Friday, August 29, 2014

Prestwick House Taste Test - Trailer

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Here is a brief little glimpse of the potato chip tasting video we just shot.
Thursday, August 21, 2014

New Nonprofit Will Review Common Core Materials

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 This may be a bit of public relations management, or it could be really helpful.  Time will tell.  A new nonprofit organization cal...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Are you thinking about teaching "The Giver" by Lois Lowry?

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Your students will love reading about a utopian society that seems perfect to outsiders but actually contains many flaws, but they may hav...

Robin Williams' Hilarious Shakespeare Improvisation, Johnny Carson's Ton...

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Monday, August 11, 2014

In honor of Ernest Hemingway...make this week absurdly manly

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  On this day in 1937, Ernest Hemingway bared his hairy chest,  then pulled open the shirt of critic,  Max Eastman, to expose his unhair...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

When a person, event or literary genre makes it to 'The Onion' you know it has arrived

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In its own way, 'The Onion' is our paper of record. Groundbreaking Young Adult Novel Features Protagonist Who’s A Bit Of A Loner...
Monday, August 4, 2014

Are you thinking about teaching 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett?

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Your Students will love the hopeful tone and ambitious nature of the main characters, but may have some problems understanding the conte...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Light Posting - Day 3

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Kids Explain Shakespeare's Hamlet

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This is great. Thanks for that Great River Shakespeare Festival!

Coleridge died on this day 180 years ago

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On this day in 1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge died of heart disease at the age of sixty-one. Decades removed from his masterworks, Coleridge ...