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Re: Japanese Class Seeking Hand-Made Picture Book Exchange
Posted by michele on 4/04/09
On 5/05/08, Rajlakshmi Golchha wrote:
> On 4/13/08, Elizabeth Bowman wrote:
>> Hi! I teach a 6th grade World Geography class. They are of
>> mixed ability. If you do not have anyone that is doing this
>> yet, I would love to have my class work on the books.
>>
>> Thanks! Elizabeth Bowman
>> On 12/02/07, Shiun Junior High School wrote:
>>> Two 8th grade English classes at Shiun Junior High School
>>> in Takamatsu, Japan are looking for Elementary Students
>>> (4th or 5th grade) to give gifts of Hand-Made picture
>>> books of Japanese fairy tales.
>>>
>>> There are two classes (25 students each) collaborating on
>>> 8 picture books in English with hand-drawn illustrations.
>>> The students would very much like to give the finished
>>> products to classes of children in the United States,
>>> Australia, Canada, or Great Britain.
>>>
>>> Ideally, we would like to recieve some home-made books in
>>> return (of stories from your own country)... though the
>>> students are not expecting anything in return (if we can
>>> recieve them we'd like it to be a surprise!)
>>>
>>> Elementary classes, Girl Scout troops, clubs, church
>>> groups etc are all welcome to participate... but the
>>> students, though 13 and 14 years old, are not confident in
>>> their English abilities and would like to work with
>>> younger students.
>>>
>>> If you are interested, please reply with details about
>>> your school or youth group!
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>>
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