The end is near for the Crispin novel study. Today, you received the instruction sheet for the task, What’s On Crispin’s iPod. You can find a copy of the directions here: What\’s On Crispin\’s iPod Task Here’s what we did in class to work toward the completion of that task: 1. Lyrics People Search I asked the students [...]
Entries from May 22, 2009
What’s on Crispin’s iPod?: Lesson Update for Friday, 22 May 09
May 22, 2009 · No Comments · Lesson Updates
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Better to Have Posted Late Than to Have Not Posted At All: Lesson Update for Friday, 15 May 2009
May 22, 2009 · No Comments · Lesson Updates
It seems that I had a bit of a brain cramp last week and forgot to update my blog. Sorry about that. It’s a bit late, but here’s what happened: 1. Songs in the Key of Crispin In preparation for our final task on the novel, I brought in 4 songs that relate to the [...]
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Tableau or Not Tableau?: Lesson Update for Friday, 8 May 2009
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After the play at Dr. Charles Best Secondary and the fire / earthquake drill, there wasn’t a lot of time left for class work today but we did our best. Here’s what we managed to wedge in: 1. Songs in the Key of Crispin I asked Ss to think of songs that might fit with [...]
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Crispin Fits a Life of Learning Into A Few Days: Lesson Update for Friday, 1 May 2009
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Today in both divisions we finally took up chapters 43 – 52 in Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Here’s how it looked: 1. Story Sorting To get in a Crispin frame of mind, I asked the students to put 9 events from the section into the order in which they actually happened. 2. Crispin’s Learnings [...]
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