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From: Aprill Lynn (aprillyn@bonduel.k12.wi.us)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 11:55:03 EDT

  • Next message: Laughindaisy@aol.com: "Re: [Teacher-TalkNovel] Reading out loud"

    In my unit on The Odyssey, I found that it isn't always necessary to stick
    with the text in order to cover the same material. We use our textbook on
    some days, on others I have copies of plays done in Scope or Literary
    Cavalcade magazine (which can generally be done in one class period) which
    are on the same story. I also found two poems about the Odyssey, so I
    supplement with those. Finally, we watch the movie to wrap everything
    together. In this fashion, you can use a variety of genres about the same
    story or topic, get it done in a few weeks, and keep students interested. I
    would highly recommend Scope or Literary Cavalcade, especially if you can
    get copies of back issues on the stories that you want to teach. They do a
    nice job of condensing the story down and putting it into play form which
    can be handled in one or two periods.

    Lynn Aprill

    > ----------
    > From: Heather R. Norris
    > Reply To: Teacher-TalkNovel@learner.org
    > Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2001 6:57 PM
    > To: Teacher-TalkNovel@learner.org
    > Subject: [Teacher-TalkNovel] Units
    >
    > I am not sure if this will show, my other listings have not. In my
    > Internship my supervising teacher and I worked on a unit together about
    > the Revoluvtion. I think when I started on mine for my English class at
    > UCF it was too much. It was partical in that it covered what it needed to
    > cover, but it lacked a lot. I was the typical boring reading assignments
    > studetns are familar with. I aimed too high when I wanted to teach a
    > novel and a play in four or five weeks and have a lot of creativity. I
    > realized this when I watched my classes in Internship take three weeks for
    > The Crucible. They didn't just read the play, they had a variety, and
    > they had other activities to occpy them as well. I think I realized that
    > we do need a "center piece." Has anyone else figured out how to cover
    > everything they "need" to cover and still have been able to have the
    > extras as well? Or do we just need to realize that we always want to do
    > more than what time allows?
    > Heather
    >

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