Classroom collaboration interest 10th grade Literature and high school drama

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Permalink Reply by Katherine Bolman on November 22, 2009 at 8:24pm

Hi and I would be interested in trying out an idea of mine. Would you send me a list of the books you will be using in the Spring semester. I would like to try to find the images of art from that time period to see if they add anything to your students understanding of the novel.

kbolmanahaa@gmail.com

Permalink Reply by Katherine Bolman on December 18, 2009 at 12:22pm

I would love to collaborate with you and your class. I use skype and have a website ahaafoundation.org
What I need is a list of the books your class will be reading next semester and I will try to find the pictures of art that go with the time frame of each book. It is my feeling that if the art is added there will be a deeper understanding of the book. I also feel that if you played music of the period during the class they would soon associate the music and the book.

Look forward to working with you. I just need a little advance time.

Permalink Reply by nancy boyle on January 4, 2010 at 7:55pm

Hi Michele! I just posted a discussion for Gawain and Hamlet, although I would be willing to do smthg this spring on different titles with you, if we can work it out. Here's my post:
I am looking for collaborator(s) who will be reading either or both of these works and who are willing to engage in discussion(s) with my students on the ideas presented through these complex (and in many ways similar) characters who encounter highly unusual situations that would send most of us running like Shaggy and ScoobyDoo, namely, the supernatural. We will explore how each character's moral code defines their response and how we as 21c learners can glean lessons from these perennial favorites as we face the unknown in our lives and in this ever-changing world. My students are honors sophomores; they are clever, insightful, a tad goofy at times, and a whole lot of fun to work with. We will be reading these works this term (Jan-early March). Please contact me at nboyle@cushing.org if you are interested in exploring either with us. I promise an amazing experience!

Permalink Reply by Katherine Bolman on January 13, 2010 at 7:04pm

Michele, Did you get time to look at ahaafoundation.org. If you contact me we could talk about collaboration. I could create a page on the website just for you. Warmly, Katherine