How does the text work? What does the text mean? Through these questioning techniques and close reading strategies students deepen their comprehension, make inferences, and build background knowledge. QFT orQuestion Formulation Techniquefrom the Right Question Institute encourages students to formulate the...
Nowhere in any of her books, articles or presentations does Ur attempt to seriously describe and evaluate evidence and arguments from academics whose work challenges her approach, and nowhere does she encourage teachers to do so. How can we expect teachers to be well-informed, critically acute pr...
it does exactly what it needs to do. It brings the conflict to a head and forces the character to make a crucial decision. At first, we saw Offred living in an oppressive, yet normalized certainty. By the end, she chooses agency over passivity, and uncertainty over certainty, no matter ...
The Gothic is notoriously difficult to define. This is a type of story in constant flux. Each new literary period adds is own spin. “Gothic” is more like a skin layered upon other genres, most often: horror, romance, science fiction and fantasy. Where does one genre end and the gothic...
What does Theogony have to do with philosophy? Summarize the allegory of the cave in The Republic How is land divided and governed in Utopia? What is the premise of Atlas Shrugged? What is dystopian science fiction? What language did Thomas More choose to write Utopia in?
doesn’t mean the library should ban all Harry Potter books. Some people might feel that children should not read books that encourage them to challenge authority. That does not mean we need to ban Animal Farm. I get it. Discerning books is a delicate matter because what seems like a harm...
I had a good “Covid Cry” yesterday. Most days I can pretty much keep a grip on the dystopian reality we now live in, but every once in a while grief knocks me over and I’m a puddle of tears. The cry is never for one specific thing–it’s more of a general catchall weeping...
ANNE: You know, we talk a lot about what we've been reading lately, but I don't know that we've had the global conversation that goes, what does summer reading mean to you? Especially in 2021, I feel like these past few years have each been very distinct and have had their own ...
Automatic weapons aren’t mentioned in their hallowed document, either, but the court said that they were legal anyway. This is blatant religious misogynism, a dystopian Handmaiden’s Tale of a future where any male can decide to impregnate any female with impunity, forcing rape and incest ...
Books Book Review: 1984 by George Orwell The dystopian dream of technological surveillance has come true in a more effective realization: cell phones. More advanced than Orwell’s telescreens, cell phones are compact, equipped with microphones, GPS, cameras and biometric sensors. And we willingly ...