That's great, Gretchen!  I love it!
Joanne
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From: Gretchen Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: Connie Weaver's minilessons


> In a message dated 7/24/2000 7:22:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>
> << And how does one deal with curriculum demands when trying to implement
> workshop?  I feel caught in the middle of old expectations and new
ideas....
> >>
>
> Joanne,
>
> I agree with you about being overwhelmed!  I have read so much about
> workshopping, and the reality still seems to be at odds with what I'm
trying
> to accomplish.  I've actually resorted to "bribing" the sister-in-law of
one
> of our teachers to come to school this summer to give me a private
inservice
> in writer's workshop!  (I'm buying her lunch anywhere in Silicon Valley
and
> she's going to show me how she implements the grammar aspects in her
> workshops.  I'll share anything that looks interesting - off-list if this
is
> too far afield for this list.)
>
> Connie - thank you for your kind words and syllabus.  I printed it out and
am
> using it to help me plan.  It would be wonderful to see what each of us
does
> with Image Grammar.  Maybe your students might want to mentor a lesson
with
> mine?
>
> One gem from last year I'd like to share.  We were discussing absolutes in
my
> sixth grade class, and I had printed out some transparencies with various
> pictures as Harry Noden suggests in _Image Grammar_. They were really into
> the activity but still a little shaky on the concept.  One young soul
> pondered the picture of a goalie practicing blocking shots and went to the
> board and wrote, "Balls zooming, the goalie tried to block the goals."  He
> still isn't quite sure why the class exploded in laughter, and I never had
> the nerve to explain that particular example fully . . . .
>
> Gretchen in San Jose
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