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I will run my Literature classroom as a least restrictive enviornment possible. I don't want to strangle kids and make them choke on things they dont' want to read. I think that freedom is the key. If the students cannot handle picking books on their own, I say give them a list to choose from. Tell the kids what all the books on the list are about and let them choose.

It will be a looser classroom. I would want to teach the class in such a way that the class teachers theirselves. I think that discussion is important.

If I have the kids read "Go Ask Alice," I do not just want to say, "ok, now what's climax of the story, blah, blah, blah." But I want the kids to interact with it and give them the chance to write and state their opinion about it. Perhaps have an open discussion about it. Talk about morality. Have the students talk about its material. Don't focus on the literature aspect of it so much. Just give the students a chance to take as much as they can away from the book. I don't understand why teachers are so opposed to this sort of thing sometimes.

I want it to be a fun class. I can guarantee that if you have fun in a class and give less information, you will get more out of students than if you just lecture for hours upon end and give them tons of information.

I want it to be an interactive class with freedom. Yet, I will total sovereignty when I choose to express it.