Sae Young's Story

And here is Sae Young's story. One question: Does Sae Young speak grammatically correct? Listen closely and let the class know if you could make some corrections to her English grammar.

Sam's Story

Also by request. Let the class know what you think!

Leona's Story

By request, here it is!

Sae Young

Hopefully you have enjoyed working on the Layered Curriculum for Sae Young's chapter and it has given you the opportunity to think about her in more detail. What do you think is Sae Young's contribution to the garden? Is her contribution more or less important than Sam or Leona's contribution? Why do you think that? Do her actions "help a neighborhood become a community"? Why or why not?

Kim's Story

Hi everyone,
I managed to get the first chapter's audio uploaded. I won't be able to upload all characters, but let me know if you enjoy this and I'll upload another. Just let me know which character you might like to hear next and let me know that this works!

Sam and the Divided Garden

At the end of Sam's chapter, it looks as if the garden is very divided. What do you predict that Sam and/or other neighbors might do to help people come together as a community in the garden? If you were a character in the story, what would you do to encourage the people to come together?

Author Paul Fleischman "Seedfolks" Interview

Hi all,
Here is an interview of Paul Fleischman, the author of the book Seedfolks. He explains what inspired  him to write the book.


http://www.youtube.com/v/mABgJdkVabE?autohide=1&version=3&attribution_tag=w43hZR541dtPcCTnbBZkSA&autoplay=1&showinfo=1&autohide=1&feature=share