Monthly Archives: July 2018

Hello! This is a link to our presentation on The Marrow Thieves. Feel free to peruse the slides and check out the resources. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WMhNxZHRiXRs0OhC8t9IJHorkta95pKNIQeIYUgBr5g/edit?usp=sharing

Really great article on Hip Hop in the classroom, authenticity, and the hierarchy of the canon. It’s here! 

LLED 449 Text Presentation Lauren Mah  

Unwind (novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Unwind Original hardcover edition Author Neal Shusterman Cover artist Daniel Roode Country United States Language English and Genre Science fiction, biopunk, adventure, dystopia, dystopian fiction Publisher Simon & … Continue reading →

This is in response to the text presentation on The Invisible Boy we had today with themes of inclusivity and, well, invisibility. There’s a sweet new podcast that would pair well from This American Life called Rosie’s Paradox where a … Continue reading →

I think using movies,films or youtube clips in a class is an excellent teaching tool. I have used films a lot when teaching a novel study to ELL’s. Sometimes the movie helps them to understand the book better. There are … Continue reading →

Hello! Here’s another one! The Florida Project explores the life of motel families through this gorgeous piece of story-telling. The film mostly follows children protagonists, and situates itself in a sort of suspension between the harsh socioeconomic realities and imaginative … Continue reading →

I know I’ve shared this in a previous LLED class, but I absolutely adore Sean Karemaker’s work, and thought I might as well give this another plug. I’m most familiar with his graphic novels – he works through a wide … Continue reading →

Hey all, Here are the slides we used during our presentation today. The online application for word art (useful for concrete poetry as well!) can be found here. Paired texts you could possibly use: “Simple Recipes” by Madeleine Thien (deals … Continue reading →

I highly recommend Barefoot Gen to be a companion piece with the BBC documentary Hiroshima; also with any Socials unit about the WW2 Pacific War and any relevant docs about it. I teach it every three years or so across … Continue reading →