Since I want to teach higher elementary school aged children, the brothers grimm versions of classic disney stories could be used in a classroom. I found a brothers grimm story I really liked that was pretty age appropriate that would be good to use in a classroom because it has a good moral and message.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm019.html
I love the idea of doing a unit on the 'witches' of stories. I have recently become extremely obsessed with the musical Wicked. I would love to incorperate that into a unit. Give students a villian from a story and have them write what happened to them to make them 'evil' or have them tell a story about how the story was twisted to make them look like the bad one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7Xe8dV_EI
you could use as an example for how to start writing, the lyrics talk about how all she does is try to do good deeds and they keep being twisted. Good way to start students immaginations flowing.
Monday, February 22, 2010
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About Me
Hi! My name is Emily, obviously. I am from Lodi, Ca originally. I live in downtown chico with 8 roomates. Everyone thinks I am crazy when I tell them I have 8 roomates, but it is okay, we all have our own rooms. The year is almost over and no one has been strangled yet, so I feel like that is a good sign.
I want to be a teacher because it is what i have always wanted to do. I decided I wanted to be a teacher in kindergarten. I distinctly remember watching my teacher write on the chalkboard and thinking, "I want to write on the chalkboard", and the rest is history. As I got older i just kind of realized I really did want to become a teacher because when thinking about a career that I wanted to pursue, teaching is the only profession I got excited about when thinking about it.
I am expecting a really good semester in this class. I love to read so when i got the required book list, I was very happy. I expect to have fun in this class and from looking through the course packet I also feel like i will come away with a lot of books and writing activities that I can modify and use in my classroom someday.
I want to be a teacher because it is what i have always wanted to do. I decided I wanted to be a teacher in kindergarten. I distinctly remember watching my teacher write on the chalkboard and thinking, "I want to write on the chalkboard", and the rest is history. As I got older i just kind of realized I really did want to become a teacher because when thinking about a career that I wanted to pursue, teaching is the only profession I got excited about when thinking about it.
I am expecting a really good semester in this class. I love to read so when i got the required book list, I was very happy. I expect to have fun in this class and from looking through the course packet I also feel like i will come away with a lot of books and writing activities that I can modify and use in my classroom someday.
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