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I am so lucky to have an amazing job at the best high school in the world with the most wonderful students (MOST of the time). Here I will share my musings, reflect on literature, and showcase cool assignments.
What I'm Reading...
- Grace for the Good Girl by Emily Freeman
- In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
- Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Blogroll...
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Week of 9/105 years ago
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Extra Credit Assignment13 years ago
Sonja DuBois
We were honored to have Sonja DuBois, Holocaust survivor, hidden child, spend the day with us on Thursday, April 3. Her story was compelling and moving and we so enjoyed getting to know her. She is pictured here with her husband, Ron.
Survivor of Sobibor
Pictured here are some of my students with Mr. Phillip Bialowitz, one of the ten living survivors of the Nazi extermination camp Sobibor. His son, Joe Bialowitz, is in the picture as well. It was an honor to hear Mr. Bialowitz speak.
Blog Archive
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April
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- These Great United States of Ours
- Haunting...
- Do Not Mourn Me
- Love and Anguish
- Raining Death
- Memorials
- Blended Poetry Based on The Cage
- Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed
- Survival in Auschwitz
- Dry Tears
- Milkweed
- In My Hands
- I Have Lived a Thousand Years
- Holocaust Lit: Your Input Needed
- Their Stories
- "Escape from Sobibor"
- The Passionate AP Students to...
- What Cause will You Commit to?
- Your Responsibility
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April
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About Me
My Top Ten Books
- The Bible
- The English Patient
- Night
- All is Vanity
- The Things They Carried
- Three Weeks with My Brother
- The Alchemist
- Redeeming Love
- King Lear
- Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
4 comments:
Don't know why the delay is happening here, but you don't have a lot of time to dialogue on this blog. GET BUSY!
i posted a comment a few days ago but i guess it didn't go through...?
anyway, this book has been really hard for me to get into. you were right about the reading level, mrs. davis. mr. levi's use of detail and expression is really good though. after a while it became easier to read but i'm enjoying it all the same. i'm just having to re-read a lot of parts to fully understand what point he's trying to make in his writing.
Even though I enjoyed the book, it was much more of a difficult read than anything else we've done this year. It was more informative than anything, I really got a clear picture of what being in camp was like from Levi's account. There's some pretty intense stuff in the book as well. I really like Levi's use of words to paint a picture of life in Auschwitz. I also must admit that I'm still reading it, both because I'm a slow reader, and because the book is so packed with info that I have to re-read each paragraph several times to understand it.
P.s. guess I can't have enjoyed the book if I'm still reading it. my bad. :) chow
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