Gunn: You saying popping mama threw you a beating? Lorne: Kid Vicious did the heavy lifting. Cordy just mwah-ha-ha'd at us.

'Underneath'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Pix - Jan 01, 2007 6:25:57 pm PST #9238 of 10007
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

When I began teaching this age, I kept thinking, "Why don't you like the books I liked!" But then I began reading contemporary junior fic and realized it's totally different. sometimes edgy, sometimes funny, issue-laden and so good. The world's a totally different place now.

For my super strong readers, they'll still gravitate to children's classics, but for most readers, especially kids who live in urban settings and are struggling readers, children's classics are way hard. They have difficulty creating a mental picture of the world necessary to understand those books and to decode as they read.

It just takes a while to build up to those.

I couldn't agree more, Kat. Although I don't often teach children's lit. or young adult fiction in high school, I have had to spend a lot of time building bridges between classic literature and contemporary teen culture. To tell you the truth, it's one of the things I love to do. I especially adore watching my ninth-graders go from hating Catcher in the Rye when they read it over the summer to thinking it's amazing as we study it in class during the first month of school. (And on a personal note, we spend a lot of time discussing the difference between liking books and respecting them since Catcher is not everyone's cup of tea but is a very rich text when examined.)


§ ita § - Jan 01, 2007 6:29:44 pm PST #9239 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Grilled chicken, Kat. On top with the mushrooms.

But selfishly I think you should maximise the pretties for me, since I'm culling mine.

Hey, Kristin--did you ever ping those students?


Kat - Jan 01, 2007 6:34:26 pm PST #9240 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

okay. so maybe later in the week if your up for it and I'm up for it, I'll come by. even if there isn't pizza.

or I could bring "pizza" from the raw-vegan place.


aurelia - Jan 01, 2007 6:34:34 pm PST #9241 of 10007
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

huh

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§ ita § - Jan 01, 2007 6:37:30 pm PST #9242 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I could bring "pizza" from the raw-vegan place.

Oh, please, could you? Nothing says pizza like no flour and no cheese.

Aurelia, that is not good. I'm the queen of postural hypotension. But I'll still try it.


Kat - Jan 01, 2007 6:40:28 pm PST #9243 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

oh, ita, and no heat applied.


§ ita § - Jan 01, 2007 6:43:52 pm PST #9244 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, the heat was only to bake the bread and melt the cheese, so why would you even need it without those two components?

Someone is fucking galloping upstairs. I have no idea if that's related to the screaming toddler I just heard, but it should stop asap.


Lee - Jan 01, 2007 7:04:40 pm PST #9245 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I have an issue. I started watching Little Miss Sunshine, but then I started talking on AIM, and other stuff, and now the movie is over, and I didn't really see much of it.

Should I rewatch?


Pix - Jan 01, 2007 7:05:30 pm PST #9246 of 10007
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Hey, Kristin--did you ever ping those students?

I haven't yet since we were in December craziness, but I will this week. Feel free to ask them if they know Ms. [my real last name], but they probably won't since I'm mainly with 9th graders this year.


Laga - Jan 01, 2007 7:06:06 pm PST #9247 of 10007
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Yes rewatch Little Miss Sunshine.