For me, in today's classroom if you are not taking advantage of modern media and technology to grab the attention and introduce today's youth to classical text you are missing out. I feel that there are so many incredible mediums out there and reworkings of the classics that allow students to relate to them without struggling with language barriers.
The article presented me with some ideas on how to incorporate modern renditions of classics and even how to use current music and pop culture to relate to some of the concepts of reading, writing and understanding poetry. I feel that as a teacher you must be able to look at your class and understand that not everyone is going to be able to pick up a text of say "The Great Gatsby" and in their mind be able to understand the picture of this man and his struggles the way that Fitzgerald meant for them to. But if you were to include parts of the current version of Gatsby and have them correlate the movie with the book you would have more success.
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