Graham Salisbury

I apologize, again.  Last week's entry didn't get published, again!  From now on, I will make sure to check that it actually goes up.  Because that note never got to you, I'll move back the book order due date to Tuesday. Sorry.

On Wednesday, the author Graham Salisbury visited us. He told us stories about growing up in Hawai`i and answered the kids' questions about Under the Blood Red Sun. To get ready for Graham Salisbury's visit, we read Under the Blood Red Sun and thought of questions to ask him along the way. We also did some writing. Earlier in the year, we read a book called Love that Dog.  The main character in the book wrote poetry "inspired by" Mr. Walter Dean Meyers. So we decided to do some writing "inspired by" Mr. Graham Salisbury.  We were interested in how he used one word or short phrases as sentences like, “Close. Real close.” or “Silence. Dark.” It sounded like poetry to us. We each chose three words or phrases like that from Under the Blood Red Sun and wrote a short piece with them. Through this, we explored how to use these short phrases to add to description and make an impact.  These writing pieces will be displayed in our classroom. Please come take a look.

For reading homework this week, your child will be taking home their reading journal to write a letter to me about their reading.  They have an instruction letter in their book to follow, but here's a copy, just in case. reading letter.pdf

Posted on November 16, 2007 6:36 AM | Permalink