Teaching Literature to Change Lives Integrating Character Education Into Literature.

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Teaching Literature to Change Lives Integrating Character Education Into Literature

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Teaching Literature to Change Lives

Integrating Character Education

Into Literature

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IntroductionWhy Shoot for Life Change?

• To help students become more successful in school.

• To help students achieve a successful life.

• To help change society.

• To produce motivated, lifelong learners.

• To produce thinkers and innovators.

• To make teaching more fun and fulfilling.

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Change Agent #1:

Add “Life-Change” or “Success” to Your Class Goals

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Change Agent #2

Get to Know Your Students

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Change Agent #3:

Keep a List of Traits in Mind

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Change Agent #4:

In Analyzing Literature,

Allow for Reflection on Real Life

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Change Agent #5:

Open Your Life in Appropriate Ways

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Change Agent #6:

Use Character and Life Skills Resources

To Tie Literature into Real Life

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Change Agent #7:

Develop a Class Culture of Caring

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Change Agent #8:

Choose Texts That Lend Themselves

To Life Change

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Change Agent #9:

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Teaching to Change Lives