Author: JanaC70

  • Literary Fanzine Part 5

    Literary Fanzine Part 5

    The final novel we read this year was Animal Farm by George Orwell. We had several long discussions about the Russian revolution, and the use of propaganda both in real life and in the novel. The assignment was: A propaganda poster promoting a political candidate or idea OR A satirical article about a current political situation…

  • Literary Fanzine Part 4

    Literary Fanzine Part 4

    Next, we read Treasure Island. Knowing that some of the students were not thrilled with poetry assignments, I decided to have them do an “attention to details” assignment: Using the information in the book, draw a map of Treasure Island, OR illustrate a favorite scene from the book. They were to use the descriptions from the…

  • Literary Fanzine Part 3

    Literary Fanzine Part 3

    The third unit we did in my class was a short story unit. We read many different short stories, and the assignment was: Either write a short story in the style of one of the stories we read, or draw an illustration for one of the stories, or write a short letter telling next year’s…

  • Literary Fanzine Part 2

    Literary Fanzine Part 2

    To give a little more context, my class is a high school-level literature class taught at a homeschool co-op. I had 18 students first semester, and 16 second. Many of the students had not had a higher level literature class before, and some even told me they hated reading. Other students were very advanced in…

  • Literary Fanzine Part 1

    Literary Fanzine Part 1

    While taking the course Teaching Writing Online last year, I was inspired to have my class create a literature fanzine. I used one of the original Star Trek fanzines from the 1960’s as my mentor text, which included essays, drawings, poetry, and short stories around the theme of Star Trek. I showed an example I created to…