MILKWEED by Jerry Spinelli

This page has resources and classwork to support your study of this novel

Pictures taken from Wikipedia of the Milkweed plant

The leaves The flower

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The seeds

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Group Work - Teacher Teacher


Your task is to read the entire book, complete the worksheet to give you some guidelines and then in your assigned groups work on your particular aspect of the novel. The purpose is for you to develop notes on the aspect (eg character/setting/theme) and then present these to the class. It is important to develop information first. You must be able to give the class notes of some kind on the aspect you are covering. You ill have three periods to develop material, three to develop the presentation and one period per group to present material to the class. After all six groups have presented, the teacher will discuss essay structure and requirements and then there will be an assessment for end of year reports.

The group worksheets are saved below so that you can develop your own individual understanding of these topics if the presentations are not adequate.

















SOME EXAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK ON SYMBOLISM
Prezi example from the net on the Yellow stone as a symbol

http://prezi.com/ehzdqtkfeulf/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

A blog on MIlkweed
http://smithm018milkweed.blogspot.co.nz/?view=classic