Maybe they could research Twain himself, and the influence he (through TS and HF) had on the modern novel? How old are your students? Twain is just so lovely. He's quotable. He's astute.
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Topic!Cindy - Jan 13, 2005 3:48:56 pm PST #4018 of 10002
What is even happening?
Strix - Jan 13, 2005 3:49:06 pm PST #4019 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I don't have a choice -- I gotta teach these. And if I'm not interested, how can I interest the kids?
Is there a modern version of Tom Sawyer? Or is it pure Americana nostalgia for a boyhood that is defunct?
Maybe I'll be more interested after I eat.
Strix - Jan 13, 2005 3:51:55 pm PST #4020 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I like Twain, but I'd prefer HF over TS. Or Connecticutt Yankee. Or a bunch of short stories.
I'm teaching 3 freshman classes.
Oh, and WS? Hand write it, but essay and personal statements need to be typed.
Scrappy - Jan 13, 2005 3:53:51 pm PST #4021 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Erin, I like TS because unlike a lot of childrens' books of that era, it celebrates impulse and freedom and ignoring convention. The kids do WAY more scary, dangerous, transgressive shit than kids today are allowed to do, and Twain captures how fun that is.
DavidS - Jan 13, 2005 3:55:18 pm PST #4022 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is there a modern version of Tom Sawyer? Or is it pure Americana nostalgia for a boyhood that is defunct?
Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker got compared to Tom Sawyer. Albeit a post-apocalyptic, Joyce influenced Tom Sawyer.
erikaj - Jan 13, 2005 3:55:20 pm PST #4023 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Good thought there, Robin.
Strix - Jan 13, 2005 3:56:38 pm PST #4024 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hmm. Maybe I could go from that angle; compare and contrast. Maybe tie in an essay.
I'm also thinking about a book club approach to reading these books. My mentor teacher is a 30 year veteran, and I don't think he does a lot of interactive stuff. He's, well, mostly I think he likes the golf coach aspect of this job. But he's nice enough.
Scrappy - Jan 13, 2005 3:58:14 pm PST #4025 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Maybe you could find another book from that era and contrast the treacly moral tone and two-dimensional characters?
Jen - Jan 13, 2005 3:59:35 pm PST #4026 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
WindSparrow, you've gotta type it. For one thing, a lot of applications are scanned into documents once they get to the Admissions department using OCR and passed around that way--I'm pretty sure handwritten documents won't work with OCR.
Sean K - Jan 13, 2005 4:02:12 pm PST #4027 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hi Jen! Happy new year!