GUTSY GIRLS: STRONG CHRISTIAN WOMEN WHO IMPACTED THE WORLD

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1 GUTSY GIRLS: STRONG CHRISTIAN WOMEN WHO IMPACTED THE WORLD BOOK THREE: FANNY CROSBY ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES BY AMY L. SULLIVAN AND BEVERLY A. WINES

2 Discussion Questions and Extension Activities 1. HISTORY. Turn to the page in Gutsy Girls that has the illustration of former United States Presidents and Fanny. List the name of each President, then research the time period in which he served, and two facts about his time in office. 2. EXPOSITORY WRITING. Imagine you are a reporter doing a story on the life of Fanny Crosby. Using the book, Gutsy Girls, write an article detailing important events from Fanny s life. Include facts from the book, as well as what you can infer about Fanny in order to write your magazine article. 3. POETRY. Before Fanny wrote hymns, she wrote poetry. Fanny s poetry was often based on everyday silly happenings around her school. Write a short poem in free verse about one of the following areas of your life: what you ate for breakfast, riding in the car, completing your homework, things your parents say, objects found in your yard. 4. SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. From a very young age, Fanny memorized entire books of the Bible. Either individually or with a small group, chose a verse from the Bible to memorize. Then create motions to go along with the verse. Teach both the verse and the motions to someone else. 5. MUSIC. Listen to hymns written by Fanny Crosby. As the music is playing, write down or draw pictures of what you think the song means. Then discuss and share your ideas. 6. RESEARCH. Look up information on visual impairments and blindness. What does each term mean? What causes blindness? What s life like for a person who is visually impaired or blind? What technology, resources, and devices assist someone who is blind? Generate a list of famous musicians, scholars, scientists, and authors who were blind.

3 Vocabulary Enrichment DIRECTIONS: Turn to Words for Gutsy Girls in the back of the book. Write each vocabulary word. Then write a sentence using the word. After you write the sentence, draw a small illustration to help you remember the word. The first one has been done for you. Example: Congress. When Fanny was asked to speak in front of Congress, she wrote a poem.

4 Comparing Myself to Fanny Crosby Directions: Using the Gutsy Girls, fill in the chart with information about yourself and Fanny Crosby. Me Fanny Hair Color Activity I like Activity I don t like The time I wake up I live in this state Way in which Fanny helped people

5 Math: Money Directions: Fanny Crosby was paid between $1.00 and $2.00 for each hymn she wrote. Using the coins you were given, show your understanding of money by putting the correct number of coins in each box. 1. Use only quarters to make $ Use only dimes to make $ Using pennies and dimes make $ Make your own amount and write the value on the line below. Amount

6 Math: Calendar Work Directions: Look at the illustration of Fanny Crosby on the sled. From the snow in the illustration, you know it is the winter. Pick a month in the winter and use a calendar to help you fill in the dates on the blank calendar below. Then fill in an important appointments or holidays which may happen during the winter month you chose. Month Year Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

7 Science: Leaf Hunt Directions: Fanny Crosby could identify a variety of leaves. Can you? Head outside and find three different leaves from three different trees. Draw an illustration of each. Then grab an adult or a teacher and make some guesses as to what kind of tree each leaf came from. This may require some investigation. Leaf #1 Leaf #2 Leaf #3

8 Activity: Let Your Fingers Be Your Eyes Directions: Teachers, gather any or all of the following items and put them in a large brown paper bag: pennies, apples, buttons, stickers, wild flowers, dry noodles, marshmallows, crayons, small sticks, rocks, Q-tips, dry cereal, leaves. Feel free to get creative and add your own small items! Activity: Have students come up one at a time, close their eyes, pick an item out of the bag, and without opening their eyes, guess the name of the item they picked. Rotate around the group until the bag is empty. Discussion Questions: How did it feel to use your fingers to see? What kinds of life activities would be more difficult if you were blind? What are some of the things you would miss seeing if you were blind? Examples: rainbows, clouds, stars, parents. Students Create: Draw and color a picture of three things you would miss seeing if you lost your sight, and then share your picture with the class.

9 Activity: Watercolor Art Objective: Create a watercolor painting on top of the lyrics of Fanny Crosby s song, Blessed Assurance. Materials Needed: One copy of the cross on this page and the sheet music of Blessed Assurance for each student, scissors, pencils, watercolor paints, cups or water, and paintbrushes, tape. Optional: audio version of Blessed Assurance Directions: Give each student a copy of the sheet music Blessed Assurance. Ask students if they have seen sheet music before and if they know what musicians use it for. Write Fanny Crosby s name on the board and have them see if they can find it on the sheet music and circle it. Tell the students Fanny is the one who wrote the words to the music. Read them part of the text from the page. Discuss what the title of the song means. Students Create: Ask students to cut out the cross at the bottom of the page and place a small piece of tape on the cross. Then use the watercolors to paint around the cross. While students are painting, play Blessed Assurance, and after they finish painting, take the cross off the page. An outline of the cross will be left on the sheet music.

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11 Activity: Shape Hunt Directions: Using the Gutsy Girls book on Fanny Crosby, go on a shape hunt. Find illustrations in the book, which contain the shapes below, and then draw your own picture of the illustration from the book. SHAPE MY PICTURE

12 Activity: Watermelon Kabobs Objective: Create watermelon kabobs. Materials Needed: watermelon, melon baller, wooden skewers, parchment paper, cookie sheet, and access to a freezer. Discussion: Fanny Crosby enjoyed playing pranks. Do you know what a prank is? What kinds of pranks have you been a part of or seen played? What s the difference between playing a prank and being mean? In the Fun Facts section of Gutsy Girls, readers learn Fanny stole a watermelon from her school s garden. After Fanny took the watermelon, she divided it up and shared it with her friends. Directions: Give each student a wooden skewer and precut watermelon balls. Instruct them to put the watermelon on the skewers. Freeze for an hour before eating.