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My “handouts” will be available on my website:
www.getemreading.com
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Please feel free to contact me with any questions:
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• It addresses universal dilemmas or It addresses universal dilemmas or concernsconcerns
• It stands the test of timeIt stands the test of time
• It has a unique beauty and structure It has a unique beauty and structure [literary merit] that causes it to endure[literary merit] that causes it to endure
(Tighe and Avinger)(Tighe and Avinger)
WHAT MAKES A WORK A WHAT MAKES A WORK A “CLASSIC” “CLASSIC” ??
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““A classic: A classic: Something that Something that
everybody wants to everybody wants to have read and nobody have read and nobody
wants to read.” wants to read.” – – Mark TwainMark Twain
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THINK OUTSIDE THE ANTHOLOGY
Supplement, supplement, supplement!
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THE STORY’S THE THING . . .Focus on the plot
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Read Aloud
“‘THOU SHALT NOT’ IS SOON FORGOTTEN,
BUT ‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ LASTS FOREVER.”
—PHILIP PULLMAN
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IF YOU’RE SMART YOU CAN GET THE JOKEUtilize Pop Culture
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GENERATION Y -- THE VISUAL MEDIA
GENERATIONUse Videos
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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDSUse Famous Artwork
Ophelia by JW WaterhouseSatan Falls by Gustave DoreJim Hawkins fights Israel Hands by NC Wyeth
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“RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES”APPROACH
Connect Stories to Current
Events
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HEROES, FAIRIES, & GHOSTS, OH MY!
Use Folk Literature
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MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE BEAST
Use Music
http://www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp
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CREATE TEXT SETS/CLUSTERS
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Sample Text Setfor Treasure Island
• Treasure Island Illustrated Classic• “Into the Mountains of the Moon: Robert Louis
Stevenson” from Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Discs One and Two)
• Ghost Ships• Mermaid Folklore• N.C. Wyeth artwork• Pirate Lore • Pirate Vocabulary• Sea Songs and Shanties • Create your own Treasure Map
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TIRED OF THE BOOK REPORT? LET STUDENTS CHOOSE HOW TO
RESPOND• Text sets• Predicting• Persona writing• Hands-on art projects• Multimedia assignments • Reader-Response Journals• Multigenre research papers• Letters to or from a character
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DON’T BECOME THIS TEACHER …
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Making serious literature fun is Making serious literature fun is blasphemous!blasphemous! Using alternative texts makes the Using alternative texts makes the literature too easy and “dumbs literature too easy and “dumbs down” the down” the curriculum.curriculum. The original version of a text is The original version of a text is the the only good/right version.only good/right version. Teaching literature does not Teaching literature does not involve involve thinking outside the thinking outside the box.box.