The new literature anthologies for seventh grade include a play based on Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol, it is titled, "Scrooge & Marley" - we will be "reading", performing scenes and watching a version of this play during the remaining days leading to the Winter Break. This is a classic novella that all children and adults can learn from. Our "Big Question" guiding this unit is "Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves." Scrooge, the main character, learns a lot about himself as he is forced to reflect on his life through the eyes of other people who have been in his life and the three ghosts that visit him. This week I will be taking my family to see the production of "A Christmas Carol" at the Hanover theater. I hope that you all will be so lucky to spend some quality time with your families to view a version of this classic Christmas story.
Grade 9 has been thoroughly engrossed in viewing a classic musical this week, "West Side Story," as they complete their unit on Elizabethan Theater and Romeo & Juliet. It has been a joy for me to bring this cultural classic to them and to see their reactions to the romance and tragedy told through song and dance. There have been some tissues used! They are preparing to write an essay of comparison between the two stories which will be due before Winter Break.
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