Monthly Archives: July 2010
Japanese aesthetics
For those of you considering traveling to Japan or just those of you with an interest in Japanese culture, I found these comments from Donald Keene’s The Pleasures of Japanese Literature very insightful. A. The first principle is the … Continue reading
Blankets
Blankets is a graphic novel by Craig Thompson. Without a doubt this is something I’d like to have on the curriculum in my classroom. I can see it inspiring a lot of students to express themselves in new ways. There … Continue reading
Speak
I just finished reading Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak. With the straightforwardness of the story and the clear relevancy to students’ lives I could see this being a mainstay in many classrooms. The big questions it raises would be a., What … Continue reading
From the Far East to Down East 