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From: James Elliott <j_c_elliott>
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:03:59 -0400
I just finished this book! And immediately recommended it for purchase by the library. What a fantastic novel. Konigsburg (one of my favorite YA authors) has done it again.
>From: "Beth Martin" <BMartin at dce.k12.wi.us>
>To: <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
>Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:29:51 -0500
>
>The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg is one of my very
>favorite books. As someone already mentioned, it asks the essential
>question "What is art?" but it also asks "Who gets to decide?" I use this
>book with reading students in our school and I always begin by setting up
>an "art" museum in the library. I display items such as orginial
>paintings, a pinecone, a seashell, bleach bottle craft project, a
>photograph, a chinese hat, worry dolls....whatever I have on hand. When
>the students come through I explain what each object is so that they have
>background knowledge of where it came from and then I ask "Which of these
>items is art?" A spirited discussion always follows. That sets the tone
>for reading the book. During the weeks that we read the book, small groups
>of students choose an extension project that adds to the story. They might
>take photos of sculptures in our comunity, they might choose to research
>the Watts towers and present the information to
> the class, some students investigate the work of Christo and lead a
>discussion about his unusual art. I always look forward to reading this
>book and reconnecting with wonderful Magaret Rose Kane and her uncles but
>more importantly experiencing how my students connect to art through
>literature.
>
>Beth Martin
>Teacher Librarian
>DC Everest Middle School IMC
>bmartin at dce.k12.wi.us
>715-241-9700 ex.2320
>
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Received on Tue 06 Jun 2006 02:03:59 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:03:59 -0400
I just finished this book! And immediately recommended it for purchase by the library. What a fantastic novel. Konigsburg (one of my favorite YA authors) has done it again.
>From: "Beth Martin" <BMartin at dce.k12.wi.us>
>To: <ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
>Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:29:51 -0500
>
>The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg is one of my very
>favorite books. As someone already mentioned, it asks the essential
>question "What is art?" but it also asks "Who gets to decide?" I use this
>book with reading students in our school and I always begin by setting up
>an "art" museum in the library. I display items such as orginial
>paintings, a pinecone, a seashell, bleach bottle craft project, a
>photograph, a chinese hat, worry dolls....whatever I have on hand. When
>the students come through I explain what each object is so that they have
>background knowledge of where it came from and then I ask "Which of these
>items is art?" A spirited discussion always follows. That sets the tone
>for reading the book. During the weeks that we read the book, small groups
>of students choose an extension project that adds to the story. They might
>take photos of sculptures in our comunity, they might choose to research
>the Watts towers and present the information to
> the class, some students investigate the work of Christo and lead a
>discussion about his unusual art. I always look forward to reading this
>book and reconnecting with wonderful Magaret Rose Kane and her uncles but
>more importantly experiencing how my students connect to art through
>literature.
>
>Beth Martin
>Teacher Librarian
>DC Everest Middle School IMC
>bmartin at dce.k12.wi.us
>715-241-9700 ex.2320
>
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>CCBC-Net mailing list
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Received on Tue 06 Jun 2006 02:03:59 PM CDT
