Turkish Delight!

Yesterday we finished The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in class and tried some Turkish Delight to celebrate.  The recipe is below if you want to try it out at home. There are LOTS of other Turkish Delight recipes online if you didn't like the kind we had in class.

Did you like Turkish Delight? Do you think it was similar to what Edmund tasted?  Generate a SIMILE about Turkish Delight from LWW and explain it. (example: Turkish Delight is like an intoxicating drug because once Edmund tasted it, he only wanted more.)

Turkish Delight:

1 c. peanut butter
1 c. honey
2 c. non-fat dry milk
1 c. powdered sugar
Measure all ingredients into a large bowl. Stir until well mixed. Spoon into a buttered 12x9-inch pan. Press out mixture to about 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into squares while soft. Cover and refrigerate.

How Well Do You Collaborate?

Yesterday we worked in groups to create a visual representation of our understanding of chapter 11 of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In order to complete this activity, we realized we had to be able to work well with others.  What did you realize yesterday about your collaboration skills? Do you struggle in this area? Is it easy for you to work with others? Why is it important to be able to work with others? 

LWW Final Projects

I was so impressed with your final projects for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! After hearing your presentations this week, it is clear that you all put much thought and effort into your projects. I loved hearing your creative headlines, advertisements, colors, and images.

What did you like about this project? What did you learn from the Ladder of Feedback? If you were going to do this project again, what would you do differently?

A Turkish Delight Party!

Today we enjoyed a very special treat as we celebrated reading the final chapter of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in class! Mrs. Humphreys made Turkish Delight (recipe is below), and it was a gooey, slimy, tasty treat. We also reflected on how our understanding of this novel has changed with the thinking routine "I used to think, but now I think." It's clear that we have all realized there is a much deeper meaning to this book, and it has been such an adventure to unpack the symbolism together.

Turkish Delight recipe:

6 (3 oz.) pkgs. Jello
1/8 tsp. salt
1 c. boiling water
Confectioners sugar
1 tsp. lime, lemon or orange juice (optional)
1 tsp. grated lime, lemon or orange peel (optional)

Put 6 (3 ounce) packages of lime Jello in saucepan. Add 1 cup boiling water. Stir to mix. Simmer over low heat 5 minutes. Stir in lime juice and lime peel. Pour into WET 8 inch square pan. Cool and chill until firm. Cut into 1 inch squares and toss pieces in confectioners sugar.

Enjoy!!

3-2-1 Bridge

Today we tried a new thinking routine called 3-2-1 Bridge. It was new for all of us, but it went really well! We began by brainstorming words that we associated with the wardrobe in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Several examples were a tunnel, a mystic portal, a train, a time machine, and a wormhole. We then generated questions about how our words fit together. Finally, we "built our bridge" by writing a simile to connect our ideas. Here is an excerpt from 4C's bridge. Great job painting a picture with your words!

The wardrobe in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is like a stairway, wormhole, or time machine to Narnia. The wardrobe transports the Pevensie children into a lost, once-discovered land. A stairway, wormhole and time machine are pathways to different places like bridges over a ravine or chasm. The wardrobe in the book takes the children from the real world to Narnia and back from Narnia to the real world. A stairway is a path from one place to another, and a wormhole shoots you to a new place. Narnia is frozen in time, so the wardrobe is like a time machine that takes the children to a mythical world where time stands still.