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From: NEA Today
Date: 20050401
Author:Perry, Marjorie

I'd like to create an elective course for juniors and seniors based on literature of the Old West-Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, and so on. Any ideas?

JIM SPRAGUE

English teacher, El Cajon, California

ANSWER: I showed an original Lone Ranger episode with the sound off. The students wrote what they thought was happening. We then discussed their ideas before I showed them the episode with the sound. I used this to introduce the writing of a wild west story with eighth-graders, but it would work well to introduce your unit to high schoolers. So, "with a cloud of dust and ...

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