[MOSAIC] Determining Importance

[Eve]

Hi Joy,

What book are you using for the Trail of Tears?  I'll be teaching my 
class about this topic later this year, and this sounds like a great activity!

Thanks for sharing!

Eve

At 06:32 PM 11/29/2006, you wrote:
>We're revisiting Determining Importance this week by doing a 
>Textmapping project using a short book about the Trail of Tears. The 
>groups were actively engaged in determining importance like I've 
>never seen them before. Today we highlighted text features like 
>italics and bold print. Tomorrow we will highlight names of people, 
>places, and geographic features (rivers, lakes, mountains, etc.). 
>Friday we are going to highlight the problems encountered by the 
>Cherokee, and the solutions, if any. Then we are going to create 
>story bags using icons the students will create to signify their own 
>imaginary journey along the Trail of Tears.
>                    Joy/NC/4