Thursday, July 10, 2008
Linda Rice and Jayne both made a comment today that sometimes it helps to know the background of the poet. That was so evident when looking at the different poetry books. I know I have done this with artists in order to understand the pieces of art better, and on the 4th grade level we do sporadic author studies. This just brought it home to me that I need to mention the author, poet, or artist more in my discussions, or require the students to learn more about them.
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Marlene, I too thought about this. In the past I have not given the life of any author enough consideration to understand his perspective. I too will strive harder to do this and to communicate this to the students. I am glad you wrote this; it rather validates my line of thinking. Thanks!
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