Into the Wardrobe

Welcome, Cathy5, and daughter (Cathy6?)!

Which of Lewis' books are you all doing a report on? Or, if it is a generic report about Lewis himself, you might mention (and show pictures) of the Ents in the Lord of the Rings novels, whose personality and speech Tolkien supposedly modeled on his friend Lewis. Also, I've found that kids that age seem to be tickled by the idea that Lewis' life long nickname, Jack, was self-selected in honor of his pet dog.

Hi and thanks! Her report is on Lewis himself. When she gives her report..she actually has to do it AS Lewis. Which will be challenging for an 11 year old girl. I thought it would be great to have some props and things to pass around to the kids in the class. Thanks for the ideas! Any more would be welcome!

That sounds like it could be fun! :)

Well, to get an idea of what Lewis sounded like, you can go here: http://cslewis.drzeus.net/multimedia/audio.html -- the first 5 links are recordings of his voice.

You might want to get a smoking jacket, a pipe and a teacup to help get into character, too. You use a bubble-blowing pipe.

perhaps you could give her a fountain pen and an empty, plain journal. also, look at the professor from the first nanrnia live-action movie and make him bald.