B.Here's the copy that I read when I was your age. C.Lead your teen towards novels with themes relevant to their life. D.Describe your favorite scene from a classic you're encouraging them to read. E.However, it should be a loose goal, and encourage your teen to be flexible with ...
I’m quite late on this one, as noted before vacation – I hadn’t actually read this part before we set out, so it’s posting after my return. Ho-hum. I should be on track for the last two readings: part 4 on Sept. 26, and part 5 on Oct. 17. For now, you can go check...
it was becoming clouded during the production. That’s a really scary place to be for a filmmaker, so I decided, this next film that I write, I’m going to write from the heart. It might be horrible, but it’s going to be “me,” and I’m going to stand behind every word on...
Every single time. This time was no exception – I read it around Christmas (which is the proper time to read it) and fell in love all over again. Its flaws are more apparent to me as an adult, it seems, sometimes, a bit turgid, a bit too pat, and a bit too boy-centered, ...
recommend him, Anne was persuaded to break off her engagement. Eight years later, Anne has lived to regret her decision. She never stopped loving Wentworth, and when he returns from sea with a fortune and rank, she can only watch as every eligible young woman in the district falls at his...
When aspiring teen filmmaker Steve is accused of murder, he writes his story the best way he knows how: as a script with accompanying journal entries. This style of writing will likely intrigue many teens who find reading a bit of a chore, as it cuts straight to the dialogue and action...
There has to be coherence between every character, a colour scheme, an arc of how the character develops, the moods and emotions change, so that every piece of the costume is telling a part of the story and has a reason to be there. It should all work together - costume, the ...
“Dreaming Of You” was the ballad of the mid-90s, Selena tapped into the unbridled longing that comes with every adolescent crush. As the lead single from her 1995posthumous album, it was clear Selena was meant to be a huge star. ...
Folk singer Neil, whose work inspired Bob Dylan, was uneasy at the publicity after Harry Nilsson turned “Everybody’s Talkin’” into a worldwide hit in 1970, following its use as the theme tune for the movie Midnight Cowboy. He fled to Florida (“Going where the weather suits my ...
Regardless, it’s Ella Fitzgerald’s brisk, jazzy 1960 version (from the appropriately titled Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas) that’s proven the very coziest, a quick glance outside that just confirms that everything is as it should be inside. Schmaltz Factor: 4. “I’ve brought ...