tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post2133163432082971109..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: A teaching storyMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-8698431544337966182016-05-05T09:42:50.435-05:002016-05-05T09:42:50.435-05:00Quite a tale. The next eighty-year-old should be p...Quite a tale. The next eighty-year-old should be pretty careful around this jinx.<br /><br />Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-57624378341557039742016-05-05T09:26:06.718-05:002016-05-05T09:26:06.718-05:00When I started teaching children's literature,...When I started teaching children's literature, I would have the students write a final paper on some issue in the literature, but I found a pretty big problem in inadequate referencing (I'm sure there's some term for that). I came up with an assignment in which the student interviews someone, 4 years old, or 40, or 90, asks what books he or she remembers from childhood, reads those books, writes about what issues they raise or how they reflect the times. One student last semester contacted an 80 year old man, arranged to interview him; meanwhile the man drags a ladder over to his attic to retrieve the books, falls off and succumbs. Therefore, the paper was late, a poignant, creative story full of gravity.Geo-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228768953715204493noreply@blogger.com