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Why We Remember
The Battle of Passchendaele Tyne Cot WW1 Cemetery (ii), near Passendale, Belgium – Sept 2003 Cemetery of Passendale Passendale – Tyne Cot Cemetery Pyrrhic Victory Victoria Cross Passchendaele(2008) Film written/directed by Paul Gross Passchendaele: Canada’s Triumph and Tragedy on the Fields of Flanders (Hardcover) Michael Dunne, New York Times, August 3, 1919 General Douglas Haig…
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Pupils Produce Political Propaganda
How tough is it to create the slick political attack ads that flood the airwaves during an election? Well, not so tough. I stumbled onto a site that generates attack ads as fast as refrigerator magnetic poetry. http://attackadgenerator.com/ I’m sure ten minutes is all you’ll need to create an ad that rivals any real attack…
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Canadian Mysteries: Developing Critical Thinking
I was watching the game, but Tampa was up 4-0 on the Phillies so I started “surfing-the-net-on-my-laptop-on-the-couch” again. I’m in search of a word or phrase that describes the often endless evening hours I spend, well “surfing-the-net-on-my-laptop-on-the-couch”. If “couch potato” was the 20th century term for spending too much time staring at the TV, there…
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“Is it bigger than a breadbox?”
I asked a student, “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” today. Their blank look reminded me that the older I get, the further removed I become from the popular lingo of my students. I have no desire to immerse myself fully in the vocabulary of my students, but I can leech unto them the background…
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Writing Tips from the Lab
What I should do…. Bucky says, “Determining the factors that will be most powerful is on of the greatest pressures.” Megan says, “Reread to find mistakes like writing you, it, and thing.” Shustyn says,” Stop generalizing everything at the beginning of the post.” Chetter says, “Make more debatable topic sentences.” Sarah says, “ Quit writing…
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Novel Study Preflight Checklist
Read a Novel from the Reading List: focus your responses on a course focus question think “creatively” about your response connect to characters you’ve already studied extend your response to include symbol and archetype consider “Critical Questions“ emphasize “Voice” and/or “Structure” in your responses consider “Writing About Literature”(page 9-14) in Heath considered other essay writing…
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Suggestions for Approaching Poetry
Assume that it will be necessary to read a poem more than once. Give yourself a chance to become familiar with what the poem has to offer. Like a peace of music, a poem becomes more pleasurable with each encounter. Do pay attention to the title; it will often provide a helpful context for the…
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Kimberley Klein Wins $10000 Scholarship
Congratulations Kimberley! The two runners up, Jess Kim and Shelley Batts, will each be awarded $1,000. The remaining 7 finalists in the top 10 will be sent a $100 award for their participation. This includes: Thomas Peters Matthew Burden Grant Brisbee Paul Stamatiou Shane Lavalette Stephanie Collins Karin Dalziel Any surprises? Kimberly Klein was a…