Class #5, December 12

Housekeeping (next week, bibliographies…)

Lolly on fantasy and science fiction Christina’s book talk Laurence Yep presentation Book discussion More fantasy and science fictionBreak ~ 7:05

Lois Lowry

Next week

Poetry Verse novels Filling requests

• Awards•Writing and submitting manuscripts•More?

Bring in a book (optional)

Fantasy and Science Fiction

Background info Politics of their time Allegory Variety

“The Mary Sue Project” by Lelac Almagor

(November/December 2006 Horn Book Magazine)

Fifth-graders write themselves into the story

Christina’s booktalk

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (First Second, 2006)

Laurence Yep presentation

Emily Brocks

Sharwari Tilloo

Rachel Strauss

Meg Rosoff Born 1956 in Boston Princeton Studied sculpture in London NYC to finish degree Worked in publishing Moved to England; advertising Married to Englishman, one teenage

daughter Books

• How I Live Now was first book (2004)• Just In Case second book (2006)• What I Was (for adults) coming in January, 2008

Meg Rosoff web links

http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=58449&view=full_sptlght

Interview about Just In Casehttp://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.

cfm?author_number=1059

WBUR audio interviewhttp://www.onpointradio

.org/shows/2004/11/20041110_a_main.asp

Talking Heads “Life During Wartime” lyricshttp://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/talking+heads/

life+during+wartime_10228666.html

Lesson plans for The Giver

Random House teacher’s guideshttp://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/title/#G

Literary Link websitehttp://theliterarylink.com/giver_lessons.html

From Facing History and Ourselveshttp://www.facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf/DownloadsSG?OpenForm

Book discussion

Discuss both books—their craft as well as your responses to them.

Consider conflict in each book. What kinds are represented and how? What do Jonas’s and Daisy’s responses to conflict (internal and external) tell you about them as characters?

More books

Break

Lois Lowry