Monthly Archives: July 2018

I really enjoyed reading this article. As a someone who is raising a daughter I am always concerned about how man and women are portrayed either through the media, and/or the books that we read. I don’t want my daughter … Continue reading →

Just wanted to point out the extra reading “Counter-Storytelling through Graphic Life Writing” by Elizabeth Marshall has some excellent resources. She details 3 picture book/children’s stories: Texts include Duncan Tonatiuh’s (2014) biography of Sylvia Mendez and her family in Separate Is … Continue reading →

Regarding Kathryn’s brief touching upon comic books the other day. The history of comic books can be divided into several ages with the Golden Age being from the 30’s to the 50’s. The reasons for it being referred to as … Continue reading →

Here is a link to our presentation which has other links for discussions etc. Thanks for listening and engaging: Julie, Judy, Charles, and Daniel

My view on separating the art from the artist is that you cannot. Sure, you can watch a Woody Allen movie without thinking “the director has a history of sexually abusing his daughter,” but buying a ticket for a movie … Continue reading →

This book is by an acquaintance of mine name Raziel Reid.  It is Canadian and an award winner.  Written in the first person.  It has a few bullying passages and can be pretty blunt but it is very “real”.  In … Continue reading →

I mentioned it today (not on behalf of my group) but I just wanted to clarify that there is a sort- of Canadian YA book, that came out before YA was a genre, that we have taught to adults in … Continue reading →

As a confirmed Xennial, raised on black-and-white print and (reasonably) at home amongst the colours of pixels, today’s session with Dr. Shoemaker was an eye-opener for me. Broadly speaking, my bookshelves at home are arranged around non-fiction and fiction. My … Continue reading →

Glad to be introduced to some new resources today and ideas about how to use them, especially the close reading exercise x 7 approach discussed for use with Voices in the Past. Charting out what you notice with each reading … Continue reading →

I forgot to write a post about this when we went over the article but I had a lingering thought after reading Bowmer’s article. It seems like I enjoy all the articles we have read so far and this one … Continue reading →