U & D

a space for the exploration of LD291 and its implementation

Entries Tagged as 'fiction'

Alexie and Bruchac: New Texts

October 22, 2011 · No Comments · Literature

Delight and surprise today. I discovered new texts from two of my favorite authors.  Both are in NEW formats, demonstrating again that Native authors are not stuck in time.  I want to share: From Sherman Alexie (The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian), an IPOEM (a format for which there are specific guidelines.  It [...]

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Fall Writing & Reading

September 29, 2011 · No Comments · LD291, Texts

I purchased this figure at Geppettos Workshop in Bath. I like the store – it a local family business. They do a wonderful job with puzzles, pirates, ponies and trains.  But they should discontinue selling this figure. It is part of a soldiers and Indians collection – there are fewer versions of the Indian than [...]

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Summer Reading

July 3, 2010 · No Comments · LD291

Every once in a while, someone asks me to recommend a fiction book for Maine’s middle and high school students to read.  I have found this new way to send recommendations: the virtual bookshelf you see below it.  It contains the titles I most often recommend – all of which I have read and all [...]

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