We must make kids want to read before we can make them read what we want. Jacquelyn McTaggart. Graphic Novels, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Teaching Visual Literacy. Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, Editors.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

The Last Airbenders


Just received the series of six of The Last Airbender from Perma-Bound. Now I find the famous director M. Night Shyamalan is releasing the movie in July 2010. I wish had access to more. Movies always spark students interest. Students are certainly going to be wanting more of the series. This series is based on the original Japanese Anime series.

The Avatar is the master of all four elements, water, earth, fire, and air, which are involved in continued warfare. Only the Avatar can stop the Fire Nation from conquering the world.

Kids are now coming to school with the Airbender hair cut. It's not from reading the book. It's from watching the series on TV. They have a shaved head with just the arrow showing in hair. Will wonders never cease?