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Real Teens Read: Ender’s Game

September 13, 2013 by Anne Campbell Leave a Comment

Our Real Teens Read group read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and the following poems to accompany the novel:

  • “Fire and Ice” and “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
  • “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooks
  • “The End of the World” by Archibald MacLeish
  • “Anthem for Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen
  • “The Unknown Citizen” by W. H. Auden
  • “Warning” by Jenny Joseph

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To encourage the teens to really dig into the novel and develop strong literary analysis skills, I gave them a list of themes, symbols, literary allusions, and cultural references to investigate.

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They also did character sketches. Using post-it notes, the teens look for examples in the novel and mark the pages, writing brief notes on the post-its so they can find their examples during our discussion. We start off with a question and answer format, but the teens quickly jump in and offer their opinions and reflections. They always amaze me with their insight and unique perspectives.

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Some of the themes we talked about — youth, manipulation, warfare, isolation, competition, and identity.  We also looked at biblical and historical references and talked about the characters, including the buggers.

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After filling up on pizza and brownies and having a great conversation, the teens all made their own Sculpey clay interpretation of a bugger based on what they imagined and the details in the novel.

We will be going to see the Ender’s Game movie when it hits theaters!

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