Creative ideas for the non- traditional teacher.
Dec 25, 2015
Who said it?
“Jane Austen? Why I go so far as to say that any library is a good library that does not contain a volume by Jane Austen. Even if it contains no other book.”
A. Oscar Wilde
B. Dorothy Parker
D. Mark Twain
C. Charles Dickens
Guess the title…
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Characters: Peter Quince
Theseus
Puck
Answer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Unscramble the names of these characters from a popular series:
• Robe Muddle
• Trap? Try hero.
• Yes! Earn Owl.
• Impulse Run
• ‘E Never Pass Us!
Dumbledore
Harry PotterRon Weasley
Remus Lupin
Severus Snape
Look out below
Number of great poets reportedly killed by a tortoise dropped from the air by a flying bird: 1
The poet: Aeschylus, the ancient Greek
Excuse me…
Real excuse notes from parents:
“Please excuse Mary for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.”
“Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.”
“Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.”
“Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.”
“Please eckuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.”
“My son is under the doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.”
“Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating.”
Guess the title…
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Characters: Stradlater
Sally Hayes
Phoebe Caulfield
Answer: Catcher in the Rye
The meaning of rejection:
Number of poems Emily Dickinson wrote: 1,775
Number published during her lifetime:
7
Writing by Degrees
Which poet won a PhD at Harvard but never bothered to collect it?
D. Hart Crane
B. Ezra Pound
A. T.S. Eliot
C. Robert Frost
Great literature—by Emeril
Grape Expectations
Tequila Mockingbird
The Merchant of Venison
The
Lard of the Flies
Mansfield Pork“The Rime of the Ancient
Marinara”
X marks the spot
Number of times, in all of Shakespeare’s works combined, a word appears that begins with the letter “x”: 1
The word: “Xanthippe,” wife of Socrates who is mentioned in The Taming of the Shrew.
Real book titles
The Complete Monk (1966)
How to Be Happy Though Married (1895)
Engineering for Potatoes (1986)
How to Rob Banks Without Violence (1972)
My Duodenal Ulcer and I (1955)
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition (1984)
What figure of speech did JFK use in this famous line?“Ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country.”
A. metaphor
B. hyperbole
C. chiasmus
D. synecdoche
To bee or not to bee
Which of the following was not a winning word in a National Spelling Bee?
A. milieu
B. sarcophagus
D. onomatopoeia
C. elegiacal
Last words of authors:“My head, my head.” – Robert Louis
Stevenson
“How gratifying!” – Robert Browning
“Garrulous to the very last.”
– Walt Whitman
“A dying man can do nothing easy.” – Ben Franklin
“This wallpaper is killing me; one of us has got to go.” – Oscar Wilde
But can you get it in Pig Latin?
What’s the most translated book in history, other than The Bible?
A. Jane Eyre
B. Harry Potter
D. Don Quixote
C. Robinson Crusoe
Do you know the pseudonyms of these real writers?
• William Sidney Porter• Charles Dodgson• Mary Ann Evans• Samuel Clemons• Eric Arthur Blair
O. HenryLewis Carroll
George Eliot
Mark Twain
George Orwell
Reading the Signs
Sign seen at a camping store:
“Now is the winter of our discount tents…”
At the exit of an extended stay hotel:
“Parting is such suite sorrow.”
At a seaside resort:
“Once more unto the beach, dear friends!”
Real wordsThe Italian phrase “cavoli riscaldati” refers to an
attempt to revive a dead love affair. Its literal meaning:
A. lightly fried squid
D. stewed rice
B. reheated cabbage
C. uncooked partridge
The need for clarity…
Real headlines:
Grandmother of Eight Makes Hole in OnePolice Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Farmer Bill Dies in House Milk Drinkers Are Turning to Powder William Kelly Was Fed Secretary
Literature is…
“news that stays news.” –Ezra Pound
“the notation of the heart.” –Thornton Wilder
“no other than the shadow of good talk.” –Robert Louis Stevenson
“only what people would say to each other if they had the chance.” –Christopher Morley
Name the most recent Nobel Prize winner for literature from each country:
• Chile
• Trinidad & Tobago
• South Africa
• Ireland
• Mexico
Pablo Neruda
Derek WalcottNadine Gordimer
Seamus Heaney
Octavius Paz
Words most often misspelled online in 2005:
dumbbell
occurrence
amateur
daiquiri
pastime
playwright
embarrass
acquit
Name a word that contains all five vowels.
Examples:
uncopyrightable
facetious
abstemious
miscellaneous
sequoia
uncomplimentary
Five words that came from names:
boycott (Charles C. Boycott, English land agent)
maverick (Samuel Maverick, Texas cattle owner)
bobby (Sir Robert Peel, founder of London police)
tawdry (St. Audrey, 7th c. queen of Northumbria)
sideburns (Gen. Ambrose Burnside, Union soldier)
Need A Banned-Aid?
The most frequently banned books of this century:
1. Harry Potter series
2. The Chocolate War
3. Alice series
4. Of Mice and Men
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Real words
A gynotikolobomassophile is a person who really likes to:
A. purchase great works of art
D. work more slowly when no one is watching
B. nibble on a woman’s earlobes
C. eat seafood
The need for clarity…
Real excerpts from church bulletins:
“For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.”
“Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.”
The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."
“Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands.”
“The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.”
“Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons.”