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Few first lines of literature are as well-known as the first line from Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Readers discover the classic text that contains these lines using a digital eBook. The online version contains page-by-page navigation and the ability to zoom in on the text.
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Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
- Have students write one-sentence summaries of each chapter as they finish them
- Encourage learners to add illustrations to the text as they read
Classroom Considerations
- Page numbers in the digital version are about 10 pages off from the numbers on the actual book pages
Pros
- Animation makes pages look like the pages of a real book as they turn
- Chapters are labeled with numbers and titles
Cons
- When zoomed in, it is difficult for an entire page to fit on a screen, so users must scroll to read the text