posted 11/21/11 03:49 PM | updated 11/21/11 03:49 PM
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Students Inspired by Acclaimed Author

Wood River Middle School students met acclaimed author Lois Lowry earlier this month. Author of The Giver and other books, Lowry spoke to the entire WRMS student body and held a book signing for students prior to the reading. The event was sponsored by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts. How are Language Arts teachers using Lowry’s books in their classrooms?

Lowry’s books are widely read among teens and pre-teens. The Giver is on the required reading list for 7th grade at WRMS. Among others, Language Arts teachers Scott Chaffin and Donna McKelvey are using Lowry’s presentation as inspiration for several Language Arts projects.

8th grade Language Arts teacher Scott Chaffin says, “ I use The Giver at the beginning of the year to review concepts such as variations to plot , conflict, setting, etc. With regard to variations of plot, The Giver does not have a resolution. So, I show the students how this looks on a non-traditional plot diagram. I then show them other variations to the plot diagram. This is excellent because it doesn't matter which teacher the students may have had in 7th grade; they all have that background to Lowry's story and typically they enjoyed the story which serves as a hook later in the year.”

In Donna McKelvey’s Language Arts class, students make illustrations, timelines, and venn diagrams based on The Giver. For more details on this lesson, click here.

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