[etni] fw: war in class?
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- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:54:45 +0200
From: Sharon Tzur - <sharontzu5@xxxxxxx>
Subject: war in class?
Dear Etniers:
Going back to normal doesn't mean ignoring what is happening
around us. I do feel that we should deal with some of the
emotional aspects of the war, although my colleagues on
the staff did not feel the same as I. I don't think one homeroom
hour a week - one that is often spent at the beginning of the
year on all sorts of organization matters, is enough. I don't think
we necessarily have to do it during the first few lessons, but
sometime before the holidays.
I have found some of the suggestions I've read on Etni helpful,
and I hope there will be more suggestions. . Here are some
ideas I'm thinking over.
Writing - (as someone wrote - writing about the war would
only be one option students could choose from). Some
possible topics - Having students write about their feelings.
Writing a diary entry for one day of the summer. Writing a
get-well card to soldiers or civilians who are hospitalized
due to injuries they sustained during the war. Writing a
condolence note to a family that lost a son in the war.
In the book I use with my native speakers in 9th grade,
there is a story called "The Corn Planting". It is about a
couple who lose a son in tragic circumstances. The night
before the funeral, someone sees them - they go out to
their field a spend the whole night planting corn. I thought
it is a beautiful story touching on how people deal with loss.
It is a problem to deal with such issues with new classes.
I think I'll start with the class that I know and see how it
goes there before doing anything with classes that I'm just
meeting for the first time.
Sharon Tzur
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