Comments on: Carnivals! http://joannejacobs.com/2008/04/15/carnivals-15/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Diana http://joannejacobs.com/2008/04/15/carnivals-15/#comment-74029 Diana Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:14:47 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/04/15/carnivals-15/#comment-74029 This year my students (seventh- and eighth-grade English language learners) read <i>The Old Man and the Sea</i>. One day, when we had a few minutes to spare, I had the seventh graders pick a favorite quote from the book and illustrate it. One student drew a picture that I hope I never lose. It shows the skeleton of the marlon up against a barren shore with shapes that seem like rocks and debris. The sky has two puffy clouds and a rather harsh, lumpy sun. The overall scene is desolate yet in some way geometrically elegant. The quote: "Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for." This year my students (seventh- and eighth-grade English language learners) read The Old Man and the Sea. One day, when we had a few minutes to spare, I had the seventh graders pick a favorite quote from the book and illustrate it. One student drew a picture that I hope I never lose.

It shows the skeleton of the marlon up against a barren shore with shapes that seem like rocks and debris. The sky has two puffy clouds and a rather harsh, lumpy sun. The overall scene is desolate yet in some way geometrically elegant. The quote:

“Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.”

]]> By: Walter E. Wallis http://joannejacobs.com/2008/04/15/carnivals-15/#comment-73984 Walter E. Wallis Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:50:30 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/04/15/carnivals-15/#comment-73984 Sometimes, a job is what you do. Sometimes, a job is what you do.

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