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Thursday 25 Nov 2010: I am so excited to finally be introducing my year 8 English class to Alice. I first met her in July at a course I was involved in. The presenter of the workshop mentioned that Alice might be a good way of engaging kids in reading - when she showed us exactly what Inanimate Alice was I almost fell out of my chair. I LOVED it! So since July I have been gathering resources from around the world, connecting with others who have 'taught' Alice and planning a unit to meet the needs of my English class. I really hope that my students like Inanimate Alice as much as I do!

//Thurs 25 Nov 2010: I am sooooo thrilled with the way our first lesson on IA went. I didn't tell them what it was we just did 3 prediction exercises which were fantastic at sparking discussion and debate. The students are all very excited about 'finding out' who or what Inanimate Alice is tomorrow. They've promised not to Google it tonight but we'll see who keeps their word! // //Tuesday 30 Nov- Today was our 3rd lesson working on Episode 1, I am so pleased with the way the kids are responding to their reading and thinking about the processes that take place when reading occurs. It's so easy to do this work with each student having one to one access of their own netbooks. It makes me look forward to next year when it will be the norm at ESC to have this kind of computer accessibility. Everyone is keen to see what Alice is up to at age 10 in Italy. On Friday we will read Episode 2. //