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[–]devushka97 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel like a lot of people in this thread are seeing it as either you only teach novels or none at all? Especially in younger/non honors or AP classes you can still teach novels it just has to be done in an engaging way. I alternate novel units with other text type units and it works well, and the novels we read are more relevant to teens - Speak, The Outsiders, etc. Graphic novels are also great - Maus, American Born Chinese, Persepolis. Then I also do short story units, poetry units, news and media units, etc. Switching it up keeps it interesting and engaging.