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Kayla's Blog: Harry Potter
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009. One thing to keep in mind, though, is that not all students have read this novel, so as teachers, we can't assume that everyone is going to be prepared for it. I also liked that Glazner pointed out that we need to go beyond gender, class, and race when dealing with diversity. As I said before, we are not going to be able to cover every issue, but I think it is important to do the best that we can at exposing our students to many different types of diversity. Jen's Adolescent Li...
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Adolescent Literature: October 2009
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Friday, October 23, 2009. The Book Thief and "A Class Divided". Well, first off, I LOVED The Book Thief. I started out struggling with it - the constant interruptions by our narrator were a bit distracting at first, but I got used to it quickly. It took me a while to get really into it, but I balled my eyes out the last 75 or so pages! After watching "A Class Divided," I must say, I was stunned. Stunned that a teacher had the guts (and the OK from administration? Monday, October 12, 2009. I thought the a...
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Adolescent Literature: The Book Thief and "A Class Divided"
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Friday, October 23, 2009. The Book Thief and "A Class Divided". Well, first off, I LOVED The Book Thief. I started out struggling with it - the constant interruptions by our narrator were a bit distracting at first, but I got used to it quickly. It took me a while to get really into it, but I balled my eyes out the last 75 or so pages! After watching "A Class Divided," I must say, I was stunned. Stunned that a teacher had the guts (and the OK from administration? October 26, 2009 at 5:09 PM. Of course I ...
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Adolescent Literature: September 2009
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Monday, September 28, 2009. While I know the subject matter is difficult (no one wants to read about rape, especially of a teenager/child! Monday, September 21, 2009. Boy Meets Boy and its Queer Utopia. It slowly made sense to me that it was a utopian society, as I thought to myself for the 10th time, “Where do they live? 8221; because, sadly, it is certainly uncharacteristic of any place here in the United States that I know of! To say Boy Meets. Was not sexually explicit in any way. It was just the...
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Becker's Blog: October 2009
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This is my blog for the ENG 426 course at Shippensburg University (SHIP really IS "it! Teaching Adolescent Literature. I hope to inspire some intelligent discussion regarding our texts in the course, as well as other books I read in my free time! Comments are very welcome! Wednesday, October 28, 2009. I really enjoyed this book and think it could be used well in a classroom! I was also glad to see that "death" was pretty kind, and at least sympathetic. However, it would be neat to use excerpts in an 8th ...
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Josh's Blog: November 2009
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Struggles of Young Males in an Eglish Classroom. 1) How does the "troubled classroom" stereotype affect the teachers approach to teaching the class? 2) How does context play a role with boys and their achievement in school? 3) In what ways can we (teachers) promote literacy among young men in our classroom? 4) How will having a male teacher in class change the boys' demeanor in your class? 5) do males and females find the same literature appealing? Written by: Natalie O'Brien.
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Kayla's Blog: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. I thought the part dealing with the art teacher and the tree was very interesting. It brought out many important ideas in the novel. As far as teaching this novel in my class, I think I would like to try it. I would probably send a permission slip home with students stating that the novel had the idea of rape in it, but that it did not over take the novel. The main point of the novel was about this girl not speaking, and how she overcame this idea at the end. They were points...
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Josh's Blog: Struggles of Young Males in an Eglish Classroom
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Struggles of Young Males in an Eglish Classroom. 1) How does the "troubled classroom" stereotype affect the teachers approach to teaching the class? 2) How does context play a role with boys and their achievement in school? 3) In what ways can we (teachers) promote literacy among young men in our classroom? 4) How will having a male teacher in class change the boys' demeanor in your class? 5) do males and females find the same literature appealing? Written by: Natalie O'Brien.
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Paige..A.Lit: American Born Chinese
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009. The only other graphic novel I read was, "Mouse," in tenth grade. It connected with the novel, "Night," which I remember thinking how awesome it was that our teacher did that, especially since we were so sick of Holocaust books and learning about it. But "Mouse" brought in a new element and we were able to discuss the two books much easier than we were with just reading "Night.". October 14, 2009 at 10:08 AM. October 14, 2009 at 11:48 AM. I like the way you tied the confusion o...
