The other day I was in another teacher's room for a meeting. I noticed that on her wall she had big sheets of paper where students had responded to headings such as "Great Books," "Awful Books," "Great Poets," "Awful Poets," etc. I hope she planned to discuss these since Shakespeare was listed on the "Awful Poets" sheet.
But what caught my attention was this entry on the "Awful Books" poster: The Old Man in the Sea. It struck me as funny and I decided to play a game: Great Book...Awful Book.
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So the game is played like this:
Great Book? The Old Man and the Sea...Awful Book? The Old Man in the Sea
Great Book? Great Expectations...Awful Book? Great Expectorations
Great Book? A Tale of Two Cities...Awful Book? A Swell of Two Titties
Great Book? The Sound and the Fury...Awful Book? The Hound and the Furry
Great Book? From Here to Eternity...Awful Book? From Beer to Paternity
Great Book? A Man for All Seasons...Awful Book? A Tan for All Lesions
Great Book? Of Human Bondage...Awful Book? Inhuman Bandage
Great Book? Roots...Awful Book? Poots
Great Book? Crashing the Gate...Awful Book? Bashing Debate
Great Book? Team of Rivals...Awful Book? Teeming Revivals
Great Book? Tom Sawyer...Awful Book? Dom Lawyer
Great Book? Wuthering Heights...Awful Book? Withering Rights
Great Book? All the King's Men...Awful Book? All The Kingsmen
Great Book? Lord of the Flies...Awful Book? Floored by the Lies
Great Book? 50 Shades of Gray...Awful Book? 50 Grades of Pay
Great Book? On the Origin of Species...Awful Book? On the Origin of Feces
Enough. I thought you might like to play, too, so jump in in the comments with your own Great Book...Awful Book if you dare!
Image Credits:
The Old Man and the Sea courtesy joegleason1982.wordpress.com
Crashing the Gate courtesy dailykos.com
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February 14, 2014
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