are enormous pedagogical benefits from choosing books for their classrooms that are tribally specific (that name a specific tribal nation and accurately represent that nation), written by Native writers, and set in the present day……Continue Reading Teaching Literacy through Native American Literature