Link of the week: One of my favorite sites to use as a resource is www.howstuffworks.com, especially the video center. The site offers a plethora of information about just about anything, but the section I believe to be of the most value is a series of high quality videos entitled "Great Books." To get to the page, type in Great Books in the Search Box, then click videos on the left hand side. Currently, there are 127 book related videos. In addition to the book videos, there are other resources to compliment literature, such as interesting articles and videos on topics such as: "9 Surprising Banned Books", "18 Memorable Character Names from the Works of Charles Dickens", "17 Unusual Book Titles" and "14 Best-Selling Books Repeatedly Rejected by Publishers", just to name a few. A perfect resource for us eccentric literature nerds! :) In lieu of our recents readings on multigenre writing, I think these videos and resources offer a means to excite students about a text, where "student's inventiveness is triggered" (Romano 5). Below is a video I'll be using during student teaching on The Red Badge of Courage. Notice the quality and historical component of the video.
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