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Re: Novel choices for multiple perspectives
Posted by Raftery on 8/31/08
On 8/30/08, Cat wrote:
> I'm trying to put together a unit in the spring for senior
> English. I'd like us to read two novels that tell the story
> from different perspectives. My first choice would be Jane
> Eyre with Wide Sargasso Sea, but my students this year are
> significantly lower in reading levels than past years. I am
> considering literature circles by splitting the class into
> 2-3 groups with each group responsible for a pair of
> novels. My students with higher skills can tackle the
> tougher novels while I can provide more reading level
> appropriate books for my struggling readers. My question:
> Can you think of any other novel pairings? I'm drawing a
> blank!
>
> The novels do not necessarily need to have the same
> characters, but perhaps the same theme/historical context
> (i.e. WWII novel narrated by a Nazi solider versus Anne
> Frank's diary or North/South Coming of Age novels set
> during the Civil War). Thanks!
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-Mark Twain's Prince And The Paulper, Arthur Conon Doyle's
Lost World, Jules Verne's Mysterious Island, Edgar Rice
Burroughs Tarzan, Maud Montgomery's Anne Of Green Gables,
Rudyard Kipling's Courages Companions, Kim, Jungle Book, H G
Wells Invisable Man
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Novel choices for multiple perspectives, 8/30/08, by Cat.
- Re: Novel choices for multiple perspectives, 8/31/08, by Raftery.
- Re: Novel choices for multiple perspectives, 8/31/08, by Jenna.
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