I spent last Thursday with students at Bryant Elementary in Lake Oswego, Oregon. It's always a special pleasure to present to small numbers of students in the library.
The 5th and 6th graders and I did two writing workshops as well, focused on writing a letter to a "Person of the Past." They had all read APPLES TO OREGON so I gave them the option of writing to one of the characters in the story: Delicious, her mom or dad, even Baby Albert!
When asked to come up with a few sentences to finish the sentence: "You would be most surprised to find," I myself was surprised at how many of these 10-12 year-olds said, "That we use cars now but the price of gas is $4.00 a gallon so we might have to go back to horses and wagons like in your day!"
I should not have been surprised, though. These young people not only listen to their parents' worries and fears, but have their own ideas and concerns about energy and the environment.
The 5th and 6th graders and I did two writing workshops as well, focused on writing a letter to a "Person of the Past." They had all read APPLES TO OREGON so I gave them the option of writing to one of the characters in the story: Delicious, her mom or dad, even Baby Albert!
When asked to come up with a few sentences to finish the sentence: "You would be most surprised to find," I myself was surprised at how many of these 10-12 year-olds said, "That we use cars now but the price of gas is $4.00 a gallon so we might have to go back to horses and wagons like in your day!"
I should not have been surprised, though. These young people not only listen to their parents' worries and fears, but have their own ideas and concerns about energy and the environment.
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