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.

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!!

Turkish Delight

Here are a few examples of the Bridges we wrote in class using the routine, 3-2-1 Bridge. We began by generating words we associated with Turkish Delight, and then we asked questions about how the words were connected. Finally, we "built our bridge" by creating a simile to represent Turkish Delight.