mom31257 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Please share your favorites here! I'm teaching a 30 minute class for 2nd-3rd graders. I plan to introduce them to ideas such as setting, conflict, theme, and maybe some figurative language. I hope to make the class a lot of fun by dressing up as a detective the first day and tell them we will "investigate" books for their hidden clues. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I did a class like this last year for my co-op and used mostly fractured fairy tales. I would read/tell a simplified version of the "classic" story and then we would read a fractured fairy tale version and talk about what literary element(s) were changed/different in the "fractured" version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) I heard a podcast episode where Adam Andrews from Teaching the Classics said they use A Bargain For Frances to introduce literary analysis in their classes. It's a pretty great book for conflict and resolution! I'd also try Seven Silly Eaters... fun, evocative poem with plenty of silly. ETA: The Toot and Puddle books by Hollie Hobbie have a lot of depth to them. Edited August 10, 2016 by indigoellen@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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