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Entries from December 2007

Virginia Woolf on How to Read

December 30th, 2007 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’d also love to hear what you have to say, so please feel free to comment on any post. Thanks for visiting!One of my New Year’s resolutions is to jump start a disciplined morning schedule that includes regular prayer, exercise [...]

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Tags: Literature · Reading · Reading Recommendations

Beowulf Teaching Resources

December 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The new Beowulf movie may not have been the cinematic classic you’d been hoping for, but it may get your students interested in the original Old English poem, so here are some teaching resources available on the web:

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Tags: Resources · Teaching

Translate that Christmas Carol

December 10th, 2007 · 5 Comments

For a fun Christmas/vocabulary activity try having your students translate these verbose Christmas carol titles back into their original form:

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Tags: Lessons · Teaching

Literature Teacher’s Essential Library

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Which books should be on the bookshelf of every literature teacher?  The following list represents my personal picks:

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Tags: Reading Recommendations · Teaching