I will be posting connections to classroom discussions about Model Novels to help students embark on their own research and preparation for NaNoWriMo. Enjoy the exploration!
From Period 1:
Discussion of characters on the autism spectrum:
Listen to http://www.radiolab.org/story/juicervose/
Watch HBO's Temple Grandin for a close-up view of what it is like to live and thrive with autism.
Interested in mental health issues? Listen to this fascinating story from npr.org on early intervention successes with people who may (or may not!) suffer from schizophrenia:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/20/356640026/halting-schizophrenia-before-it-starts
Playing with chronology: See movies like Pulp Fiction or Memento.
From Period 5:
Structure ideas:
Multiple stories about a character: House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
Dream sequence turns in to reality~Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver
Unique time sequences: Men We Reaped, by Jesmyn Ward
Unique syntax (narrative drifts into poems/lists): We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart and The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusak
From Period 6:
Structure:
Multiple narrator: Eleanor and Park and Wonder, Gathering of Old Men
Trial By Fire (Shifts p.o.v.)
Small chapters
Novel-in-Verse
Multiple perspective on same incident/conflict: Gathering of Old Men
Plot ideas:
Kid living in bad neighborhood who tries to escape (The Pact, Bad Boy)
Use Place Narrative as a significant setting
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