A Year of Reading
Two PUBLIC SCHOOL teachers who read. A lot.
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Friday, July 21, 2006
Poetry Friday
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This poem came to mind yesterday when I was doing a training swim at Alum Creek Reservoir. Tomorrow is my second-ever 1.5K time trial open ...
Thursday, July 20, 2006
On a lighter note...
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Franki, you don't have to read the whole Series of Unfortunate Events. Here's a perfectly good ultracondensed version by Andrea M.,...
Monday, July 17, 2006
Events, current or otherwise
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Newsphoto: Basra, Collateral Damage Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators. —Gen...
Quote for the day
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Wole Soyinka said, "A book if necessary should be a hammer [or] a hand grenade which you detonate under a stagnant way of looking at th...
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Cosmic Again
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Last book was TWICE TOLD, short stories inspired by original art. I just finished Elizabeth Winthrop's new book, COUNTING ON GRACE, whi...
Friday, July 14, 2006
Twice Told
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It's an interesting concept. Scott Hunt sent some original drawings out to authors, and two authors per picture wrote stories inspired ...
Monday, July 10, 2006
Yet Another Cosmic Reading Event
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First there was the time I was reading PRODIGAL SUMMER by Barbara Kingsolver and it was not just the same season, but exactly the same dates...
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Teacher Man vs. The Whistling Season
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I was completely unimpressed by Frank McCourt's TEACHER MAN. The only saving grace was that I listened to it, and got to hear his wonde...
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Saturday, July 08, 2006
STUDY DRIVEN and Response to Comment
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After RETHINKING RUBRICS IN WRITING ASSESSMENT, I went on to read Katie Wood Ray's amazing new book called STUDY DRIVEN: A FRAMEWORK FO...
My favorite book of 2006
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My best book of 2006 dates clear back to April: THE BOOK OF STORY BEGINNINGS by Kristin Kladstrup. Nothing else has come close since then.
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