https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i "Orphans were increasingly viewed as precious children deserving of families....Many beautiful stories have been written to illustrate the plans and care taken by adults to find the child adopted by the family (Meese, 2000, p. 132)." en-us 2016-07-26 15:49:53 UTC 2026-03-01 16:26:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556562 (See We Wanted You tile.)]]> 2016-08-04 18:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556562 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556704 After reading this short picturebook that details how the adoptive parents prepared for the day they would meet their child, students will create a copycat book that imagines what preparations the birth family might have made for the day they said goodbye to their baby.]]> 2016-08-04 18:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556704 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556861 This book is dedicated to "all the children adopted, the parents who loved them but could not keep them, and the parents who traveled far to find them."  How are all members of the adoption triad represented in this book?

After reading this book and Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale, by Karen Henry Clark, students will create their own fairy tales telling the story of an adoption.  Students will also submit a short commentary on their fairy tale, explaining the decisions they made in how they portrayed the adoption story.]]> 2016-08-04 18:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556861 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556897 Students may choose to read one of the following picturebooks:

-We Wanted You, by Liz Rosenberg and Peter Catalanotto
-Born From the Heart, by Berta Serrano
-Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale, by Karen Katz
-I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, by Rose Lewis
-Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story, by Yumi Heo

After finishing the book, students will discuss their reactions in small groups. How does the author's portrayal support or neglect the voices of each member of the adoption triad? Students will work together to revise the books (with attention to both the text and the illustrations) with the intention of giving voice to members of the triad not currently represented in the narrative. ]]> 2016-08-04 18:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556897 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556933 2016-08-04 18:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556933 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556971 2016-08-04 18:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117556971 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117557103 After viewing this movie, students will form small groups of 3-4 to engage in discussion using the following prompts:

-How does not having a family affect the main character?
-How does finding a family affect the main character?
-What does the adoptee hope to gain from finding a family?
-What does the adoptive family hope to gain from adopting a child?
-How does the adoption portrayed in this movie reflect the beliefs about and attitudes toward adoption during the era in which it is set?  How does it defy society's expectations? 

Groups will contribute their conclusions to posters dedicated to each question and arranged around the classroom.  In carousel-style, groups will add their thoughts to each poster.  When each movie has been viewed and analyzed (Anne of Green Gables, Annie, and The Odd Life of Timothy Green), the class's comments will be synthesized into a matrix comparing their analysis of each film and era.]]> 2016-08-04 18:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117557103 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117557643 Students will choose one of the following books to read as part of a literature circle:

-Jake's Orphan, by Peggy Brooke
-Dave at Night, by Gail Carson Levine
-The Ocean Within, by V.M. Caldwell

Students will use double-entry journals to organize their thinking to prepare for literature circle discussions.  As a group, literature circle members will create a poster depicting how adoption was portrayed in the book they read, how family and adoption was defined by the time period of the book, and how the characters viewed family and adoption.  New groups will then be formed with members from each of the literature circles to share their posters and discuss similarities and differences in how adoption is portrayed in each novel.]]> 2016-08-04 18:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117557643 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117631877 (See We Wanted You tile.)]]> 2016-08-06 03:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117631877 KatherineNelson https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117632828 (See The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale tile.)]]> 2016-08-06 04:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/KatherineNelson/9dque4x0q28i/wish/117632828