Hey friends!
Boy oh boy do we have a game in store for you! We all are a little bummed that march madness is canceled but I personally try not to limit my madness to only March! *buh dum ching* (hold your applause I know hilarious) ANYWAY! This year I’m getting my bracket filling fix with a different kind of tournament. THE Classic Literature Tournament! Get out your library cards ladies and gentlemen we’ve got some classic books to find! Your local librarian will know you by name. One of the books might have you craving chocolate. One book might remind you of that one time you walked into a spider web and looked like a ninja fighting absolutely nothing for a solid 4 minutes. All these classic books will stir up fantastic imagination and wonder in your student’s mind. The goal is to read 8 classic books and decide which one is BEST! This activity may take all year (or even more) to complete, but that’s the exciting part!
Who wouldn’t want the madness to last all year?! OR MORE!! So lets get started!
What you have to do first is prep your bracket board. Cut along the dotted line on page 30. Glue or tape the edge of the page to the left hand margin of page 31, so that the half rectangle becomes a full rectangle. Also you need to cut out the book icons on pages 32 and 33. I recommend having your student add his or her own flair to the brackets to really make it POP!
Then its times to begin!
Step one: Read the Books! Read them fast, read them slow, read them here, read them there, you can read them anywhere!
The classic books you will be reading are
Charlie and the Chocolate factory by Roald Dahl
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The Lion the Which and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
Step two: After you read the first 2 books you must decide! You and your students are the score keepers in this tournament. It is your decision which one is better. Once you make that choice tape or glue that book icon in the the empty rectangle.
Step three: Repeat the process until you find the BEST classic book (which will go in the coveted middle rectangle!)
Good luck and remember have FUN!
