After reading The Whole of the Moon , students explore and research how cancer sufferers and their families live with child cancer.
Students present their research findings as transactional essays.
The aim is to empower the students with the knowledge of what this widely feared yet largely misunderstood illness is, and how people deal with it. It is also designed to encourage students and teachers into the world of the Internet, and how to use it as a valuable research tool. Due to the nature of the content, some teachers may feel it is inappropriate for their class to limit their research purely to the theme of cancer. This activity requires a mixture of class and homework activity. Students should collect most information out of class but use class time to process the information and develop their reports.