I COMMEND YOU ON THIS MOST AWESOME OF LESSON PLANS! I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK ABOUT SCENES TO USE, BUT I HAVE A TANGENTIALLY RELATED COMMENT: I'VE BEEN STARTING THIS RESEARCH PROJECT RELATED TO FANFICTION, AND I'VE COME ACROSS A FEW ARTICLES RELATED TO THE USE OF WRITING/READING FANFICTION AS A TOOL TO HELP ESL STUDENTS. IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN THEM FOR FUTURE LESSON PLANS, I'D BE HAPPY TO PASS THEM ALONG!
I DO ENJOY YOUR IDEA OF USING FANFICTION IN MY CLASSROOM. I THINK ONCE WE GET TO OUR FANTASY UNIT WHICH OF COURSE, IS NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR, THIS WILL PROVE TO BE VERY USEFUL TO ME, CONSIDERING 18 OF MY 30 STUDENTS ARE ESL (OR RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM IT)
I SOMETIMES WONDER, DID I ADD AVATAR INTO MY LESSONS BECAUSE MY STUDENTS SHOWED INTEREST IN IT OR FOR MY OWN SELFISH PURPOSES.
A LITTLE OF BOTH, PERHAPS? AND AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE SHOWING INTEREST AND IT HELPS THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL, THAT'S FINE! BUT, GIVEN THAT I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE IDEA, I MAY BE BIASED. :)
I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS:
Good readers track how a character changes in the story by rereading important scenes. They ask, ”How do these scenes show how my character has changed over time?”
OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE CHARACTERS IN AVATAR SHOWED RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF GROWTH, BUT BOTH AANG AND ZUKO HAD THE STRONGEST CHARACTER ARCS, WITH ZUKO'S BEING FAR LESS SUBTLE. HE STARTS OUT IN FIRE NATION REGALIA ON THE SHIP AS A SHORT-TEMPERED ASS OBSESSED WITH HONOR (EP 1, 2), LEAVES HIS GUIDE IN ORDER TO DISCOVER HIS OWN PATH (ZUKO ALONE), CONFRONTS HIS OWN FRUSTRATION AND INABILITY TO GRASP POWER (THE STORM), LETS GO OF THE OBJECT HE WAS SEEKING (RELEASING THE BISON), LEAVES/BETRAYS HIS GUIDE AGAIN (CROSSROADS OF DESTINY), CONFRONTS HIS REAL ADVESARY, HIS EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE FATHER (
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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH WITH YOUR IN-DEPTH SUGGESTIONS. I AGREE COMPLETELY.
I HAVE A TEACHING POINT THIS WEEK ABOUT ACTIONS AND EMOTIONS. I AM USING AANG WHEN HE LOST APPA AND HOW IT TELLS US THAT HE IS QUICK TO ACT ON HIS EMOTIONS AND DOESN'T THINK THINGS THROUGH.
SO PSYCHED.
AND YES. THIS SHOW IS SO BEAUTIFUL. IT IS REALLY AMAZING. IN SO MANY WAYS.
QUICK TO ACT ON HIS EMOTIONS AND DOESN'T THINK THINGS THROUGH
WHICH ISN'T REALLY DIFFERENT FROM HIS NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY LIFE--THIS TIME HE'S JUST ANGRY. :) PART OF HIS ARC, I THINK, WAS LEARNING HOW TO BE A LITTLE LESS IMPULSIVE. SOKKA WAS THE PLANNER, AFTER ALL, AND KATARA WAS THE ENFORCER/GLUE, SO THERE WAS NO NEED FOR AANG TO BE EITHER OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT YEAH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SHOWCASE AN AVATAR ACTING ON HIS EMOTIONS, THE DESERT IS A GREAT SET OF EPISODES FOR IT. GOOD LUCK!
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I DO ENJOY YOUR IDEA OF USING FANFICTION IN MY CLASSROOM. I THINK ONCE WE GET TO OUR FANTASY UNIT WHICH OF COURSE, IS NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR, THIS WILL PROVE TO BE VERY USEFUL TO ME, CONSIDERING 18 OF MY 30 STUDENTS ARE ESL (OR RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM IT)
I SOMETIMES WONDER, DID I ADD AVATAR INTO MY LESSONS BECAUSE MY STUDENTS SHOWED INTEREST IN IT OR FOR MY OWN SELFISH PURPOSES.
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I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS:
Good readers track how a character changes in the story by rereading important scenes. They ask, ”How do these scenes show how my character has changed over time?”
OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE CHARACTERS IN AVATAR SHOWED RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF GROWTH, BUT BOTH AANG AND ZUKO HAD THE STRONGEST CHARACTER ARCS, WITH ZUKO'S BEING FAR LESS SUBTLE. HE STARTS OUT IN FIRE NATION REGALIA ON THE SHIP AS A SHORT-TEMPERED ASS OBSESSED WITH HONOR (EP 1, 2), LEAVES HIS GUIDE IN ORDER TO DISCOVER HIS OWN PATH (ZUKO ALONE), CONFRONTS HIS OWN FRUSTRATION AND INABILITY TO GRASP POWER (THE STORM), LETS GO OF THE OBJECT HE WAS SEEKING (RELEASING THE BISON), LEAVES/BETRAYS HIS GUIDE AGAIN (CROSSROADS OF DESTINY), CONFRONTS HIS REAL ADVESARY, HIS EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE FATHER ( ( ... )
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I HAVE A TEACHING POINT THIS WEEK ABOUT ACTIONS AND EMOTIONS. I AM USING AANG WHEN HE LOST APPA AND HOW IT TELLS US THAT HE IS QUICK TO ACT ON HIS EMOTIONS AND DOESN'T THINK THINGS THROUGH.
SO PSYCHED.
AND YES. THIS SHOW IS SO BEAUTIFUL. IT IS REALLY AMAZING. IN SO MANY WAYS.
AS IS THIS FANDOM.
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WHICH ISN'T REALLY DIFFERENT FROM HIS NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY LIFE--THIS TIME HE'S JUST ANGRY. :) PART OF HIS ARC, I THINK, WAS LEARNING HOW TO BE A LITTLE LESS IMPULSIVE. SOKKA WAS THE PLANNER, AFTER ALL, AND KATARA WAS THE ENFORCER/GLUE, SO THERE WAS NO NEED FOR AANG TO BE EITHER OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT YEAH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SHOWCASE AN AVATAR ACTING ON HIS EMOTIONS, THE DESERT IS A GREAT SET OF EPISODES FOR IT. GOOD LUCK!
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