Ripped From the Headlines and Applied to the Classics: Ideas for Pairing Fiction and Nonfiction

On Nov. 22, Katherine Schulten and Sarah Gross are presenting a workshop at the annual National Council of Teachers of English convention called "Ripped from the Headlines and Applied to the Classics: Pairing Fiction and Nonfiction, With Help From The New York Times." We're asking the participants in our session to play it, but you can simply hand it out to your students - with or without today's New York Times in front of them: Literary Quote Bingo. "1. 10 Ways to Use The New York Times for Teaching LiteratureA post describing how to search for Times articles and multimedia related to a book you're teaching - or to the book's setting, themes, quotes or characters. For example, try searching"Big Brother" in The Times if you're teaching "1984″ to show students how often, and in how many different ways, the term is still used. Our new Text to Text feature, in which we match excerpts from often-taught literary works with Times articles and multimedia that echo or extend the themes.
Source: NEW YORK TIMES
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