how can I make teenagers into studying literature?

Question

i teach 6-8th graders and i have hard time into making them having fun through my class
i know it is sometimes dull studying such a subject
but i really want them to enjoy thier times

Excuse ME!!!!
I am a teacher, but you are forgetting that in our little globe there are more than one language!

Answer 1

a play,they need to act it in order to understand it...turn an old story into a modern one.....i never listened in class because it was boring and i could not relate to anything in the story..


also,candy talks to.......a piece of candy for a right answer, or at least an answer that seems like they put some thought into it!

Answer 2

Take them to see a play, that is always a great way to show them that words aren't just ink on paper, they have meaning and emotion.

One thing we did for homeschooling was to take something that was over 50 years old and do a dual revision on it. This was so much fun for the kids to do because they really learned three times as much as they initially expected.

Let's say someone picked "The Scarlet Letter"; they would have to write the main theme of it then backtrack one hundred years and write the same basics of the story only in a different time frame [era]. Then they would have the take the story and set it one hundred years from when it was originally written. For this story it was more brutal for Pearl growing up as the child of an unwed mother as well as for Hester. Considering that the story was written in 1850, they had to do research on what life was like in 1750 and what the social differences were. Then they had to fast forward to 1950 and write about how Hester and Pearl would have been treated in that era. Since this was a homeschooling project it was something that went on for a month as a sideline project. Maybe there is a way to work that into a long term project that you could have groups work on with each student looking for certain things.

If you can get one foot in the door in regards to literature most kids soak it up like a sponge. Try using modern references that they can associate with like some of the rappers that talk about losing someone close then use that as a tie in for something like Romeo and Juliet. Shees, I am getting long winded here. But that's homeschooling for ya!

Answer 3

be creative have a theme maybe give out awards or havea point system of some sort be entertaining while teaching dont be dull try and make the subject sound more exciting then it actually is learning can be fun

Answer 4

Try make the book into a movie... or speak their language you know you can even prompt them to say we need the summary of this book in a song form.. Hip hop or some pop type give it to them and make them summarize it in their own words NOT from bakc of the book... and then make them turn it into a song. Give them the mic and contest their minds.

Answer 5

When u teach u say some intresting mesage for their age. Let your eye may rotate all over the class students when u teach.

Answer 6

Let the children pick and choose their taste in books. Once they have read whatever novel they might brag about it in class.

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Answer 7

How bout adding jokes or humor in your class. This way nobody will get bored

Answer 8

Have your students create their own presentations (skits, a song etc..) based on the book.

Answer 9

You teach literature? Your English is atrocious.

Let alone your lack of capitalization, agreement and grammar. Shame on you!

Answer 10

Work on your grammar and composition.