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Tuesdays With Morriemr. Becker
  • Tuesdays with Morrie Journals Due Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Guidelines: You are to submit a journal – may be a composition book, may be paper that is bound (typed is an option). Your name, period, and due date should appear on the front.
  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom In a world where we get so caught up in the noise, the obligations, and the pressure to do more, be more, buy more, we often forget that life isn’t supposed to be about all of that. As Morrie says, “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”.
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About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. A teacher's guide to writing the personal essays that form the NPR series. These essays could make great companion pieces to this book. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Commentary, 25 discussion questions on a variety of themes, and brief biographies.

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Is the movie ever as good as the book? Why or why not? Take literary analysis to the next level with a lesson on Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie. After reading the novel, learners watch the film and write an essay that argues whether changes made to the story are effective or not compared to the original book.

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tuesdays with morrie, mitch albom, film adaptations, literary analysis, literary themes
Instructional Ideas

Tuesdays With Morrie Movie

  • Assign the novel as independent reading, making periodic comprehension checks throughout the unit
  • Use in a film studies class or when focusing on the differences between a film/stage production and its source material
Classroom Considerations
  • Assumes learners have already read Tuesdays with Morrie, but that they haven't seen the film
  • Requires a copy of the 1999 version of the movie
Pros
  • Extension ideas enrich the assignment for engaged learners
  • Activates compare/contrast skills as well as film and literary analysis
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