As I have said before, I do not have the opportunity to do much more with novels besides read them. It does seem odd I know but the goal of the class is to build reading skills. I feel a regular English class is where students will get to experience all the wonderful techniques of "teaching a novel".
For the sake of this assignment--
Last year, I team taught a Foundations of English class with a regular ed. English teacher. One of the students' favorite novels was The Crucible. We acted this out and everyone had a turn at different parts-whether they wanted to or not! This was very effective with the students. Sometimes, students get confused with strange names and who said what. When they are able to say a classmates name along with a character from the book, they seem to remember much better.
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We read The Crucible aloud too. We use it early in the fall. It's a great way to get a sense of the strengths and confidence level of the students. It also lends itself to thoughtful discussion, perhaps because everyone likes it and has followed along with the action.
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