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Although produced for the
2002 Children's Book Week theme: Book Week - Book Feast,
the following ideas from journals and websites are still available
to support a Feasts theme.
- The Literature Base
- Classroom
- Ideas from Websites:
Vol 13, Issue
2, May 2001
Includes an annotated list of fiction and nonfiction titles
suitable for Early and Middle Childhood students. The ideas
presented are based on Aliki's book, A Medieval Feast,
published in 1983, which may be in your library collection.
- The suggestions involve students working
on outcomes across learning areas: The Arts, English, Society
and Environment and Mathematics. For example, older students
research medieval life and customs focusing on food and
feasting. Alternatively, they find out about indigenous
foods and plan and hold either a medieval or an outback
feast, incorporating entertainment between courses based
on stories and poetry.
- For younger students, teachers hold storytelling
sessions during Book Week sharing stories about food, supported
by parents who supply lunches appropriate to the daily topic.
A subscription to The
Literature Base is worthwhile for
school libraries. It is always full of relevant and practical
ideas for incorporating literature into the curriculum.
The
July issue of The Literature Base includes three pages of reproducible
worksheets related to Book Week - Book Feast:
- a crossword suitable for Middle Childhood
students
- a join the dots activity aimed at Early Childhood
students
- a quiz for Early Adolescence Students, and
teachers
A subscription to The
Literature Base is worthwhile for school libraries.
It is always full of relevant and practical ideas for incorporating
literature into the curriculum.
An article by Diana Whitton in this issue of Classroom
magazine contains suggestions for Music, Drama and Visual Arts
activities based on the topic of food, which fit in well with
the theme of Feasts.
Diana lists picture books and novels as well as poems and songs
to share with students to stimulate thinking on the topic. She
then provides easy-to-implement activities that are sure to
engage students in Early and Middle Childhood.
A subscription to Classroom is worthwhile
for school libraries.
Jenny Stubbs of the Ipswich District
Teacher-Librarian Network, Qld developed an interesting site
to support teachers and teacher librarians planning Feasts
learning activities for their students during Children's Book
Week 2002. It includes:
- A unit on genetically modified food, using
Jackie French's Café on Callisto as a discussion
starter, with links to relevant websites on nutrition and
genetically modified food
- A trivia quiz relating food and books
- A matching exercise relating food and book
titles using the Hot Potatoes software
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