Students teaching students in North Van

THE WOLF was sore.

By Kate Zimmerman
News reporter

He was hungry.
. He was tired of being persecut-
ed,

And that's why he chased those
‘three little pigs.

Eight-year-old = Alexandra
MacFarlane says so, and she should
know. She’s been entrusted with re-
writing the familiar fairy tale, and
. with the guidance of 16-year-old
‘Tracy Huang she’s gaining a whole
‘new perspective on the big, “bad”
_ wolf.

MacFarlane is one of the Grade
3 students at Braemar clementary
who are teaming up with Grade 10s
from Balmoral secondary to re-
write old stories from new points of
‘view. ,

Over cight lessons, the younger
children are learning how to use
punctuation, examine an alternate
perspective and work with bigger
kids.

MacFarlane's teacher, Kathy
Ray, s said the one-on-one tutoring is
invaluable for her students. The
program also calls for the Grade 3s
to read to their teenage mentors,
and to get to know members of an

age group they often find intimidat-

ing.
. . The teenagers’ teacher is equally
enthusiastic..“The Grade 10s need
-to know how to write dialogue,”
said Rae Schidlo. In addition to the
training she’s already given them,
- they are now learning by doing.
“They also need to know how to
write a resumé,” she explained.
' “Now they’ve got something to pul
down as work experience, I can

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

BRAEMAR ELEMENTARY Grade 3 student Tami Graeb re-works the fairy tale about
Rumpelstiltskin with her Grade 10 helper Shauna Phagoora. They're shifting the point of view
from the narrator to the princess for this assignment, which is meant to heip them both.

serve as a reference and so can Mrs.

- Ray.

“This is a wonderful group of
Grade 10 students — they're

responsible, they’re maiure, they’re |

eager, they’re energetic. They do all
my homework. I can’t believe it.”
Juliana Wimpies, 9, was devel-
oping a sophisticated new take on
the wicked Queen from Snow
White. Brainstorming with 15-year-

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old Carson Brown, she came up
with the notion of telling the story
from the Queen’s viewpoint. The

‘reader is supposed to be able to tell

that the malicious monarch is fib-’
bing.

Wimples appeared to be having
a good time. “It’s neat working with
a high school student,” she said. “I

learned what kinds of ideas he has.
And he has a good sense of humor.”

Carson doesn’t leave the lessons
empty-handed. “I learned patience
for younger kids. It’s a great experi-
ence for her and for me...”

Michael O'Brien, 9, was work-
ing with Hamed Khabbazian, 15, on
The Three Billy Goats Gruff, the

story about the goats who almost
get demolished by a hungry troll
living under a bridge.

From which point of view? “We
were going to do the bridge’s, but it
was too hard," said Michael. So, the
troll it is. And this time, Michael
said, “The goats are mean and he’s
good,"

Ben Greer, 9, .and Glen
Burlingame, 16,.were slaving over
their own version of the Billy Goats
tale.

Ben characterized his experience
with Glen as “awful” at first, but his

_ Smile gave him away. “Fun, enjoy-

able — different,” he added..
“¥ think it’s good for them,” said
Glen.“ 1 remember when we were

in Grade 3 we had people come in *
‘(from higher grades) and do it for

us... like a bigger brother- -type
thing.” .
“It's nice having a litte buddy
that can look up to you,” said
Shauna Phagoora, 15, who is work-
ing on Rumpelstiltskin with eight-

" year-old ‘Tami Graeb. “I’m amazed

how smart she is, She’s really cre-
ative, too.” ‘

‘Meanwhile, eight-year-old
Andrew Porter and Dave
Saclarides, 15, were poring over
their Pinocchio redux.

The younger boy clearly had the
upper hand in this relationship.
“When | met (Dave), he was:a
brat,” Andrew said. “He was walk-
ing in, hat on, slapping me, all
that.”

‘Dave promptly denied this,

“He's only printing the things he
wants, like ‘Buzz off”...." Andrew
continued. “And [I’m a better arm-
wrestler than him.”

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