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Re: Lesson plan idea for book"A Child Called It'
Posted by Debbielyn on 4/20/08

    I actually read parts of this book with my fourth grade
    advanaced LA class. One student in the class was reading it,
    and she and I would often discuss it. Our conversations
    interested the other kids who begged me to read the book as
    a class. I had to get permission from my principal as well
    as parent permission. We didn't read the whole book, I felt
    that there were some parts of the book that were too
    sensetive to discuss at such a young age.
    I focused on character education aspects, learning not to
    judge a person based on their appearance and actions. David
    was judged harshly by both students and teachers alike
    because he stole food and always looked dirty and smelled.
    There was a reason for how he looked and behaved. One
    teacher finally looked deeper and she was the reason he was
    helped. We also discussed how other children could have
    helped David.
    A parent who was concerned with the book content came in and
    observed some of my lessons. She was very pleased with how
    the lessons were presented, and ended up returning just to
    participate. I also had the school social worker come in and
    do a presentation on abuse. Before her presentation, as a
    class we brainstormed questions we wanted to ask her. She
    said she was very impressed with the depth of the students
    questions.

    I still have people who question my use of the book, but
    looking back, I still feel I made a good choice. I was very
    careful about my lessons, and the content I used. My
    students throughout the year had also proved to me, through
    other content material, that they were mature and
    intelligent enough to handle the material presented.

    On 7/02/07, Pennie Dahl wrote:
    > I'm looking for traching guides and lesson plans to go
    > along with Dave Pelzers book "A Child Called It". I will
    > teaching 11th and 12th graders English/Lit. fir a summer
    > school program. I'm having a hrad time finding anything as
    > of yet. Any ideas please feel free to email me
    > pdahl12@aol.com

     
     

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