Les Miserables--talking to the text

Submitted by cchallacombe on Mon, 2009-02-02 21:17
Teaching Level: 
High School

a cover of Les MiserableI teach the unabridged version of Les Miserables to sophomores for the last quarter of the school year. Students enjoy the experience of finishing a major tome, and learn to annotate, skim, and analyze at the same time. The hand-outs I am providing give some guidelines for reading, as well as indications of sections that I think kids can skip or skim because they are not connected to the core of the novel. I had tried using an abridged version, but it left too much out, causing real confusion.

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Thank you for these great

Submitted by kivrin on Tue, 2009-04-28 09:33.

Thank you for these great note pages! They are very helpful for students to see how teachers take notes and guide their own notetaking.

Les Mis

Submitted by kivrin on Tue, 2009-04-28 09:23.

I teach Les Mis to Honors Freshmen -- usually their favorite novel of the year. We do a large end-of-the-year project which I am going to try and attach in a lesson plan.

Something I really struggle with are the different versions of the text available to students.

Les Mis

Submitted by cchallacombe on Tue, 2009-04-28 13:42.

I understand the situation.  I hate the abridged version we have at my school because it leaves out some key things because they are "sensitive" (Fantine is a prostitute, etc.)  That is why I use an unabridged version, and as far as I can tell, there is only one paperback version of it.  I have ordered them for kids to buy in advance through TEP books, and they end up being about $7.  Here is the info from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Mis%C3%A9rables-Signet-Classics-Victor-Hugo/dp/045...

My kids love this book, but if you look at myhandouts, I indicate a lot of chapters (I think evena whole book) that they can skip.  I also teach them about skimming.