Project+Mulberry

by Linda Sue Park
 * //Project Mulberry//**

Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick work together on a project raising silkworms. In addition to learning about what is involved in caring for silkworms, they learn about friendship, patience, prejudice, and tolerance. Annotation from Virginia State Reading Association http://www.vsra.org/VRC/elementary_annotations08.html

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 * Science- life cycles, silkworm project includes data collection
 * Writing/Reading- author conversations with Julia (author's purpose, elements of a story)
 * http://suzyred.com/2006projectmulberry.html Provides research links, readers theater script, and literary connections
 * http://ct.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=16208 Provides discussion questions, silkworm links, and recipes
 * http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/docs/readers/ProjectMulberry.doc Readers theater script (hanging nametags [[file:Nametags_for_Readers _Theater.pdf]])
 * http://www.suekayton.com/silk.htm Information for K-12 teachers about raising silkworms in their classrooms.