Fellowship StoriesSharing the Past with the Present

Tell Me Your Story:Enhancing Writing Skills

Autobiographies The Writing Process Modeled Writing

Technology Component Animoto.com Illustrated with a slide

show Posted in edmodo.com

library http://www.edmodo.com/home

Blogging:Enhancing Writing and Vocabulary Skills

Edmodo.com http://www.edmodo.com/home

Used as an electronic journal Students wrote about their special memories

in their blogs.

Blogging:Enhancing Writing and Vocabulary Skills

Building Background Knowledge A Beautiful Pearl by Nancy Whitelaw Sunshine Home by Eve Bunting

Students used their research skills to learn about the following topics: assisted living geriatrics dementia Alzheimer’s Disease

Students shared this information in their edmodo blogs.

Interviews: Enhancing listening and speaking skills

As a class, we created a set of questions that we would like to ask the residents at The Fellowship Home.

We visited this assisted living facility; toured the grounds; learned about careers and the need for similar facilities in the future; interviewed the residents; and ate lunch with them.

Biographies:Enhancing Writing Skills

Using information gleaned from their interviews, students wrote biographies of residents at The Fellowship Home.

Modeled Writing Writing Process

Podcasting with AudacityEnhancing Reading and Speaking Skills

Students podcasted the stories that they wrote about residents at The Fellowship Home.

Podcasting

Sharing our Stories:Enhancing Communication Skills

We returned to The Fellowship Home to share our stories with the residents.

This project was…

Positive Rewarding Engaging Memorable

In Memory of Amanda Perez