“They must not leave the city for at least two hundred years,” said the chief builder. The Instructions When the city of Ember was just built and not yet inhabited, the chief builder and the assistant builder, both of them weary, sat down to speak of the future. The Last Message Journey Through The Books Of Ember Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Jeanne DuPrau Copyright Page In the debriefing they were all bouncing ideas off of each other saying things like, “I was scared too! Miss L never doesn’t smile.THE CITY OF EMBER Jeanne DuPrau RANDOM HOUSE NEW YORKĬontents Title Page Map The Instructions 1. It’s important to let students talk about their feelings.One of my students said, “I’m going to remember this activity forever!” Students love role-play! When you can let them experience something first hand that they are learning about, it really sticks.My teacher said, “this activity wouldn’t have been as effective if they didn’t respect you.” The only reason my students reacted the way they did is because I have high expectations and practice a good method of classroom management.I’m so excited to read this whole book to them! It would also work really well in a guided reading group. They are going to remember their job now for the rest of the book and see how the people in their jobs play out while reading. Then they worked on reflection sheet where they talked about what they would have to do for their job (we also gave them a job description sheet) and if they were excited about it or not. My teacher and I debriefed them by holding a conversation saying, “We wanted you to see what the characters in the book felt like! How did this activity make you fee?” A lot of the students responded, “Scared, nervous, upset.” And we said, “exactly! That’s what the kids in the book felt like.” I told them a few examples like how they are lucky they get the oportunity to pick their own jobs like how I got to pick to be a teacher. I came back with a worksheet and with my normal smile and high pitched voice said, “So what did you think of that?” All of the students busted out laughing and talking about the crazy experience they just had. They came up one by one picking an assignment from the bag and reading it out loud. My teacher walked aorund the room telling the students to stop smiling and sit up straight. The kids were so confused but surprisingly went along with it (I think they were scared!) I acted just as the mayor did in the book. We had very strict faces (we didn’t smile the whole time– and for anyone who knows me, knows that this is not something I EVER do). Then we came in with serious faces and told them to put everything away because it was assignment day. My teacher and I let them go in the class and then shut the door to let them process the information. In the afternoon (we had read the chapter in the morning) we wrote “Assignment Day” on our whiteboard and the students saw it as they came back in from library. My teacher and I found an activity online that allowed us to “act-out” assignment day in our classroom. The mayor is very rude and controlling over the kids. This is when a group of 12 year olds get their jobs by picking out of a hat. The first chapter of the book is called “Assignment Day”. I told her, “it’s so great how things work out like this are you’re able to make connections across multiple subject areas!” –> It’s seriously so satisfying to be able to do this in the classroom, and the kids get excited about the connections as well. This is perfect, because we’re learning about maps in Social Studies. There’s a map that comes with the book that lays out the “City of Ember”. The book talks about the struggle to keep the city going and everyone’s conscious effort to do just that. But all the jobs are necessary to keep the city alive. There are also some cool ones like: Messenger and teacher’s assistant. Some examples: mold scraper, trash sifter, pipeworks laborer. Then, they keep the same ones, or get new ones. the people in the city get jobs when they are 12 years old and must work those jobs for three years. The catcher is that the reader has no idea that the city is underground until the very end of the book (so if you read it to your class, don’t give it away!) The city was founded hundreds of years ago to keep the people safe. The book is about an underground city world. her face lit up and she said, “Omg read them the City of Ember!” Now, I haven’t read this book personally yet, but I can already tell that it’s going to be great after talking to my teacher about it and reading the first chapter to my kids. It has been a while since my students have read a novel, so I asked if she had any in mind. The other day my cooperating teacher and I were bouncing ideas off of each other for planning the upcoming weeks.
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