We've all been there. It's late, you can't sleep and you're watching a late night television program. Then all of a sudden... You hear Sarah McLachlan's "In The Arms of an Angel..." and horrible images of puppies and kitties and other animals in cages pop up on screen.
Every time that commercial appears (no matter how many times I've seen it) it's a tear jerker each time!! It's moving... It gets to me... And my wallet. Well, one night, as I reached for the tissues, this great idea fell upon me!
Every time that commercial appears (no matter how many times I've seen it) it's a tear jerker each time!! It's moving... It gets to me... And my wallet. Well, one night, as I reached for the tissues, this great idea fell upon me!
I felt like this could be the perfect opportunity to show my 8th graders what thinking from another perspective could be like. We've been studying word choice (recently mood & tone) but now we're starting to shift to Voice & Perspective. After learning about the different types of point of view, I decided to begin my 8th graders with writing in first person. It would be way too easy to write from their own point of view! It was much more engaging to think from the perspective of a caged animal! This was not as easy as it looks. My students (yet again) arose to the challenge and wow'ed me with their creativity! They even incorporated great mood/tone as well! Take a look at some of the 'Sarah McLachlan' inspired poetry below.
Many students chose to write from the perspective of their pets, while others chose to write from the perspective of wild animals caged in zoos!
After the Elks Essay, be on the look out for more project posts soon!
Until Next a Time,
Ritchie
Until Next a Time,
Ritchie