Please make a plan as to how you might share this book with the rest of the class. To what does the book lend itslelf? How can you develop a feasible and engaging group share:
Poems
Character webs
Person on the Street Interview
Different Endings: leave class guessing
ABC book (electronic format?)
Act out a dramatic scene from the book
Please respond to one other entry on how to share this book.
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Here we go...Good Luck Everyone
Would you believe I finally ordered this book. I looked everywhere (except the bookstore on campus) and it was nowhere tobe found. I should be able to begin reading tomorrow night. I'm sorry about the delay
I started reading the book and I was hooked because I started to think that the main character appears to be resentful because she has younger brothers and sisters. Having grown up as an only child I immediately asked myself, "Why is she so selfish?"
I also related to having a loving grandmother, because as a youngster she was my primary care giver. So for me the book ranks high in "believability" and I am interested in the central character.
Hi everyone--
I'm looking forward to reading this book and will keep you posted!
I loved the book! Anyone have ideas about how to share it with the rest of the class?
How about we each take a segment of the book, and briefly share it with the class. We could also talk about what parts of that particular segment impressed us most.
Hi everyone, I don't know about you all but I cried through most of this book. I didn't think it was going to be so emotional for me. I really, was surprised by my reaction. Maybe I am just sensitive. Anyway, I am not sure what to do now. I responded to almost all the blogs except the research one. I will need to think about that one some more. Anyway, I look forward to reading your posts. Bobbie
Bobbie, for me chapter seven and eight were real tear jerkers. It's like Fletcher brought up memories and thoughts that I had pushed aside for years.
Then, the last chapter,"The Family Secret", made me laugh out loud. I enjoyed the way he brings the audience through the stages of grief. for me the book was really good because of the author's use of sensory detail.
I have to admit that this is one of my favorite read alouds. I love the author’s humor and how he intertwines it with a spectrum of emotions. Unfortunately I will not be at class on Tuesday because I have open house that night. Please fill me in on anything I miss. I'll send everyone an email as well.
r"The Family Secret' was a terrific ending for this rollercoaster ride of emotions. i felt as John did. The shoe in the pudding scene was hilarious! The Abernathy familiy's secret was a source of great solidarity and healing.
Each chapter of Fig Pudding resonates with strong emotion often leavened with gentle humor, realization of loss, or outright hilarity. As a reader, I empathized completely with the Abernathy family and could think of similar times in my own life and how I lived through them. A good way to introduce and explore this book might be to read a chapter to the class and open up discussion of events and people in our lives that relate to the poignant events and hghly developed characters created in Fig Pudding.
Hi all,
I just wanted to relate a few of our thoughts about Fig Pudding to the criteria in our text regarding "what makes a good book". All of us had praise for this book and related to its characters and theme in a variety of ways. It is clearly well-written with a compelling theme, plot, rich imaginative language with authentic dialogue with highly developed characters that we, and a wide variety of children, can care about and root for.
Fig Pudding offers insight into family life--from joyous to traumatic and elevates our individual experiences to a more universal level of empathy and awareness. Thisis a very good book because as our text puts it, "Titles of lasting value can almost be defined as experiences that re-create the very texture of life." (p. 11)
Well put Debbie, I think that this book, as emotional as it was for me, is a great reflection of family life, the good and the bad. I also want to add that I have been sharing the story with anyone who will listen to me.
Although, at first I was taken back with my own emotional response and thought who would read such a book with a terrible event, I am now experiencing that "awareness" Debbbie wrote about. See y'all in class. Bobbie
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