July 12th Update

This has been a very busy week in our ED641 world. I finished the book Saturday and I'm content with the ending. I think a lot of people are used to their endings wrapped nicely in bright pink bows. I like to watch a lot of foreign movies and they hardly ever end that way. It other words, they are realistic. I'm glad that Salisbury ended with the disposition of "hoping for the best, but expecting the worst". The epilogue solidified the feelings of sadness and injustice that I felt for all of the main characters of the story. I don't want to say too much and spoil the ending for anyone.
Moving on! The more that my group discusses our Interdisciplinary Unit assignment, the more we all feel comfortable and confident with accomplishing the task. The Literacy Autobiography assignment was a nice stroll down memory lane. Sometimes it's hard to organize your memories because they flow in a holistic manner from mind, to fingers, to computer. I'm in the finalization processes of this assignment and will be turning it in shortly. I'm going to add the Reader Response Activities handout to my big bag of crazy. I think it's going to be very useful in the classroom. There are different learning styles and I think that the handout offers suggestions to that will enable each style to excel. I look forward to seeing all the graffiti boards.