mom31257 Posted August 5, 2016 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
kirstenhill Posted August 10, 2016 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
Hobbes Posted August 10, 2016 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
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