- Below I posted a short assignment here that we were going to do in class. Please respond below.
- Read chapter 11 and respond to the posted blog questions.
- Complete The Witch of Blackbird Pond and the study guide.
- Please bring an for an informational book genre-study form to class next week and be ready to share.
- AND don't forget, your assignments are still due today. Email the genre-study form for historical fiction to me as well as your topic for your theme for your final project.(Don't forget to bring copies to class for your classmates.) Also, make sure the blog questions are done for Chapter 10.
- Extra Credit Opportunity! ...Make corn meal at home! (One of my favorite things to eat! Follow the directions on the cornmeal tub.) Take a picture with you and the corn meal, then post on Edmodo...along with a couple sentences on whether you were able to make it without lumps and if you liked the taste.
Online assignment:
In the Witch of Blackbird Pond, we have read about horn books and making bayberry candles. Watch the youtube videos below on making bayberry candles and taper candles. (The ones they made in the story were bayberry taper candles.) Also read the short history on the horn book. Then respond to following questions in the comment box below:
Do watching these videos and reading this information help you understand the events in the story and make connections? If so, how? Be specific. How could you use these videos or other activities in the classroom to support the events in The Witch of Blackbird Pond?
Bayberry Candle
Taper candles
The Horn Book
Watching the videos helped me make the connections between taper candles and how they are made. Kit and Judith had to make hundreds for the winter months.I cannot imagine living life when candles or fire was the only source of light. In Chapter 1 or 2 of the Children's Lit. book they talked about Horn Books but the website helped with the different varieties of horn books that were available. I did not know that they were made out of Gingerbread. WOW!! As a teacher I could make Taper candles with my students while reading "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" or making inexpensive horn books for the students to take home. I would also use the Study Guides and character books to help guide the reading. Just little ideas will help students connect with the story.
ReplyDeleteSo true...great points! I think the idea of the gingerbread is that you could make them that way. I think traditionally they were made out of wood or other resources.
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ReplyDeleteThe videos helped a lot! I find making these candles very interesting. I enjoy "Do it yourself crafts" and making things all the time. I think I will try to make both of these candles at home to get the feel of Kit and Judith's experience of making many candles. The Horn Books were exactly what I have pictured in my head while reading the book! I have never heard of nor have seen a hornbook before either. I would use both of these videos for a class assignment with my students. Making candles are so much fun! I have made many candles when I was younger, just not these kind. Also, I think finding a way to make a horn book with my class would be fun. Being in school, elementary through high school, teachers of mine would always find projects for us to do that made us connect with the book we were reading. I remember when I was in the 5th grade, we were reading a book and in the book they made their own ice cream. Our teacher had us all make our own ice cream in class. It was fun!