Jane, that sounds like a great Project.  Thanks for suggesting it.

José Santos
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Years ago I taught 9th grade and did something we called The Word
Project.
It was a long-term project with about ten sections requiring all sorts
of skills.  Each student picked a word (nouns worked best), researched
its etymology in the OED, found it in a poem (which they explicated),
wrote an original piece, and created a visual representation, among
other things. The other parts I would have to look up once I get home--
if you are interested.
Kids really enjoyed this.  We would have a display of the visuals and
their folders of written materials at the end of the term.  Years later
students would return and talk with enthusiasm of their particular
words.

Jane Saral
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