Enhancing Mini-lessons with Life Outside the Classroom
What could better inspire writing than recalling your fondest childhood memory? Thanks to NPR's Morning Edition, students were able to listen in as Sharon Robinson recounted a favorite memory of her father Jackie Robinson. Listen to the interview to hear an excerpt of her new book Testing the Ice in which Sharon details the caring and courage her dad showed one winter morning at home.
Hearing the man-made rainstorm of acapella group Perpetuum Jazzile (see below), students realized all the places "where poetry hides" in their everyday lives.