My favorite activity from this chapter was the interior monologue. I think that students can learn something by trying to picture what it would be like in another person's shoes. I liked that the students had to place themselves in difficult situations, such as a soldier in a war, so that he or she can imagine new feelings from a different perspective.
I also like that Christensen uses poetry to help teach a lesson, whether it is in English or history. Having students both read and write poetry in this way makes students become more emotionally involved in the content, which in effect helps them become better learners.
I also liked the Remember Me Poems. I'm not sure if I would have the students write about each other. I think it would depend on how close the class felt towards each other. I do think this activity could be modified so that the students wrote the poem about someone they cared about, and it would still be effective.
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