Each volume from Literature Disguised As Fun has a different flavor. Both are delightful and informative, with a bit of cheek. Volume 1 includes 13 biographical stories that are also found as literature guides. These stories are narrated by a time-traveling interviewer who meets the authors under curious circumstances. While reading the amusing tales, you will glean valuable insight into authors such as Dickens, Shakespeare, and Emerson. Click here to see Volume 2. ~Sara
Adventurous Author Biographies - Volume One (Literature Disguised as Fun)
SKU
011850
ISBN
9798300829360
Grade 7-12
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Product Overview
- Explore a variety of authors through clever stories and plot twists
- From Literature Disguised as Fun author Glen Draeger
- Original literature is referenced but not included
Description
Publisher's Description of Adventurous Author Biographies - Volume One (Literature Disguised as Fun)
Sparing no expense and ignoring dangers and perils Mr. Draeger
sets out to meet twelve great authors: five Americans, six British and
one Russian.
Using a spaceship (Lem One), a time
machine (H.G. Wells), happenstance and raw courage rarely seen in an
educator, Mr Draeger, often accompanied by his dog, Fezzik, meets these
authors where they live and work—most of the time.
In
one instance Mr. Draeger travels into a book (Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland) to attend the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. In another he travels
to the Andromeda Galaxy to talk with the universe’s foremost expert on
Herman Melville. He walks with Wordsworth, takes Thoreau to another
planet and despite a few mishaps and misunderstandings (kidnapping
Jonathan Swift and bringing Mary Shelley back from the dead probably
weren’t the best ideas) manages, in these brief encounters, to give
students an opportunity to acquaint themselves with some of the greatest
authors in the world.
Students will not want to miss meeting:
- Lewis Carroll
- Anton Chekhov
- Stephan Crane
- Charles Dickens
- Emily Dickinson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Herman Melville
- William Shakespeare
- Mary Shelley
- Jonathan Swift
- Henry David Thoreau
- William Wordsworth
The
thirteen stories in this book (two on Thoreau) come from the Literature
Disguised as Fun series for grades 7 - 12, but these biographies
contain images not found in the original stories: additional author
portraits, some documents and a couple of homes where the authors lived.
This is Literature Disguised as Fun!
Category Description for Literature Disguised as Fun (Grades K-12)
These are contained (include the story), inexpensive, and non-consumable literary components you can weave into your language arts for middle and high school ages. Each one can be done by a student and parent, small group or a classroom. The content is not religious unless the author mentions it as a talking point (even then, they are not biblical in nature.) It's the questions after the story that really tripped my trigger! Why do you think so-and-so responded the way he did? Why was that good or bad? What might you have done in that situation? I'm generalizing to show the higher-order thinking structure of the questions. A short biography of the author and some background to the setting introduces the mood to come. Read the story, then comes the discussion questions. You could easily make a question into an essay topic! The voice of the guides themselves is very friendly and conversational. It makes for a relaxed vibe going into some pretty dark and heavy literature. The prices vary with the length of the reading, but they all have the same pre- and post-story content. A few scattered illustrations poke fun at the topics. At the end, I quite liked reading some quotes from the author and suggestions for further reading. These feel like something you could work into a busy week when you may not get to your heavier work. Or maybe you find yourself picking one up between larger novels to discuss. The titles are some that you may not know, so have a try at something new! I would get the whole set if it were me. ~Sara
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 7-12 |
| Brand: | ArtK12 |
| Author: | Glen Draeger |
| ISBN: | 9798300829360 |
| Length in Inches: | 8 |
| Width in Inches: | 5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.375 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.4 |
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