Dragon Booktalk: SOHS English Lit Circs

Hello to all our visitors and subscribers!  I apologize that last year we did not do any podcasting.   However, I now have two sophomore English classes that will podcast in spring of next year.  (Our school recently went to period scheduling.)

Just a quick tech note to share.  Last spring, three of my AP Literature and Composition classes created a book profile for The Poisonwood Bible on Book Drum.  This is newsworthy, because we were the first large collaborative group OR group of students to create one (usually, they are made by individuals).  

Here's a link to the profile:

http://www.bookdrum.com/books/the-poisonwood-bible/9780060786502/index.html

And here's a link to a reflection I wrote about the process:

http://www.bookdrum.com/news/2011/07/13/teaching-with-book-drum-a-reflection.html

Listen for us in 2012!

--Mr. Watson

"You made the hard choice, boy.  All or nothing.  End them, or end us . . ."

CAN HE SAVE US?

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Remember to lock your doors.

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Are you a mother? A daughter?  A lover of good books?  Then read the story that will help you answer the most important question: who am I?

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Journey to the depths of the unknown and discover what no man has ever seen before!

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Life, family, money.  Can you deal with the daily grind?

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In their final podcast discussion, Ashley  sees the foreshadowing in the crab's missing leg (page 200),  Emily wonders how the book gives insight into Chinese culture (especially compared to American culture), Rachel shows a bit of "contempt" for the end of the story, Chris has an Aha! about the unlucky glass at the edge of the bed (and begins a discussion on what is unlucky in different cultures), and Zak illustrates an unusual old woman below.

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In their final podcast discussion, Emma is our "venerable" vocabulary enricher,  Isaac connects to a true personal story of when his grandfather picked up a hitchhiker, Megan infers Capote is using humor to show the obliviousness of Dick and Perry when they are being followed by a police car (and her investigation turns up the Clutter Memorial Plaque, pictured at the website below) , Steven wonders if Dick and Perry deserved the death penalty, and Emily has an Aha! about Perry's squirrel.

http://redravine.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/back-to-holcomb-one-last-time/

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In their final podcast discussion, Billy connects to the mutiny of pirates, Matthew finds a simile ("His life was unreeling like a tape recorder playing back at ever increasing speed" [240]) , Kevin talks about some zoning out moments while listening to the audio book,  Quinn wonders why the nukes went off at the end (and connects to The Giver), Corey discusses HAL's motivation for killing the crew (and turns out Kevin's prediction from last time is half-right!), and Kennedy illustrates Bowman as he is lonely and bored near the end of the book.

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In their final podcast discussion, Joey found some good imagery ("A sullen light of gloom in the living room, gray light not unlike that which was in the beginning" [131]),  Steven wonders why Walter changed his mind about the house at the last minute,  Lizz is "undaunted" by the text, Kristin wonders if George will change his morals to get Beneatha back, and Brooklyn illustrates the fight between Mama and Walter.

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