Teaching+Goldengrove

====*The novel is very keen on imagery, and viewing everything from an artistic eye. As a project students can take a scene and create their own interpretation of it. They can do this by drawing out a scene (take for example when Nico and Margret are rowing on the boat), or make a computerized image. The computerized image needs to have creativity behind it, not copying and pasting another person's art.==== ====*This novel also deals with finding oneself. As seen in the themes, the most prevelant theme is Nico understanding who she is. Students can write and explain how they found/are finding themselves. What is their place in society/their family/ their social circles right now?==== ====*Illuminating text can be utilized with this novel. Students can pick a paragraph or selection from the novel and illuminate it via hypertext. After hypertext, they can choose (or keep the same one) another selection and make a sound scape of that given selection, and then they can also go into creating a photo story about that section.==== ====*//Goldengrove// can be made even more accessible to students by allowing them to compare the various characters including Nico, Margaret, and Aaron through musical lyrics. For example, the song **Dusk and Summer** by the Dashboard Confessional has lyrics that can be descriptive of //Goldengrove// characters. By allowing students to find parallels between the lyrics and the book they will expand their knowledge and understanding of the characters. Please see the below video for an example.====

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