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| NEW RULES FOR OLD LIT: CONNECTING AT-RISK KIDS TO THE CLASSICS "COMMANDO STYLE" |
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| Pairing Contemporary Music and Canonical Literature (presented at NCTE '06 by Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Roger Caswell, & Chris Goering) |
| Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel edited by James Bucky Carter |
| There should be a rule that you should be interested in a book before you should be interested in [literary] terms. -- Dale B. |
| Mrs. Plumb Dundee Alternative H.S. Dundee, MI |
| Check out my related article "New Rules for Old Literature: Connecting At-Risk Kids to the Classics, 'Commando Style'" in the August 2007 edition of English Leadership Quarterly. |
| FOR SUBJECT SPECIFIC INFORMATION & ACTIVITIES SEE THE AMERICAN LIT, BRITISH LIT, OR WORLD LIT PAGES. |
| Why "Commando"? When working with teens who are reluctant to read the classics, you need to employ covert tactics; you need to sneak in, hit 'em with the story, and get out before they know what happened. Then, pepper them with many plots so they can compare the themes, characters, settings, etc. Once they begin to make connections between stories, they will also be able to see the relevance/connections to their own lives. To do this we can utilize non-traditional materials (illustrated books, graphic novels, picture books, films, etc.) whenever necessary in order to expose students to the BASIC PLOT of a classic work of literature. |
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| RECOMMENDED READING |
| USEFUL WEBSITES |
| From Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and the Classics, Second Edition by Sarah K. Herz and Don Gallo |
| Classic Connections: Turning Teens Onto Great Literature by Holly Koelling |
| Hip-Hop Poetry and the Classics by Alan Lawrence Sitomer and Michael Cirelli |
| Frankenstein by Stephen Krensky |
| The books listed below are a few examples of the types of books you can use to teach the classics "commando style". |
| Shakespeare: His Work and His World by Michael Rosen and Robert Ingpen |
| Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel adapted by Tim Hamilton |
| Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams |
| Pirates by John Matthews |
| Illustrated Now Age Books: R.L. Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adapted by Kin Platt |
| The Book of Ballads by Charles Vess |
| Tales of King Arthur retold by Daniel and Ronne Randall |
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| Information on this page will help you to: select supplemental materials, create text sets, integrate art and music, and include folklore and pop culture. |
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