Still time to Write about the Holidays

[Anna J. Small Roseboro]

What a propitious time to plan lessons on writing personal narratives when so many families celebrate different kinds of holidays! 

See Writing about Holidays an assignment that harvests from the fertile fields of holiday celebrations.

Note you can make this a cultural experience based on real or imagined experiences.  As a sensitive professional educator, you'll know how to adapt the assignment so that fragile emotions of the holidays can be channeled in a positive way, and ways you can extend this assignment into one that is multi-modal.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to each of you as you celebrate this time of year in ways that reflect your own cultural tradition.

PS.  See other middle school assignments in TEACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS: Incorporating Twenty-first Ce....