Monster in the Classroom

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Monster in the Classroom

• Teaching Walter Dean Myers Monster in Ninth
  Grade Classrooms
• By Adam Benveniste and Robin Belcher-Timme

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FOCAL POINTS

• Screenplay Format
• Relatability
• Text to Self/ World Connections
• Legal Implications

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Screenplay Format

• Multiple Intelligences
• Exposure to new genre of writing
• Learn process of movie production

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Relatability

• NYC Setting
• Lots of Gangstas
• Deals with stereotypes of minorities

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Text 2 Self/ World Connections

• Helps students understand by making connections
  to their world
• Must be guided
• Makes the story real
• Relatability

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Legal Implications

• The Power of Consequence
• Knowledge of Legal System
• Knowledge of Courtroom Procedures

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Resources for Teachers

• Biography of Walter Dean Myers
• http//dept.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf/Myersbio
  .htm
• Monster Lesson Plans
• http//www.webenglishteacher.com/myers.html