[LM_NET] Hit: teaching Hoot and Outsiders

[Lawsky <lawsky@OPTONLINE.NET>]

I'd like to thank everyone who responded for their great ideas,
Diana


Some random ideas: 

Suggest strategies such as visualizing the scene
Have students highlight surprises or vocab
Teach "prereading" to set the stage

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Outsiders websites:

http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/outsideQ.html




http://help4teachers.com/MichaelaTheOutsiders.html




http://theliterarylink.com/questions_otherbooks.html#The%20Outsiders




http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/novelguides/hs/Mini-Guide.Hinton.pdf

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Hoot resources:

http://readingtokids.org/Books/BookView.php?pag=3&bookID=00000408







http://www.highsmith.com/pdf/LibrarySparks/2006/lsp_apr06_lesson.pdf




http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading58/hoot.htm







These are some resources I found for Hoot from www.TeachingBooks.net It is a 
subscription service that is worth the $$ for the author video alone but they do 
include links to book guides as well. 

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This is an idea I saw at a VEMA confrence, it is called Novel Notebook. the site is 
www.novelnotebook.com and you can reach Jeri and Amy at novelnotebook@yahoo.com. I 
used novel notebook to teach stargirl. It bascially is a interactive notebook. Go 
to the website, it is a different way to teach the novel.
Nancy Goodrich
Loudoun County Public Schools
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The book I've used are different but what I've done is broken them up with video 
clips of author interview.  Have students find unfamiliar words and make a word 
wall w/dictionary definition their own sentence and an illustration.  You can also 
have them partner read for a change of pace if you feel they can handle it.

I googled lesson ideas  and this is what I saw that looked good for hoot.

http://www.sandtpublications.com/f/Microsoft_Word_-_Hoot_Unit_for_website.pdf

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/bookfairs/currconnection/hoot.htm

http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?grade=All&keywords=hoot+lesson+plans&rating=3&search_type=narrow

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Here's a link to Walden Media's site with lessons & activities for Hoot; Web
English Teacher has an OK lesson for The Outsiders. Hope this helps!!

Hoot-- http://www.walden.com/walden/teach/hoot/index.php 

The Outsiders-- http://www.webenglishteacher.com/hinton.html 
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I'm sure that you know there are movies available for both of these  books.
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Do you have any local nature museums, wildlife refuges that would have a live owl 
or at least a stuffed owl that you could bring in?  I think the burrowing owls are 
a wonderful chance to open a conversation with kids about taking care of our 
planet.  I've done programs at the library where I've had someone from a nature 
center bring in live owls that have been injured and are kept at the center.  The 
kids love the owls.  

So good for our kids who don't get outside as much as they need to.
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