You're most welcome, Maricel.  I suspect we'll hear on tonight's news
that they broke the record.  What a great way to get people reading!

Warmest regards,
Carole


>>> maricelgsantos at yahoo.com 12/13/2006 12:05 PM >>>

Thanks, Carole, the family literacy programs i
forwarded this too very much appreciate the info!
best, maricel santos


--- Carole Bos <cbos at bosglazier.com> wrote:


> Hi Maricel:

> 

> Here's an article which I found.  It should be

> a great effort!! 

>

http://www.masslive.com/springfield/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-6/116548249215900.xml&coll=1


> 

> >>> maricelgsantos at yahoo.com 12/12/06 5:02 PM

> >>>

> Dear Carole -- I'd like to pass on this

> information to my family literacy programs --

> where can I get information about the

> world-record breaking attempt?

> 

> Best, maricel santos

> 

> --- Carole Bos <cbos at bosglazier.com> wrote:

> 

> > The live-action film about "Charlotte's Web"

> > opens on Friday.  Tomorrow

> > teachers and students throughout the world

> will

> > attempt to break the

> > Guinness world record for "most people

> reading

> > aloud simultaneously in

> > multiple locations" as they read passages

> from

> > E.B. White's beloved

> > book.  This web site will provide helpful

> > background for students who

> > want to know more about "Charlotte's Web."  

> >

>

http://www.awesomestories.com/movies/charlottes_web/charlottes_web_ch1.htm


> >  With it, they can learn about spiders like

> > Charlotte (how they spin

> > their webs, eat, lay eggs and balloon);

> "meet"

> > E.B. White (as a young

> > boy and a grown man); see where White lived

> and

> > wrote his stories; view

> > White's barn (which was the model for

> > Zuckerman's farm); hear White (who

> > died in 1985) read from the first part of his

> > book; and learn about pigs

> > (like Wilbur) and rats (like Templeton). 

> Also

> > included are links to

> > lesson plans, scientific links for older

> > students and two of the film's

> > trailers.

> > 

> > The web site http://www.awesomestories.com/ 

> is

> > free for all educators,

> > schools and libraries.  Simply request an

> > academic membership with this

> > sign-up form. 

> >

> http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php 

> > 

> > 

> > Carole Bos

> > Dean's Advisory Board

> > Grand Valley State University

> > bosc at gvsu.edu 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > 

> >

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