What Is a Literature Circle?December 30, 2021 – 08:36 am
Literature Circle Protocol Read Norms Transition Clarifying Questions Deep Discussion Debrief/Reflection Shareout Each student wrote down a goal their literature circle. Ex. Keep people on topic more often The class went over the previously agreed upon Norms Come prepared share the flow you can read ahead, but don’t talk ahead stay on topic follow protocol be respectful discussion centers be responsible for everyone’s knowledge Everyone got into their…
100 novels to readDecember 12, 2021 – 08:48 am
Voted for by 5, readers around Australia, there is no pretention to this Top 100 list, says Brigid Delaney. Photograph: Penguin Books They are the books you see in rented beach houses or in the communal pile at backpacker hostels, left behind by travellers wanting to lighten their load. They’re the books on a waiting list at public libraries, chosen by book clubs, and reviewed in (non-literary) magazines. They are not necessarily great books but…
YA novels zombiesNovember 22, 2021 – 08:48 am
Sometimes a trend comes along that just isn’t for everyone—like traditional zombies. Maybe they’re hot right now (thanks, Walking Dead ), but they’re also sort of gross, definitely scary, and usually all around sad. But if The CW’s new iZombie proves anything, it’s that zombies don’t have to be those things. Zombie stories can be heartwarming, hilarious, and totally charming, which, of course, YA authors already knew. Here are 5 funny and smart zombie…
New novels OutNovember 22, 2021 – 08:48 am
It’s 2022, and France is living in fear. The country is roiled by mysterious troubles. Regular episodes of urban violence are deliberately obscured by the media. Everything is covered up, the public is in the dark and in a few months the leader of a newly created Muslim party will be elected president. On the evening of June 5, in a second general election—the first having been anulled after widespread voter fraud—Mohammed Ben Abbes handily beats…
Top novels About CultsNovember 22, 2021 – 08:48 am
Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene /Photo: Jody Lee Lipes © 2011 Twentieth Century Fox Cults are hardly a new phenomenon in American life. Wayward souls have sought solace in religious sects and free-loving communes since the days of the Founders. But recently cults have bubbled up into the pop culture zeitgeist like never before. At the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, no fewer than three films explored various aspects of religious extremism…
Visual novels like GrisaiaNovember 20, 2021 – 09:17 am
The Grisaia trilogy by Frontwing has landed itself onto Steam Greenlight and with enough votes, it will be released roughly around October of this year. The titles: The Fruit of Grisaia (Grisaia no Kaijutsu), The Labyrinth of Grisaia (Grisaia no Meikyuu) and The Eden of Grisaia (Grisaia no Rakuen) will be ported from the updated Playstation Vita version onto the PC. The project to bring the game over to North American users, was created by sekaiproject…
New novels for TeensOctober 31, 2021 – 09:11 am
By Francisca Goldsmith Infopeople Project, California Whether you are a parent, grandparent or teacher, if you were reading what everyone was reading in the mid-to-late 20th century, then you no doubt became acquainted with dystopian fiction through many now-classic books. Did you read Nobelist William Golding s Lord of the Flies? How about Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451? And had you already read Anthony Burgess Clockwork Orange before Stanely Kubrick…
