Artica Burr Welcomes You!
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Plan a visit to your WNY Middle school!
716-984-8900
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About my pen name ...
It evolved from the name I gave the little penguin hockey team the "Arctic Burrs". I dreamt them up when I wrote the story "My Antarctica", which is the feature story in my book "Hockey Legend Myth & Verse".
The team was named the "Arctic Burrs" not "Antarctic Burrs" Why? My answers are, it's easier for penguins to chant during a hockey game, and it fits on a jersey better. I must admit another consideration was the meter of the verse as I wrote it. So far no penguin has questioned me on it. They live a pretty isolated life.
Welcome to the web site and the Antarctica Project!
Artica Burr
Cheryl Hugenschmidt
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A note to teachers following the journey:
As two writers, Artica Burr and Lynda Joy Smith had planned to share between each other points of information gained during Lynda and her husband's trip to Antarctica. What Lynda seeks is a personal travel experience for travel articles while Artica is looking for detail facts to weave into fictional scenes in her stories. There is much to be shared about a mysterious continent and a difficult but exciting adventure. Out of personal generosity, both writers have combined their efforts in order to share an adventure with US students in various Buffalo NY area schools. Australian students are on their summer recess.
Cost
There is no cost to your school in order for your class to participate.
Scope
The information exchange is about a trip to Antarctica being made in February 2008. Questions may be asked via a message board on the website. Depending on the internet access offered during the flights and ship passage the responses will be answered by the local writer or the traveling writer. Answers and questions from others may be viewed. Students are asked to rewrite a day from Lynda's journal in their own words and writing style. Students may need to print out the website journal page they are writing about, so the students may need to look at the website again during the week. Students are given a week to complete their journal entry. Copies of the journal entries turned in can then be picked up at your school office, or e-mailed to Artica Burr.
This is not intended to be a difficult or time consuming effort. Set aside the word "project". The word "adventure" is more appropriate. Although indeed geography is part of the agenda, journal writing is the focus.
Here is what to expect if you participate:
With A Classroom Visit from Artica Burr
The introduction to the project is taken care of for you. We will all need access to several computers with internet access. A small group of students may share a computer. At least one computer with internet access is necessary. A hello notation that your school is participating will be posted on the message board to Lynda our travel writer. We will navigate the website. The students may key in a few questions on the message board. The students are asked to select a date of travel from Lynda's journal and it will be explained they are asked to rewrite that day in their own words during the next week and that their work will eventually be sent by Artica Burr to Lynda Joy Smith in Australia . We will pass out information about the project for take home information. Artica Burr will stop to say hello to your Librarian.
You Elect to Do It On Your Own In Class
You may decline the visit, and wing it on your own, and still have the adventure. If you do and elect to proceed introducing the website to your class on your own, please let Lynda know your class is participating by leaving an announcement on our message board under the topic "General". Give your students the week to each produce a journal entry. In order to personalize the adventure for the students, it is suggested two extra sentences be added to the end of the journal entry. One should begin with I imagine... and one beginning with I wonder.... Journal entries should be signed not with the students name but the name of your school. We will arrange to pick copies up or they can be e-mailed from your school. Also please make your school Librarian aware of the book title "Hockey Legend Myth & Verse".
Thank you all for sharing the adventure!
Your Contact
Artica Burr at littlelakegeorge@att.net
or 716 984 8900
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| 8th graders at their computers |
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| The computer lab at St John's |
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Heather Marshall inspired her students yet once again. Her enthusiasim about education is reflected in her classroom. For Artica Burr it was a trip back home to the grade school she herself attended. Happy memories!
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| Nichols School Official Greeter |
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| A most congenial office assistant! |
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A "pie in the sky" job for this sweetheart of a canine. She is resident specialist greeter at Nichols school. She sat for the first picture but got fascinated with the camera. A little assistance and a hug needed to catch the second photo. You can tell by her expression she adores her job.
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Such fun at Nichols school afternoon class with the touch projection screen. I Missed pictures on AM class in the library. Several of the morning students read their journal entries and they were remarkable. Lynda will be impressed. Two wonderful groups of students and all could skate since gym is sometimes at their own ice rink. Lynda and I were surely busy answering questions on the message board. The students kept us hopping!
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| Teachers from one of the Middle Schools with Artica Burr |
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Artica Burr should have been handing out "Most Dynamic Teachers" awards at this Middle School. Here are three teachers who simply love their profession.
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| It sure was first period as one student clearly attests to! |
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This photo clearly explains why Math is not a first choice for first period of the school day!
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A Middle School morning class with Artica Burr. A beautiful computer lab and a great group of students and potential young writers.
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| A Middle School Student just the right size to duplicate an Emperor Penguin. |
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The next photo frame would have shown our student flapping his arms like penguin flippers. So glad the camera caught his expression I missed because I was behind him!
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©2008 Last Update Sept 2008
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