class #5, december 12 housekeeping (next week, bibliographies…) lolly on fantasy and science...
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Class #5, December 12
Housekeeping (next week, bibliographies…)
Lolly on fantasy and science fiction Christina’s book talk Laurence Yep presentation Book discussion More fantasy and science fictionBreak ~ 7:05
Lois Lowry
Next week
Poetry Verse novels Filling requests
• Awards•Writing and submitting manuscripts•More?
Bring in a book (optional)
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Background info Politics of their time Allegory Variety
“The Mary Sue Project” by Lelac Almagor
(November/December 2006 Horn Book Magazine)
Fifth-graders write themselves into the story
Christina’s booktalk
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (First Second, 2006)
Laurence Yep presentation
Emily Brocks
Sharwari Tilloo
Rachel Strauss
Meg Rosoff Born 1956 in Boston Princeton Studied sculpture in London NYC to finish degree Worked in publishing Moved to England; advertising Married to Englishman, one teenage
daughter Books
• How I Live Now was first book (2004)• Just In Case second book (2006)• What I Was (for adults) coming in January, 2008
Meg Rosoff web links
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=58449&view=full_sptlght
Interview about Just In Casehttp://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.
cfm?author_number=1059
WBUR audio interviewhttp://www.onpointradio
.org/shows/2004/11/20041110_a_main.asp
Talking Heads “Life During Wartime” lyricshttp://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/talking+heads/
life+during+wartime_10228666.html
Lesson plans for The Giver
Random House teacher’s guideshttp://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/title/#G
Literary Link websitehttp://theliterarylink.com/giver_lessons.html
From Facing History and Ourselveshttp://www.facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf/DownloadsSG?OpenForm
Book discussion
Discuss both books—their craft as well as your responses to them.
Consider conflict in each book. What kinds are represented and how? What do Jonas’s and Daisy’s responses to conflict (internal and external) tell you about them as characters?
More books
Break
Lois Lowry