We started off our day today by spending time with Eve Bunting’s book One Green Apple (Interview with Eve Bunting). While reading, we discussed character, point of view, author’s purpose, conflict, and theme. After reading, we began to capture some of our thinking on a chart that will eventually allow us to compare and contrast several texts. As part of our analysis, we referenced TASOK’s Learner Profile, trying to identify qualities evidenced in the main character, Farah.
As an extension of our reading, table groups embraced a cup-stacking challenge that required communication, reflection, thinking, risk taking, focus, patience, and perseverance. Today, scholars experienced what George S. Patton intended when he said,…
“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”
Today we discovered, like a freshly pressed glass of apple juice, striving to stack cups with rubber bands and string is satisfying.
