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Claire's Pretty Cool DiaBlog: Repetition
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009. He doesn't talk too much either; his words are sour balls in his mouth." Page 43. I read this and went; what is up with words being stones or sour balls? It reminded me of when Nadira said, ".words inside me are stones in my mouth." I am starting to think that words words are very powerful things for the characters in this book, why else would Marina Budhos. Use so many metaphors for words? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Claire's Pretty Cool DiaBlog. View my complete profile.
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Claire's Pretty Cool DiaBlog: March 2009
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009. An instant later she's gone from the stage." Page 152. This is just like the family's life. They went to Canada and her father got detained in what seems like a flash. Nadira got them out of detainment in an instant. I know it just seems like an instant, although in real life it would have been weeks or months for these things to happen. I just thought the quote was sleek and simple. A very cool sentence. That's all I have to say about that. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Canada); ta...
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Puja's VERY Awesome Diablog: March 2009
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Thursday, March 26, 2009. Because for all those years, my Abba-all of us-believed. They let us in, and they let us believe that we belonged. That we could hope for a future here. That one day I could go to college and carry on. And then they took that hope away. They broke my father's heart. And they broke mine too."-page 152. Overall though, I think the book ended in a good way. It wasn't extremely realistic, but oh well. I really like blogging too! Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Sunday, March 22, 2009. I hav...
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Events | CHAITALI SEN
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Saturday, October 15, 2016, 9 am to 12 pm. Half-day class for Writers’ League of Texas,. The Architecture of a Scene: How to Craft a Vivid Scene from Beginning to End. Click here to see class description and to pre-register. Saturday, June 25, 2016, 3:15 – 5:30 pm,. Writers’ League of Texas Agents and Editors Conference, “Congratulations, You’re Published, What Next? 8221; panel and “What Now? Responding to Writing Missteps,” Austin. Saturday, May 21, 2016, 2 pm,. Moderated by Swati Khurana. Enter your c...
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Why Business Ethics Matters, AKA Value Competition: Culture
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Why Business Ethics Matters, AKA Value Competition. Wayne Eastman's academic blog. You're welcome to use my ideas.just cite me as appropriate. I'm happy to hear from you- I'm weastman at business.rutgers.edu. September 12, 2016. The Language Police, AKA Ethical Progress or the Lack of It. Two events of the day:. First, chatting with two friends before my ethics class today about the decline of the lie-lay distinction among educated people. Posted at 04:32 PM in Culture. June 20, 2013. 2) Roths rage is we...
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Claire's Corner: March 2005
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Thursday, March 31, 2005. Literacy in over 40 Countries. I used an Atlas of World Politics and for this particular subject they named over 200 countries. I picked some of the most talked about countries and one’s that interacted with the reading list that has been the theme of all my projects. An Example would be Lebanon, because on of the books write about immigrants from Lebanon. Description of Learning Goals and Standards. Standard: Assesses cultural expressions of art, music, and literature. Standard...
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Beaird's Brainy Books: August 2009
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Sunday, August 9, 2009. Budhos, Marina. 2006. Ask me no Questions. New York: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-0351-2. ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2007 ALA Notable Book 2007 Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2006 Booklist Editors' Choice 2006 Bloomsbury Review Editors' Favorite Reads 2006 James Cook Teen Book Award, 2007 CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best. BookList, 12/15/2005 The teen voice is wonderfully immediate, r...
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Stories are Good Medicine: Why Male Pregnancy Matters
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Stories are Good Medicine. Read two novels and call me in the morning. Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Why Male Pregnancy Matters. The reproductive health police are at it again, and this time they’ve got the gender and sexuality cops with them. Despite the CDC reporting a decline. In teen pregnancy across ethnic groups, public health and privately funded campaigns are popping up across the U.S. aimed at chastising, shaming, and blaming. I am less concerned with wondering if teen pregnancy is ‘bad’, ...Cultural ...
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Authors in Schools - Behind the Book
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How to Bring BtB to Your School. Gallery of Student Work. How to Read for Us. Authors in Our Schools. Matt de la Peña. Charles Smith, Jr. 216 West 135th Street. New York, NY 10030. 2015 Behind the Book. Responsive site by Kits Media. How to Bring BtB to Your School. Gallery of Student Work. How to Read for Us.
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Stories are Good Medicine: October 2013
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Stories are Good Medicine. Read two novels and call me in the morning. Friday, October 18, 2013. Listening with our pens: Narrative humility for writers. I spend my life at the intersection of the stethoscope and the pen. Although I was originally trained in pediatrics and public health, as a writer, as well as a faculty member in Columbia University’s Master’s Program in Narrative Medicine. And co-chair of Columbia’s University Seminar on Narrative, Health and Social Justice. Who explains that when illn...
