Hello fellow book-lovers! I'm Ella's blog class teacher and in between lesson plans and daily school whatnot--I enjoy reading and raving about books, also. This post was inspired by a simple phrase I've often heard, "You remind me of someone". Though a biological copy of myself does exist (I'm an identical twin)--there must be even more of us running around. The more I travel, the easier it becomes to be reminded of people I've left behind. Here's some book character a-likes I've taught:
Over the past several years, book characters have reincarnated themselves as students in my classroom. While names have been changed to protect privacy, here’s a few characters that have appeared:
1. Jack—a Dough Sweiteck replica. Reading Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt, helped me see that just like Sweiteck, not all trouble-maker Middle school boys are as bad as the image they like to portray.
2. Shannon—reminds of a lot of Russell, the boyscout from Up!. He asked enough questions to drive me crazy but deep down, I knew he had a good heart.
3. Ben—Atticus from To Kill a Mockingbird. Though only 12, Ben was wise beyond his years like Attitcus, aloof, and respected by his peers.
4. Brian—just as cunning, deceptive, and manipulative as Becky Sharp from Vanity Fair, except slightly more alarming than Becky because this kid was only in 3rd grade. You knew he might end up a serial killer …
5. Billy—Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Though Billy doesn’t really remind me of a character in this book. I associate the book with him. Billy was not bright and was placed in a Resource room simply because he didn’t do his schoolwork. I convinced (well, coerced, really) him to let me read him the entire (abridged) version of this book aloud. I e even brought in movie clips to get him interested.
6. Winnie—is just like Dory from Finding Nemo in-the-flesh. Just as intelligent and just as ditzy.
7. Meredith—as optimistic and hopeful as Anne from Anne of Green Gables. And adorably Korean.
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