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Let a Good Book Grab your Imagination
Let a Good Book Grab your Imagination
Check out https://www.storylineonline.net/ if you have ten minutes to fill. The site provides excellent videos featuring celebrities reading picture books. Picture books are quality pieces of literature that often have important themes, help us make connections, or provide new ways to look at our lives. Enjoy! (The site is produced by the Screen Actors Guild - SAG)
Check out https://www.storylineonline.net/ if you have ten minutes to fill. The site provides excellent videos featuring celebrities reading picture books. Picture books are quality pieces of literature that often have important themes, help us make connections, or provide new ways to look at our lives. Enjoy! (The site is produced by the Screen Actors Guild - SAG)
Miscellaneous Reading Links
Miscellaneous Reading Links
Rewordify will take challenging text and word it in easier word choice and/or provide definitions. If you have a challenging textbook or article to read, use https://rewordify.com/ !
Scholastic Scope http://scope.scholastic.com/ PVJH password: phoneglad185
www.goodreads.com (Thanks for this link, Louie C.) will create a reading list based on YOUR interests!
Reserve your favorite titles at Scott County Library Online
Classic Novels for Middle School from King County Library System
International Reading Association provides the list of Children's Choice winners for the past several years.
Book lists provided by the Young Adult Library
The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf
Find a book based on your MAP Lexile.
Book list by Lexile.
Scholastic.com recommends books by Lexile
Good Reads Site - rate the books you've read to have a reading list generated just for you!
Common themes in literature.
Join on-line conversations with authors.
"After Twenty Years" by O. Henry
"After Twenty Years" by O. Henry
Text & Prereading Assignment
Text & Prereading Assignment
Text can be found at this link or in the textbook on page 355.
Literature Response Assignment
Literature Response Assignment
Flipgrid Responses
"The Bargain" by A. B. Guthrie
"The Bargain" by A. B. Guthrie
text (also on page 368 of textbook, available during advisory or by checking out a textbook at PVJH library)
visual introduction (vocabulary and setting) viewed together in class
Banned Books
Banned Books
Field of Dreams Book Banning Scene
On the Banning of Looking for Alaska
Banning books in the 21st century
Top 10 books that have been banned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11P9Xdsi_g
Sherman Alexie on Book Banning and Censorship
Illinois Library Association - list of challenged books
Book Banned from Borger's Intermediate & Middle School
"Duffy's Jacket" by Bruce Coville
"Duffy's Jacket" by Bruce Coville
text (also available on pages 5-11 of textbook, available during advisory or by checking out a textbook at PVJH library)
Duffy's Jacket video
author's page - find other titles by Coville and enjoy interactive activities
story structure for Duffy's Jacket
If you enjoyed Duffy's Jacket, try The Night the Bed Fell by James Thurber
"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
Plot structure homework (notes with Prezi)
"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
text with assistance (click on highlighted words for information)
text (also available on pages 247-252 of textbook, available during advisory or by checking out a textbook at PVJH library)
text with summary/explanation (click on the tabs at the top of this link)
The Last Book in the Universe
The Last Book in the Universe
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
Links for in-class allusion lesson
Links for in-class allusion lesson
Allusion video viewed in class
If you finish early, please browse this list with your table group, and discuss allusions you've discovered in familiar books and movies: Common Allusions in Lit.
Allusion in The Last Book identified by the class of 2022 P2 P4 P6
Literary Magnifying Glass Activity
Literary Magnifying Glass Activity
Stations/Centers
Stations/Centers
Just for Fun
Just for Fun
Theme Analysis
Theme Analysis
Literature Discussions - Day 3 (1/20/17)
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" by Rod Serling
Video Links
Video Links
Text
Text
Text Version 1
Theme
Theme
How to find a theme (Power Point used in class)
Common themes in literature Another list of common themes in literature
Need help with the theme? See page 9 of Power Point for a hint.
"The Naming of Names"
"The Naming of Names"
"The Naming of Names" from The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Text (also available on page 445 of textbook).
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Audio is available on YouTube by searching "Audio + Outsiders + Chapter [insert chapter number]). Remember to use youtube.com on your own wi-fi. No Internet at home? Ms. Dircks can let you listen to the PVJH Playaway version during after-school advisory!
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans
http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/rememberthetitans.php
http://theyoungfolks.com/film/top-movies-based-on-true-stories-remember-the-titans/9626
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPhu9XsRl4M (Movie Trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guA_4AzXqh0 (Attitude Reflects Leadership)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWJs2Gof538 (Inspirational Moments)
http://tcwilliamsathletics.org/ (TC Williams High School on which the movie is based)
Three Skeleton Key
Three Skeleton Key
Three Skeleton Key by George G. Toudouze
text (also available on pages 37-49 of textbook, available during advisory or by checking out a textbook from the PVJH library)
audio of the story radio play by Vincent Price (this does not match the text in the book, this will be used to compare different versions of the literature). Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
*Note: the audio is the radio-play version, and has a different ending than the printed text!
audio by Vincent Price
History of "Three Skeleton Key" and a link to a free download
poem summary of "Three Skeleton Key"
"Thirteen and a Half"
"Thirteen and a Half"
"The Veldt"
"The Veldt"
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
Close reading assignment (you will receive a copy in class)
Audio of text read by Leonard Nemoy (Spock!) (need YouTube to listen to this)
Second version of audio (need YouTube)
"War of the Worlds"
"War of the Worlds"
Background Information
Background Information
Text
Text
Just for Fun
Just for Fun
The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Woods Runner
Woods Runner
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
Games/information/video set in the time period of the novel
History channel videos from the time period
Legendary figures of the time period
Video of typical daily life during the time period
Every book may not be suitable for every student, and that is okay! Talk with your parents or guardians about what YOU are going to choose to read. If a book offends you, put it back and choose another!
Every book may not be suitable for every student, and that is okay! Talk with your parents or guardians about what YOU are going to choose to read. If a book offends you, put it back and choose another!
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