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From: Kathy Isaacs <kisaacs>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:38:56 -0500
My sixth graders, too, enjoy Monsieur Noel's quirky teaching every year. It is a perfect classroom read-aloud. We've spent many happy hours imagining coupons even more inventive than Susie Morgenstern's. I have not shared RUN BOY, RUN with students because I haven't found the right connection. If I were to teach the Holocaust, I would want it to be a part of the body of literature I used, and I know that it will appeal to the middle-grade readers who are looking for such books on their own. I was particularly impressed with Srulik/Jurik's disassociation from his early life. I have watched a number of young children lose languages they were speaking fluently, and with that, connections and memories. I could easily imagine that as he removed himself, he lost important pieces of his former life. But I also know that young children can be very self?ntered -- not in a selfish way but just in the way they experience their world -- and perhaps his separation from his family even in the ghetto was a reflection of that kind of outlook. It certainly helped him survive in his world.
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:38:56 -0500
My sixth graders, too, enjoy Monsieur Noel's quirky teaching every year. It is a perfect classroom read-aloud. We've spent many happy hours imagining coupons even more inventive than Susie Morgenstern's. I have not shared RUN BOY, RUN with students because I haven't found the right connection. If I were to teach the Holocaust, I would want it to be a part of the body of literature I used, and I know that it will appeal to the middle-grade readers who are looking for such books on their own. I was particularly impressed with Srulik/Jurik's disassociation from his early life. I have watched a number of young children lose languages they were speaking fluently, and with that, connections and memories. I could easily imagine that as he removed himself, he lost important pieces of his former life. But I also know that young children can be very self?ntered -- not in a selfish way but just in the way they experience their world -- and perhaps his separation from his family even in the ghetto was a reflection of that kind of outlook. It certainly helped him survive in his world.
-- Kathy Isaacs kisaacs at mindspring.comReceived on Fri 26 Mar 2004 06:38:56 PM CST
