Novel Lessons

I love plays on words, and thus I think the URL for this blog is most fitting. My hope for this space is that each of us can post a lesson plan--no special format required, just something that we do teach novels to our students or use novels in our bookclubs or share the wonder of a good book in some way with others. In her book Radical Reflections, Mem Fox talks about her reason for writing not being to publish, but being to share with others. I think the same can be true of teaching--creating and presenting the lesson is a success of sorts, but getting to share ideas with other teachers is where another level of delight, and the real opportunity for improvement, comes to fruition.

For those of you who are not familiar with blogs, the set up is basically this: someone posts their ideas, and others get to comment on it. While many blogs are the musings of a single person, I have set up this blog so that each of you can POST your lesson plan idea, and the rest of us can provide you with feedback in the form of COMMENTs. You need only post once and comment once (for Week 4, you'll need to do it again for Week 8)--although I hope you will find the blog a friendly place where you come often to hang out with your new online teaching friends, have a cup of virtual coffee, and share.