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ACTIVITY: An Introduction to Doors (part I)
Project: Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Motion and the Physics of Change
SUMMARY
Goals
Details
Duration: 60 minutes
Assessments: Student reflections/journals, Student writing
Materials: LCD, PPT presentation
Description
Students read a bit of text (from the prologue of the novel Neverwhere) and are asked to 'inquire' about it, explore it and complete a creative writing assignment.
ACTIVITY RESOURCES
(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)
PPT of Activity
This PPT has the text excerpt from the novel, question prompts and the instructions for creative writing....
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REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS
Author Reflections
Great activity to get students into the middle of a story, before they've begun reading it. Many students really wanted to know more. When they actually began reading the novel, they have already met one of the main characters and 'know' her a little bit.