The above students all chose the project "draw your soul". They read Walk Two Moons and in the text the main character's teacher asked her to draw her soul. Our class took it a step further and they wrote a detailed explanation of what the pictures symbolized to them. We then placed them on the star worthy work wall and their explanations were posted face down so their peers could guess whose was whose and then check by flipping over the paper. They really enjoyed this project and their creativity shows that.
Above we have a reading group that read Hatchet, which is one of my all time favorites. These students chose to write a summary using a comic strip, create a game board for the text, and one student not pictured wrote a letter to Gary Paulsen. They all did an amazing job representing their comprehension of the book. The game boards included cards that players had to answer before moving that were all comprehension questions they created regarding the book. The comic is a visually stimulating depiction of a novel that provides no pictures, which makes these detailed comics remarkable! Finally, the letter to the author was never a project choice I provided, but this student took it upon himself to pitch this great project to me. He was so moved by this book that he wanted to write a letter to the author to tell him so. It is independent thinking like this that makes my job exciting! Due to this child's creative pitch I will now provide "write a letter to the author" as a new project option. Way to go 5S!!!! Have a great February break! Don't forget to read, read, read and log it for under armor points as well as the Ronald McDonald House fundraiser!!!!
