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| Title | More Ideas for Teaching Literature |
| Body | Here are some possible activities for teaching literature or reading in your classes. These were recently posted to the FLTEACH listserv. ---- Have the students retell the story in their own words, or even have them act out the story after they have read it. This helps re-enforce the story as well as put a visual to what they are reading. Shannon, M. Re: Literature. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Sept. 2005). ---- There are several different reading strategies you can use. I have adapted mine from reading strategies that reading teachers use. One example would be to have the kids create a double entry diary for what they read. The students would fold a paper in half, lengthwise. In the left column they copy down direct quotes from the text (citing line or page numbers). Across from each direct quote, in the right column, they would finish one of the following thoughts: "I WONDER....." (This would be questions that come to mind as the student reads the text. Good readers ask questions as they read.) "I IMAGINE...." (They would describe what they visualize as they read. "I can see the young girl out in a field, in the sun.....") "THIS REMINDS ME OF...." (Connections the student makes to his/herlife. "This reminds me of a time when I....") Previte, M. Re: Literature. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Sept. 2005). ---- Storyboards are a good way to deal with lit. Students can decide as a class, in groups, or individually what the essential parts of the story/play/novel are, and depict them in pictures. They can have bubbles for dialogue they find descriptive of the character or theme, or they can portray an place/time/action (with or without bubbles, even empty ones!). I have done this with La Parure (Maupassant), and several Petit Nicolas stories. In fact, one student did such a fine job that I used her storyboard for a test. I cut up the segments (4, 6, 8, whatever) and pasted them out of sequence. Students had to identify them. Some students are incredibly creative; this is the time for them to exploit their talents. As for the others, well, stick figures are just fine. For Le Petit Prince, students had to present specific chapters. Boy, were they creative: a puppet show; a scripted and memorized scene; poster boards showing the essential parts/characters, etc. Just think of how the literature itself could be described and narrated. Root, Mary. Re: Literature. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Sept. 2005). |
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