Dystopian books give us so much to work with, it's almost too easy to use them in the classroom! Below are some essay prompts to get you thinking, and project ideas to keep you busy! Essay prompts: In our post on the dystopian genre, we mentioned that many books contain elements of both dystopia and... Continue Reading →
Dystopian books give us so much to work with, it's almost too easy to use them in the classroom! Below are some essay prompts to get you thinking, and project ideas to keep you busy! Essay prompts: In our post on the dystopian genre, we mentioned that many books contain elements of both dystopia and... Continue Reading →
One of the over-arching story lines in Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley is the notion that a once-extinct woodpecker has been spotted in the small Arkansas town where Cullen Witter lives. Throughout the book, Cullen is frustrated by the wave of "woodpecker mania" that sweeps his town and takes over the newspaper... Continue Reading →
One of the over-arching story lines in Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley is the notion that a once-extinct woodpecker has been spotted in the small Arkansas town where Cullen Witter lives. Throughout the book, Cullen is frustrated by the wave of "woodpecker mania" that sweeps his town and takes over the newspaper... Continue Reading →
All this week we've been featuring Abandon by Meg Cabot, the first book in her new paranormal trilogy. There are so many things we love about this book (great characters, eerie happenings, romance, intrigue, etc.) -- but something we're really keen about is the fact that Cabot draws so much influence from topics perfect for... Continue Reading →
All this week we've been featuring Abandon by Meg Cabot, the first book in her new paranormal trilogy. There are so many things we love about this book (great characters, eerie happenings, romance, intrigue, etc.) -- but something we're really keen about is the fact that Cabot draws so much influence from topics perfect for... Continue Reading →
We continue our look at "Classroom Connections" for Wither by Lauren DeStefano today, with T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men -- which is quoted at the opening of the book: This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper The poem, written in 1925, is considered to be largely a... Continue Reading →
We continue our look at "Classroom Connections" for Wither by Lauren DeStefano today, with T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men -- which is quoted at the opening of the book: This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper The poem, written in 1925, is considered to be largely a... Continue Reading →
We make no secret here at Novel Novice about our desire to relate new YA books to classroom lessons. And our April Book of the Month, Wither by Lauren DeStefano, is no exception. Today and tomorrow, we've got two different ways to relate Wither to traditional classroom topics. Today, we're showing you how to relate... Continue Reading →
We make no secret here at Novel Novice about our desire to relate new YA books to classroom lessons. And our April Book of the Month, Wither by Lauren DeStefano, is no exception. Today and tomorrow, we've got two different ways to relate Wither to traditional classroom topics. Today, we're showing you how to relate... Continue Reading →
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