In our English lessons we have been learning about Elizabeth Cotton and her extraordinary musical abilities. In the early 1900’s in North Carolina she learned to play her brother’s right handed guitar as a left handed child. All self taught and described in the book as being upside down and backwards.
What our students did was spend some lessons studying what we know about “Libba” and then bringing that to life in a dramatic performance for the class.
The children decided that to be successful they needed loud clear voices, to cooperate, join in and finally be brave to act out the actions of the book. They were brave indeed and they showed that they really are able to bring books and stories to life by remembering to play their imaginary guitars upside down and backwards.
Jade class 