Same Sun Here
The Same Sun Here event that I went to was the author talk. I knew this was the event I wanted to go to because there were so many things I wanted to know about the process of writing the story and the ending. During the event we learned about the writing process and the complications that came with publishing the story.
Our graduates are creative and integrative educators.
Above is part of the education mission statement. I believe this relates to the event because we learned about the creativity of the two authors to write and publish a story in the way that they did. It was very unconventional the way that the story was created, however it helped to make the story authentic. In education it is important to be creative because if the activities in class are the same day to day and year to year not only will the students be bored but after a while it will be tedious to us as well.
One thing that struck me was the process of the writing that took place. The process of writing the story was very unique the two authors never actually collaborated about their ideas of where the story should go. Instead they wrote letters back and fourth to each other just like Meena and River. Wherever the letters took them was where the story would go. Neela Vaswani did say that there were times that she really wanted Silas House to take the story in a certain direction but he did not. She also mentioned that when they first went to get the book published it was said that there was no conflict in the novel for the characters to overcome. With this came the letters of leg shaving, to the reader this does not seem as much of a conflict compared to some of the other books. The explanation of the end was not exactly what I was hoping for as she never really gave a clear answer
As a future English teacher I think teaching the students how to correctly format and write a letter is very important. In a time that is very technology driven a hand written letter always leaves a lasting impression. It takes more effort to write a letter, put it in an envelope with a stamp, and bring it to the mailbox or post office. I think it would be really interesting to have my students have pen-pals with students in another part of the country or even another part of the world. The students could then write journal entries about their experience of having a pen-pal.
Our graduates are creative and integrative educators.
Above is part of the education mission statement. I believe this relates to the event because we learned about the creativity of the two authors to write and publish a story in the way that they did. It was very unconventional the way that the story was created, however it helped to make the story authentic. In education it is important to be creative because if the activities in class are the same day to day and year to year not only will the students be bored but after a while it will be tedious to us as well.
One thing that struck me was the process of the writing that took place. The process of writing the story was very unique the two authors never actually collaborated about their ideas of where the story should go. Instead they wrote letters back and fourth to each other just like Meena and River. Wherever the letters took them was where the story would go. Neela Vaswani did say that there were times that she really wanted Silas House to take the story in a certain direction but he did not. She also mentioned that when they first went to get the book published it was said that there was no conflict in the novel for the characters to overcome. With this came the letters of leg shaving, to the reader this does not seem as much of a conflict compared to some of the other books. The explanation of the end was not exactly what I was hoping for as she never really gave a clear answer
As a future English teacher I think teaching the students how to correctly format and write a letter is very important. In a time that is very technology driven a hand written letter always leaves a lasting impression. It takes more effort to write a letter, put it in an envelope with a stamp, and bring it to the mailbox or post office. I think it would be really interesting to have my students have pen-pals with students in another part of the country or even another part of the world. The students could then write journal entries about their experience of having a pen-pal.
Hi Katie,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the part of your post about the importance of writing letters. This is definitely becoming a skill that is used less and less in the classroom, but it is still relevant. I think it is a great idea to incorporate pen pals into your classroom. I wonder how students would relate their pen pal experience to the one in Same Sun Here?
I agree with your reaction to her response to the ending. I was not satisfied either!
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