Well, I assume some of you, like me, logged on here and were bummed to discover there were no posts on this chapter of the lovely, informative, not at all random and arbitrary book that we all use. Here's my plan for day 1.
Quickly cover an embarrassing story related to the misuse of the word "lover" from one of my former students.
Do the dialogue which, by some miracle, is not as flawed as most of them.
Quick sidebar on the real life inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.
Do the say it right section.
Do a competitive brainstorm activity where students have to come up with as many different genres of book/film as they can. Have them work in groups, give them 5 minutes, and then have them write all their genres on the board. The group with the highest number of non-duplicates wins a (sticker, point, whatever you do to make them actually give half a darn about your class.)
