Target: 5th grade author study Natalie Babbitt

[Cathy Rosenstock <CRMERCURY@AOL.COM>]

Dear Colleagues,

A new teacher at my school is planning an author study of Natalie Babbitt.
She wants to do a wonderful job (of course) with this extended project.  And
she would like to develop activities to accommodate special needs students.

She has found enough copies of Tuck Everlasting, so that title will be the
book her class focuses on.

I am looking for ideas to make this project fun and meaningful.  One
possibility I thought about is focusing on Babbitt's drawing and painting
background and finding (and illustrating) some of the descriptive scenes from
Tuck Everlasting.

Another possibility is to consider the desire for everlasting life and how
people in the present and the past have saught to live longer than the normal
life span.  Specifically I'm thinking about Ponce de Leon and his search for
the Fountain of Youth.

Tuck Everlasting is such a remarkable book.

I would love to have your suggestions for activities related to an author
study of Natalie Babbitt.

Thank you,

Cathy Rosenstock, LMS
Marlborough Intermediate Elementary School
Marlborough Middle School
Marlborough, MA 01752

crmercury@aol.com

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