M.)+Class+Assignment+-+Verse+Novel

The verse novel I read is "Aleutian Sparrow" by Karen Hesse. The subject matter of this novel is sad and it is hard not to be moved by the story. The phrases used by the author really create a vivid picture of the hardships and joy that the Alutian's endured during World War II.

Hesse, K. (2003). Aleutian sparrow. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. Cyber Hunt for Karen Hesse I created a glog for this novel. It was fun to do and it was necessary to really think about the theme and the mood of the novel. I think this is a great project for kids because they can be creative and they have to think carefully about what they have read. Everything from the theme to the colors to the background all come from the readers understanding of the content of the novel. Although this is not a difficult project it will make students think more deeply about what they have read. [|Glogster for "Aleutian Sparrow"]        The second project I did for this novel was a music video. This was also a fun project that took a lot of thought. Finding the pictures was not hard but it did take time to find the right ones. Finding a song that I thought was appropriate was time consuming. I enjoyed putting the presentation together and I think it works well for this subject matter. I created this as a powerpoint and then with Photopeach [|Photo peach]. Photopeach was very easy to use but you must have the premium version to upload songs to it.



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The third project I did for this novel was a motivational poster: ﻿This was another quick and easy project but I think Children would enjoy coming up with motivational sayings and finding appropriate pictures. The finished product is very professional.



I used the website [|Big Huge Labs] for this project. This website has many other projects that might be fun for the classroom.