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    Student news program for teens?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

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    We are fans of CNN Student News as well. I am interested in other options for high school that are more in depth  while maintaining a level of discretion (not showing piles and piles of bodies), explaining terms and institutions (CNN is doing a great job of explaining terrorist groups without fearmongering - just giving information), and avoiding giving opinion as fact.  I would like a step between CNN Student and the actual news. While I send articles that I find to dd15, I don't want to turn her loose on the news until she has more experience with logic and identifying bias - although I think she has more already than many adults! lol  

     

     

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    Dante's Divine Comedy--how long to devote to this?

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    I recommend the Dorothy Sayers translation; I realize it is not a popular choice. She uses terza rima which gives it a very nice flow. Even if you do not use her translation, her notes are invaluable. Ms. Sayers was catholic - sharing the religion of the author provides insights that may have been neglected by others who tend discount his religion in favor of his political machinations. When I got my English degree, I am sure I scoffed at Dante's religious motivations and simply said with so many others, "he put his enemies in hell and his friends in heaven," etc. Dorothy Sayer's notes opened my eyes to the religious and linguistic subtleties throughout this work. I am not saying that one needs to be catholic to "get" this work, but I am saying that a co-religionist provides a unique vantage point. She also offers quotations C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams throughout her work as well. Just something to consider. :)

     

    What do you do to teach literature??

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    I remember her giving me The Scarlet Letter when I was in 8th grade because she was teaching it in her class. Everyday, should would talk to me about what I had read so far...

     

     

    Yep, I remember brazenly reading my Tess of D'Urbervilles in English class while the rest of the class was reading who-knows-what. The teacher glanced at my book and smiled, and chose to ignore my inattention.:001_smile:

    What do you do to teach literature??

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted · Edited by Michele B

    It's me again.....It is I.

     

    Anyway....use Librivox.org. Get them in the habit of listening to audio books - books slightly above their level. My girls listened to everything under the sun - dd8 goes to bed every night listening to either Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Narnia (not on Librivox, but on Ancient Faith Radio's "Readings from under the Grapevine" podcast) or one of the Five Little Peppers books.

     

    Yes, they were both reluctant to actually pick up a book and read it. "Everyone" told me it was because they were lazy from listening to too many audio books. "Everyone" was wrong. :chillpill: No book in the house is safe from either girl now! :thumbup1: They were exposed to vocabulary and sentence structure far beyond their years, and it showed in their everyday speech. Boy, did it!

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