Week 1 Lesson 1 HAVO

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Coming of Age Literature

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Week 1 

In class today

• Introduction to the theme
• Anticipation & Ideas
• What is Coming Of Age?
• Assessment
• Book choice
• Start reading

Objectives

At the end of this class:

• I will be familiar with the characteristics of Coming of Age Literature
• Will have chosen a novel to read
• Have started reading my chosen novel
• Know what and how I will be assessed

Coming of Age

When do you become an adult?

Characteristics of the Genre 1/3

Includes a protagonist who is socially and psychologically maturing 

Characteristics of the Genre 2/3

Includes a protagonist who makes discoveries about self and the world 

Characteristics of the Genre 3/3

Includes a protagonist who experiences a turning point, a point of no return

• This turning point is the character’s transition from childhood to adulthood
• This can be an epiphany - when a protagonist experiences a realization, an  “aha!” moment that changes his/her thinking 

Bildungsroman

Coming-of-age novels are commonly called Bildungsroman or “formation novels” because they depict the intellectual or emotional development of a protagonist

Rites of Passage

• Membership to a club or inclusive group
• Completion of a challenge 
• Overcoming an obstacle 
• Conquering a fear 
• Celebrating a birthday or an accomplishment 
• Acceptance by a program or group of people 

Assessment - what.

This theme you will be graded on  your understanding of:

•  Your chosen novel
• The Coming of Age genre
•  The use of literary devices

Assessment - How

A 5 paragraph essay about your novel

Topics/criteria will be provided next week

Book Options

1. Perks Of Being A Wallflower
2. 13 Reasons Why
3. The Hate U Give
4. The Book of Lost Things
5. They Both Die At The End
6. Blankets
7. Fun Home
8. Vernon God Little

13 Reasons Why

High school student Clay Jensen receives a mysterious package in the mail with seven cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, a classmate who recently committed suicide. The tapes had also been sent to several other of her classmates, instructing each of them to visit each person mentioned.[1] As he listens to the tapes, he learns that there is a side for each person to whom Hannah attributes her reasons for committing suicide.

Perks Of Being A Wallflower

As a freshmen in High School, Charlie struggles with bullies, depression, bad influences and girls.  Trying to survive high school, Charlie forces himself to participate in school functions, to prevent himself from falling back into his depression. 

The not-so-typical teenager finds himself being taken under the wing by a few seniors, and has never been so excited to have friends again. Finally being happy, Charlie experiments with drugs, sex and the party scene, but underlying problems from the past cause Charlie to spiral out of control.

The Hate U Give

Starr Carter, a 16-year-old black girl from a poor neighborhood attends an elite private school in an affluent white part of the city. Starr becomes entangled in a national news story after she witnesses a white police officer shoot and kill her childhood friend, Khalil. She speaks up about the shooting in increasingly public ways, and social tensions culminate in a riot after a grand jury decides not to indict the police officer for the shooting.

Vernon God Little

The life of Vernon Little, a normal teenager who lives in Martirio, Texas, falls apart when his best friend, Jesus Navarro, murders their classmates in the schoolyard before killing himself, and Vernon is taken in for questioning.

The Book Of Lost Things

The Book of Lost Things is a fantasy novel by John Connolly. The book follows David, a twelve-year-old boy who struggles with his mother's death and his father's remarriage. When a World War II bomber plane crashes into his garden, he finds himself in the fantasy world of his books; he must find the King, who can return him to his home. The novel takes a fresh look at traditional fairy tales, following a child's journey into adulthood.

They Both Die At The End

On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today.

Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.

Blankets

Blankets chronicles Craig's adolescence and young adulthood, his childhood relationship with his younger brother, and the conflicts he experiences regarding Christianity and his first love. Though written chronologically, Thompson uses flashbacks as a literary and artistic device in order to parallel young adult experience with past childhood experience. 

Fun Home

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel tracing her journey from young girl to young adult as she comes to grips with her own lesbian sexuality, her father Bruce’s (most likely) suicide, and his secret homosexuality or bisexuality that he kept hidden throughout his life while having affairs with underage boys.

Book Options

1. Perks Of Being A Wallflower
2. 13 Reasons Why
3. The Hate U Give
4. The Book of Lost Things
5. They Both Die At The End
6. Blankets
7. Fun Home
8. Vernon God Little