Remember the May B. Book Club Kit Giveaway? Here's a story from one of the runners-up. Sarah Baldwin teaches at the Batam Island International School in Batam, Indonesia. Her students (first through seventh grade) have just finished reading May B. I couldn't resist posting her lovely email and the pictures that accompanied it:
Our classroom journey through the world of May B has been an enlightening adventure!
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| Marking out the dimensions of a soddy |
The children excelled at writing up and presenting reports on the flora and fauna native to Kansas. They really enjoyed marking out the inside of a soddy home and felt cramped just imagining the dirt walls, ceiling and seemingly endless snow outside.
Your vocabulary words were accessible and insightful, especially to those who have never seen the Midwest of the United States. Most of all, the students enjoyed the short video clips of you describing
soddy homes and
poetry. Thank you for preparing those for us!
Thank you for providing a wonderful
Study Guide on which we could hang all our ideas and questions surrounding May B. As a teacher, I was gratified to read the students' responses to the the KWL Chart: Life on the Prairie. They definitely remembered the fact that buffalo chips weren't like Dorritos and teachers could be as young as 15 years old! I really enjoyed hearing students' insights into the discussion questions.
May B was just as much a gift to me as it was to my students. I grew up wanting to be La
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See what writing books and sharing them with the world can do?! Love this so much!!
This is wonderful and encouraging, Caroline. Thank you for sharing it.
I am attempting to write my next novel--in verse, using May B, Out of the Dust, and Witness as my study guides. *fingers crossed*
so nice! what a fantastic thing to happen for a writer!
This is so sweet and just plain wonderful!
What a great book club! I love that you have prepared a kit. Is it also available online on your site?
It's great that they are enjoying your book and learning from it so much. Buffalo chips--ha! It is a bit of a shock when someone first learns what they are. :)
Mia,
The kit was a giveaway I did. The study guide (link within the post) has all the activities mentioned here.
What a touching sweet result your book has had on people (teachers and students) and across the world.
Milt