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Dead Poets Society Teaching Unit Tops Downloaded Documents

August 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Book Lists, Education, Lessons, Literature, Poetry, Reading Recommendations, Resources, Teaching, Teen Literacy, Tolkien

Wow! I looked at the download statistics for my Scribd documents and was amazed to see that 292 people viewed my unfinished Dead Poets Society Teaching Unit this month. I wonder how many people would view it if it were actually finished. Here’s a roundup of my top 5 documents, sorted by total number of [...]

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Are the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings Worth Reading?

August 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Book Lists, Reading, Tolkien

Sylvia at Classical Bookworm has just finished a second reading of The Lord of the Rings, and she asks about the appendices: “Does anyone read them? I’ve made a start and have gleaned one or two tidbits to fill in some gaps the story, but I’m not sure I can make it through the “Chronology [...]

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