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My “handouts” will be available on my website: getemreading * * *

My “handouts” will be available on my website: www.getemreading.com * * * Please feel free to contact me with any questions: dplumb@dundee.k12.mi.us. WHAT MAKES A WORK A “CLASSIC” ?. It addresses universal dilemmas or concerns It stands the test of time

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  1. My “handouts” will be available on my website: www.getemreading.com * * * Please feel free to contact me with any questions: dplumb@dundee.k12.mi.us

  2. WHAT MAKES A WORK A “CLASSIC” ? • It addresses universal dilemmas or concerns • It stands the test of time • It has a unique beauty and structure [literary merit] that causes it to endure (Tighe and Avinger)

  3. “A classic: Something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.” – Mark Twain

  4. THINK OUTSIDE THE ANTHOLOGYSupplement, supplement, supplement!

  5. THE STORY’S THE THING . . .Focus on the plot

  6. “‘THOU SHALT NOT’ IS SOON FORGOTTEN, BUT ‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ LASTS FOREVER.” —PHILIP PULLMAN Read Aloud

  7. IF YOU’RE SMART YOU CAN GET THE JOKEUtilize Pop Culture

  8. GENERATION Y -- THE VISUAL MEDIA GENERATIONUse Videos

  9. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDSUse Famous Artwork Jim Hawkins fights Israel Hands by NC Wyeth Satan Falls by Gustave Dore Ophelia by JW Waterhouse

  10. “RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES”APPROACHConnect Stories to Current Events

  11. HEROES, FAIRIES, & GHOSTS, OH MY!Use Folk Literature

  12. MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE BEASTUse Music http://www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp

  13. CREATE TEXT SETS/CLUSTERS

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. DON’T BECOME THIS TEACHER …

  17. Making serious literature fun is blasphemous! • Using alternative texts makes the literature too easy and “dumbs down” the curriculum. • The original version of a text is the only good/right version. • Teaching literature does not involve thinking outside the box.

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