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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
re: Jack London.
I love To Build A Fire. We read that in 7th grade English and I loved it. Mom had an old textobook at home with the story in it and I would sit there and read it over and over. That and A Rose for Emily.
REcently I went and bought a collection of Jack London's short stories but it was hard to read them because he was very much a product of his times and it's hard to get past some of his descriptions.
Hardian Wall
OK, I love this. I think you're talking about Hadrian's Wall, yes? But honestly, I like Hardian a whole lot better.
Hee. Now I see the border between Scotland and England being patrolled by morose characters from Jude the Obscure.
I love To Build A Fire. We read that in 7th grade English and I loved it.
That's a great story. It's like, "Yay, I got a--FUCK. Okay. Stupid matches. All right! I got a f--FUCK! Fucking snow. Let's try this again. Awesome. Check out my fi--MOTHERFUCK. That's it, I'm killing my dog."
Deb - yes, Hadrian's Wall! And I know how it's spelled, but I was trying to be stealth and not get caught posting when I should be typing up notes.
Hmm. I may include that synopsis for my students. I think they'l appreciate it.
O' course, my mentor teacher probably wouldn't. But my university supervisor takes all her phone calls in her hot tub, with a glass of Scotch to hand, so she'd probably be ok with it.
Ali, I honestly like Hardian better. It's like Eddie Izzard, saying that there really should have a Roman Emperor Fabulous.
Let me know how it goes over, Erin.
Hey! That's actually an idea -- maybe I can take some of the funnier episode recaps of shows my students watch as examples, and for some chapters, my students can try to some up with their own snarky recaps, In groups, maybe, or individual assignments
That's actually a fantastic idea, Erin. Because not only will they enjoy it, the funniest ones will be by the ones who really read and understood what they were reading, you know? And the students'll figure this out when you have them read them out loud to the class.