Once all apples are peeled students may carve features to represent the face. Shaped hangers should be wrapped completely with rags so the dolls are relatively soft. Carved apple faces should be placed on popsicle sticks to begin the drying process. All students should have a wrapped wire doll body. Their apples should be peeled, faces carved, and placed on popsicle sticks.
Students can write about the process and publish it with photos of their dolls in progress.
If your class is all ESL, you can use the language experience approach and do your writing in a group. For information about LEA see this excerpt or Integrating Language and Content . In a large group, students discuss dolls and action figures and list the the clothes they are wearing and the things they are carrying. Students research the clothing that children wore during the 1700's and 1800's. Students demonstrate their understanding by making the same type of clothing for their dolls.