Comments on: Raven on the Wing

By: Miss Profe

Miss Profe — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:05:38 +0000

Congratulations, Doug, to you and your students!

By: Mark Ahlness

Mark Ahlness — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:31:36 +0000

Doug, congrats to you and your kids on the wonderful notice in the press! Thanks so much for putting it up for us all to see. My kids will certainly notice – and naturally wonder from the picture which face goes with which pseudonym. And I bet a few will even read the article! A couple of your kids got mentioned in our “blogs I like” articles last week. I’ll suggest they inform your kids… Very cool!

By: Doug Noon

Doug Noon — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:26:47 +0000

Thanks for the book link, Sarah. I'll check around and see if I can find it - maybe request that we get a copy in our library. Totem poles aren't common in interior Alaska, and ours may be the only authentic one in the region. We do have a lot of ravens, though. There's a ravens flickr group, for visuals.

By: Sarah Puglisi

Sarah Puglisi — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:16:15 +0000

I have a wonderful book called Totem Pole. It’s just wonderful, really, really wonderful. Showing a father who creates the totems, his tribe and the process of creating. I think your class would like it. By way of congrats to them how excellent they did so well for your reporter. Drawings of ravens on white paper with rich number 6 black pencils, very cool. Just a thought. You need ravens or visuals. And time. Could start your arts section you know…..or supplement the poetry. By way of an interesting connection my school is the “panthers”, something I’ve worked on collecting stories about for years, so next year I’ve been toying with how to use that and imagery in a web design for their class when I prowl into 3rd. I’ll keep in mind your story too. Panther marks….Sarah