Oral Bridge Summaries (Optional)
As decided upon in class, please post your oral bridge summary following the format below:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas to "Ethan Brand": Following a brief introduction to the Great Chain of Being and the idea of knowing one's place/connectivity to humanity, I read from the Dr. Suess book, focusing on the parts where there is a clear "chain" of happily connected Hoos. I did some DRTA questioning before prompting you all to consider the theme in the Hawthorne story, from which I also read, completing the bridge.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas to "Ethan Brand": Following a brief introduction to the Great Chain of Being and the idea of knowing one's place/connectivity to humanity, I read from the Dr. Suess book, focusing on the parts where there is a clear "chain" of happily connected Hoos. I did some DRTA questioning before prompting you all to consider the theme in the Hawthorne story, from which I also read, completing the bridge.
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I linked Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises to Kenneth Mahood's The Laughing Dragon.
I used the childrens' picture book to make the difficult issue of sexuality with regards to identity more approachable, specifically identifying the problems of Hojo the dragon's fire. By identifying a tension in simple terms, it might be easier to communicate more complex tensions to students.
I linked Night John by Gary Paulsen(Minor) to The Narrative of Frederick Douglas (Major) using the themes of slavery and education.
OK, here's my incomplete list. You all will have to fill in the blanks on your own and make corrections/give details as you post.
Christina: YA book (title?) to The Scarlet Letter.
Robert: Dr.Suess (title?) book to All Quiet on the WEstern Front.
Harrison: Stargirl to Emerson essay.
Aaron: already posted.
Cara: "Dear Mr. Jesus" poem and The Lost Boy.
Billy: The Monster Stick and The Prince.
Katherine: A speech, a No Doubt song "Don't Speak" to The Awakening.
Kate: Night John to Frederick Douglas.
Ryan: already posted.
Becca: Stargirl to Pride and Prejudice.
Libby: Walk Two Moons to Odyssey.
Brooksie: Lemony Snicket to Jane Eyre.
Sarah: The Darwin Awards to Frankenstein.
Laura: Stargirl to The Giver.
Natalie: Nappy Hair to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Allie: A proverb(?) to Flipped.
Randi: Oh, The Places You'll go to Lord of the Rings.
Heather: A poem by Wyatt to Mary, Bloody Mary.
Clare: My Love, My Love, or the Peasant Girl.... to Whethering Heights.
Dave: A Seperate Peace to Catcher in the Rye.
Colleen: Grandfather's Journay to Farwell to Manzanar.
Monica: For colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide... to The Color Purple.
Anthony: Stargirl to Invisible Man.
Allison: Catcher in the Rye to To the Light House.
Amy: poems to To Kill a Mockingbird.
I linked Richard Klender's song "Dear Mr. Jesus" to Dave Pelzer's book "The Lost Boy". Both dealt with child abuse from the perspective of young children.
I linked Dr. Seuss' Oh the Places You'll Go! with J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. My purpose of linking these two was to introduce the themes of journeys and maturing.
A Separate Peace to The Catcher in the Rye. I began my bridge by asking you to think about Coming of Age, growing up, and seeing the world in new ways. I read two selections from A Separate Peace--Gene's vision of America versus Finny's vision of America--and then a selection from The Catcher in the Rye--Holden's vision of the world in which he lives. I finished by propmting you again to think about particular events in your life (such as WWII for Gene and Finny and seeing "FUCK YOU" written on the walls of a school for Holden) which have shaped the way you view the world.
My oral bridge is connecting Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer and "Who list his wealth and ease retain" by Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder. Mary, Bloody Mary is a young adult biographical novel about the life of Mary Tudor and the rest of the royal court during her life. Anne Boleyn was Mary's stepmother, the wife of her father Henry VIII after he divorced her mother, Catherine of Aragon. Henry, however, soon also tired of Anne when she did not produce a male heir and had her executed so that he could marry Jane Seymour. I am reading a passage of the book addressing Anne's execution.
The poem by Sir Thomas Wyatt also addresses Queen Anne's execution, except, while the novel talks about the tower of London and the poor, falsely charged gentleman that are locked in the tower prior to and during the execution, Wyatt's poem is written from the tower. Wyatt himself was one of the gentleman who was accused of an adulterous affair with Anne Boleyn, giving Henry and excuse to execute her and remarry; Wyatt watched the execution from the Bell Tower.
Without the extra help of previously reading Mary, Bloody Mary, I would have really had to rack my brain to try and remember exactly who Anne Boleyn was and why Henry VIII was having her executed in Wyatt's poem. The rich and easy to remember context of the novel makes the poem more meaningful and easier to retain as well, when it might otherwise just be another boring old poem to students.
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