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Unit on Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Racso and the Rats of NIMH, and R-T, Margaret and the Rats of NIMH Noelle Wauer Spring 2005. Reason why…. I chose to do this project partially because I really wanted to read the second and third book because I enjoyed the first one so much.

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  1. Unit on Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Racso and the Rats of NIMH, and R-T, Margaret and the Rats of NIMHNoelle WauerSpring 2005

  2. Reason why… • I chose to do this project partially because I really wanted to read the second and third book because I enjoyed the first one so much. • I have always enjoyed series of books so I thought I could begin reading different series so I would know which ones I can recommend to my students in the future. • I also thought it would be interesting to incorporate the books into part of a unit, that is at least partially planned.

  3. Background Information • This project will take place after the class/reading group reads all three of the books • Each student will be able to choose which project they would like to do and will also be able to suggest one if they have a different idea that they would rather do

  4. Background Information • During this unit we will read all three of the Rats of NIMH books and will work on many different projects along the way • This project is just covering the final project that students will be asked to complete

  5. Background Information • This unit will focus a lot on comparing and contrasting, especially between the three books • We will also compare the writing styles between Robert C. O’Brien (Robert Leslie Conly) and his daughter Jane Leslie Conly • In this unit we will also talk about making predictions, both within each book and across different books

  6. Predict which rats died in the explosion in the first book and then write a reaction to who actually died This project will give students an opportunity to make a prediction while reading the first book and then write a reaction to what actually happened after reading the second book. The reaction will most likely be pretty personal because the students will have hopefully formed attachments to the characters so they will be worried/relieved about who died. This type of ending leaves the reader wanting to read the second book to see what happened. Final Projects

  7. Final Projects Create a timeline across all three of the books • This timeline would be easiest/most efficient if it was made while the student was reading through all of the books so this project would have to be decided on before we started reading • Creating a timeline will give students some sense of the order all of the events took place in the book • The student should try their best to place the dates in some type of time order and should also include short descriptions for each activity • This will project will also show me which events stood out and were most important to the student

  8. Final Projects Write a paper on the roles humans play in each book (compare/contrast) • Humans play many different roles in each of the books so it would be interesting to see how students conceptualize those roles • The difference in roles is most noticeable between the first book and the third book: in the first book humans were not looked upon as being very kind to the rats and in the third book the rats form a very strong relationship with two young kids

  9. Final Projects Write a paper that compares the way different characters are portrayed from book to book • Some of the characters really change over the course of the three books so it would be interesting if students picked two or three characters and wrote about how they are the same or different in each of the books • Racso is one of the characters who changes the most between the second book and the third book

  10. Final Projects Research the two author’s lives and either make a timeline of their lives or write a paper about them • This may be interesting to students especially since the two authors are related. • It may be interesting to find out how much influence Robert had on Jane’s writing style. I found one quote from her where she talks about how her dad always told her to eliminate unnecessary description (which he did very well).

  11. Final Projects Write a paper comparing the difficulties that the rats face across the three books • The rats face many different difficulties in each of the books so it would be interesting to pick two or three from each book and write about how they are different/same and why they believe the author chose to use those situations.

  12. Conclusion • I wanted to create this unit as a way for students to be introduced to series of books • I included many different choices for final projects because I want students to be really interested and put their full effort into whatever project they choose

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