1. Class #5, December 12  Lolly on fantasy and science fiction  Laurence Yep presentation  Lois Lowry ~5:30 Break  Lolly introduces more books  Lolly on Meg Rosoff  Book discussion  Next week (poetry, requests)

2. Fantasy and Science Fiction  Background info  Politics of their time  Allegory  Variety

3. Laurence Yep presentation Stephen McClain Alison Ross Megan Webb

4. Lois Lowry

5. Break

6. More books

7. More authors & series

8. Meg Rosoff Born 1956 in Boston Princeton Studied sculpture in London NYC to finish degree Worked in publishing Moved to England; advertising Married to Englishman, one teenage daughter How I Live Now is first book (2004) Just In Case second book (2006)

9. Meg Rosoff web links http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/authors/results.pperl ?authorid=58449 Interview http://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.c fm?author_number=1059 Radio interview http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2004/11/20041110_a_ main.asp Talking Heads “Life During Wartime” lyrics http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/talking-heads/135068.html

10. Lesson plans for The Giver Random House teacher’s guides http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/ title/#G http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/ title/#G Literary Link website http://theliterarylink.com/giver_lessons.html http://theliterarylink.com/giver_lessons.html From Facing History and Ourselves http://www.facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf/ DownloadsSG?OpenForm http://www.facinghistory.org/campus/reslib.nsf/ DownloadsSG?OpenForm

11. Book discussion (five smaller groups, not four larger groups) Discuss both books—their craft as well as your responses to them. Consider conflict in each book. What kinds are represented and how? What do Jonas’s and Daisy’s responses to conflict (internal and external) tell you about them as characters?

13. Next week  Poetry  Verse novels  Filling requests Writing and submitting manuscripts Favorite books ? More multicultural books, awards,…?