![]() If you are looking to integrate higher levels of Bloom’s into your lessons, I highly recommend both of these activities. The experience with this lesson reminded me of the great learning that happened last year when we used Hexagonal Learning to examine our literature. Even though she is immortal and no longer a part of the circle of life, Mae Tuck struggles to maintain order. When the story opens, Winnie is a bored and lonely girl of ten. The death of the man in the yellow suit fascinated him he may have been jealous of the man’s death. ![]() His suicide attempt failed because he is immortal. Without Winnie, we would never get that peek into the immortal world of the Tuck family. Then why is the main character Winnie Foster Were glad we asked. Unhappy with how overprotective her family is, Winnie runs away from home and is taken in by the Tucks, an eccentric family of immortal humans. Winnie Foster Were reading a book called Tuck Everlasting, right And theres an entire family that we call the Tucks Hmmm. He is sad looking with creased cheeks and face he only smiles when asleep. Winnie Foster is the 10-year-old main protagonist of the novel. I also see some other extensions that we can do, such as creating graphs for our own personalities to compare and contrast with the characters in the story. What are the characters traits in Tuck Everlasting Tuck Everlasting Characters and Analysis Starting with Winnie Foster. Angus Tuck is her husband, and Jessie and Miles are her sons. The conversation associated with this activity is so deep and rich. /rebates/&252fcharacters. However, an unexpected interruption happened before we could discuss the varied opinions, making us table our questions until next week’s class. Jaws dropped and there was immediately the beginning of a debate. And while she's enticed by the idea of immortality, Winnie's newfound sense of mortality makes her unsure if she'd really like to be 10 forever. ![]() After several wrong guesses from her classmates, she finally had to reveal her character’s name. Independent and adventurous, Winnie isn't made for her family's stiff formalities, but neither is she wholly ready for the dangerous world she's landed in. It was almost eerie how easy it was – until we got to one student’s graph. When everyone was done, we went around the room and tried to guess the character by how each student’s Wheel of Life looked. I deliberately assigned the same characters to several students so we could compare their responses later. ![]() Then I “secretly” assigned each student a character to plot the points for, and told them to hold off on writing the name of the character at the top. Because it was their first time doing this, I gave the students character traits to copy on their wheel, and deliberately asked them to put them in the same spots on their wheels. There are many ways this activity can be done, and Russel Tarr has great suggestions on his blog. They have also been discussing the attributes of the main characters, so I thought the “Wheel of Life” would be a fitting activity to try with them. Natalie Babbitt, who died October, 2016), which uses wheels and circles for symbolism throughout the novel. On Monday, I wrote about Tarr’s Toolbox and one of the resources you can find there, the “ Wheel of Life.” My 4th graders have been reading Tuck Everlasting (R.I.P. ![]()
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