The Perks of Being a Wallflower

• Bookworms
• HBO
• Studiejaar 3

Bookworms: current affairs

In a torn world it is our job:

  - to build bridges

 - to connect

 - to create awareness

 - to create understanding

...?

What do you think of, when looking at the picture of a world split in two?

Raise your hand if..

... you feel affected by this topic in any way;

... you posted or shared something related to racism in the past week;

... you went to a protest or protested in some form in the past week;

... you started educating yourself on the topic;

... you've discussed the topic with your pupils already;

...you've ever experienced racism yourself;

... you find it hard to discuss the topic of racism in your own classroom.

It is our job as teachers...

...to discuss sensitive topics in class.

How would you (like to) go about this topic yourself?

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Assignment

Have  a look at the teaching ideas on the website on the next slide.

Which topic or idea could help you to discuss the topic more easily in class?

Are you going to?

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Literature

Doesn't necessarily focus on books.

• Articles, infographics, infomercials, short videos, pictures, film, series.
  
• Remember the phase model (?) and how I started this class today? 
  

If you are interested...

...you can create a lesson plan on the topic of racism instead.

The final assignment remains the same

Bookworms

"We are all Charlie, inevitably."

"We are all Charlie, inevitably." How?

When Charlie drives through the tunnel with Patrick and Sam, what adjective does he use to describe how he feels?

1. Infinite
2. Magnificent
3. Jazzed
4. Phony

What is the last book that Bill gives Charlie to read before the summer?

1. The Great Gatsby
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. The Fountainhead
4. A Separate Peace

What does Bill contemplate doing instead of staying in town and being a high school English teacher?

1. Visit every football stadium in the country
2. Join the Peace Corps
3. Found a utopian community
4. Move to New York and write plays

What does Charlie do to the person he saw date-raping a girl at his brother’s party?

1. Wraps his gym shoes in toilet paper
2. Punctures the tires on his car
3. Poison his French fries
4. Make him a mix tape of death metal songs

What Christmas gift does Charlie finally find for his father?

1. A juicer
2. A videotape of the final episode of M*A*S*H
3. A videotape of It’s a Wonderful Life
4. A paisley-print bowtie

When Charlie’s brother and sister get into a fight in the car on Christmas, who drives the family the rest of the way to Ohio?

1. Charlie's bruvver
2. Charlie
3. Charlie's sister
4. Aunt Helen

When is the letter in the Epilogue written in relation to the final letter of Part 4?

1. Three weeks earlier
2. Two months later
3. One year later
4. Ten years later

What does Charlie do over spring break, when none of his friends are talking to him due to the debacle with Mary Elizabeth?

1. Practices jujitsu
2. Drives over and over through the tunnel by himself
3. Flies kites
4. Reads Hamlet and smokes pot

Growing up in the 90s! (1991-1992)

Music plays an important

part in the book/film.

Pre/while or post discussion?

	Book	Movie
Characters descriptions
additions
deletions
relationships
theme

I preferred the...because...

Create a comparison poster in which you include the following information:

Possible questions for group discussions!

in retrospect...The Perks was banned from some American Schools, why?

Yet, the book enjoyed such popularity, are these facts complementary in any way?

Would you allow your pupils to read this book? Why, or why not?

What have you learnt today that you will take with you to your own teaching?