Tiger Tales
From left, Brenau University’s Diamond Als, Mycharia Spurling, Megan Smith and Hannah Scheel pose as Fair Street language arts teacher Michelle Daily takes their picture. The Brenau student teachers helped Daily’s class compile their thoughts into stories for the Tiger Tales books that were published with a grant and given to the students.
The students in Michelle Daily’s 4th grade language arts class now have a treasure that they can keep for years to come — a copy of Tiger Tales.
Pre-service teachers at Brenau University helped students at Fair Street Elementary organize their ideas and compile them into short stories that were then published by Mountain Projects into a book titled Tiger Tales. The project was funded by a $2000 grant from Target and this is the second year the Brenau College of Education has received the grant.
Brenau University Associate Professors of Education Tommye Thomas and Camille Fareri said the program was two fold.
“We wanted our pre-service teachers to gain experience helping students use the writing process and allow them to creatively express themselves with writing and illustrating a personal or creative story that reflected their experiences and culture,” Thomas said.
It gave the education students at Brenau a chance to work in the classroom with students and the Fair Street students shared an opportunity to do some creative writing and publish a class book.
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- Kivea Thomas, left, listens along as her classmate Brandon Howard reads his story from Tiger Tales, a book complied of stories written by Michelle Daily’s language arts class at Fair Street Elementary. Student teachers from Brenau helped the students compile their ideas into a cohesive story for the books.
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- Students from Michelle Daily’s language arts class at Fair Street Elementary look over their Tiger Tales books, which are complied from stories the elementary students wrote, with older students in the schools lounge.
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- Quay Jarrett, center left, and Brenton Walker raise their hands to thank the student teachers and faculty from Brenau University who helped make their Tiger Tales books possible. Student teachers from Brenau helped the students complie their ideas into a cohesive story for the book.
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- From left, Brenau University’s Diamond Als, Mycharia Spurling, Megan Smith and Hannah Scheel pose as Fair Street language arts teacher Michelle Daily takes their picture. The Brenau student teachers helped Daily’s class compile their thoughts into stories for the Tiger Tales books that were published with a grant and given to the students.
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- Yecenia Solorzano-Reyes, left, smiles as she reads her Tiger Tales book with her friends Paloma Galvan.
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- Students from Michelle Daily’s language Arts class read through their stories in Tiger Tales, a book published with a grant and complied of stories the students wrote with the help of Brenau University student teachers.
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- Stefan Newton, right, looks up from his Tiger Tales book as teachers and students admire the recently printed books.
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- Regina Ramerez opens up her copy of Tiger Tales, a book published with a grant and complied of stories written by students of Michelle Daily’s language arts class at Fair Street Elementary School with the help of student teachers from Brenau University.
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- Michelle Daily talks with students in her language arts class at Fair Street Elementary School. Students recently wrote stories with the help of Brenau University student teachers and with a grant had them published into a book titled ‘Tiger Tales.’
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- Brenton Walker, left, reads Tiger Tales with his classmate Brandon Howard after the two students shared their stories from the book with their classmates, friends and family.
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- Fair Street Elementary principal Will Campbell, center, listens on as Brandon Howard shares the story he contributed to Tiger Tales, a book compiled of stories written by students in Michelle Daily’s language arts class with the help of Brenau University student teachers.
