[LM_NET] Biography Hash recipe

[Carol Van Brocklin <crucena@MOZCOM.COM>]

Dear LM-Netters:
So many of you asked for the “biography hash” recipe, that I thought I had
better send it off before getting around to posting a real “hit” on all of
the great biography plans that I got yesterday.

Thanks again for all of you help. For those of you who are interested in
the food available here in the Philippines, I put my own version at the
end of the e-mail.

        a.. Birth date and place - Yellow raisins (We come into the world
wrinkled,
and see brightness around us!  I know.... it's a stretch... but it works! :)

        b.. Family members - Peanuts, unsalted (Some family members can be
a bit....
nutty!
        c.. School Life - Goldfish crackers: fish swim in schools.
        d.. Childhood -  Alphabits cereal: The alphabet is something
everyone learns
in childhood.
        e.. Hobbies, Interests, and Activities - Bugles (sometimes we like
to =
'blow our own horns'.)
        f.. Anecdotes and interesting life story - Pretzels (lives have
interesting
stories, with = twists and turns, ups and downs, just like a pretzel)
        g.. Career - Chocolate chips (When a person makes lots of money =
good
fortune, we say he or she is "in the chips")
        h.. Reason for Fame - Cheerios (We 'cheer' a famous person's
successes.)
        i.. Later life/Old age - M & M's (This stands for 'More Mature'
and we
talked about Mr. Bentley's mature time of life.)
        j.. Death - Black raisins (We become shriveled and the lights go
out.)
        k.. Photos and Likenesses - Reese's Puffs cereal = It is
multi-colored and
biographies are about = people of all races, religions, gender, etc.
      Special thanks to LM_NET, media specialist Patty Melville, and
author/lecturer
Judy Freeman for this "recipe" for a successful biography lesson!


(Filipino Version)

Childhood—Chocolate Kisses since many people want to hug and kiss babies
when they first see them.

School—I was actually able to find some “prawn crackers” which are a kind
of fish flavored snack that they love here shaped like fish.

Angles and twists—we can’t get regular pretzels here, but you can get them
candy coated so we had chocolate coated (dark) for some of the bad things
that may happen – milk coated (white) for the good things and strawberry
coated for the ones that are just so spectacularly good or bad that they
can’t be anything else.

Breakfast Cereal is not readily available, so we used a form of fruit
loops and talked about how some people still make an “o” with their
fingers to let you know that you have done something good. It also helps
they are different colors so we could talk about how these people who
encourage you are of different races, religions, ages, etc.

Peanuts and Raisins are available here.

Carol Van Brocklin
Librarian
Faith Academy-Davao
Davao City, Philippines

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