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Recommended for: Grades 1-4

Resource: Ol' Bill

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Media Type:
QuickTime Video

Length: 0m 55s
Size: 2.6 MB

In this video segment from Jakers! Grandma Alice tells a story. Grandma Alice had no television or electricity growing up in Mississippi and to have fun she learned to use her imagination. For example, the kids in her neighborhood used to pretend they had a rodeo and ride the billy goats. One day Grandma Alice and her sister Ernestine decided to ride an old mule named Ol’ Bill but they fell off the mule when he tried to jump over a ditch. Grandma Alice got right back up on him, but Ernestine wouldn’t. Ernestine still won’t ride horses or mules. Ask someone you know to tell his or her story.

Teachers' Domain, Ol' Bill, published August 26, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.la.ws.process.olbill/

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The following suggestions are best suited for elementary school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.

Frame (ELA) What does it mean to use your imagination?

Focus (ELA) How did Grandma Alice use her imagination growing up?

Frame (SS) Tell a story about something that happened when you were younger. Do you think everyone remembers that event the same way you do? For example, would your parents remember it the same way?

Focus (SS) How does Grandma Alice remember Ol’ Bill?