Active and purposeful highlighting and annotating is an important skill that can enable greater success in being able to comprehend a text. This post explores three annotations for deeper reading and how to take reading to a deeper level during reader's workshop. This also has a dramatic effect on
Reading a piece of fiction is like an invitation to escape the immediate world and immerse yourself in fantasy. You’re expected to put your disbeliefs aside and blot out any distractions to fully experience the story. But some passages in those same books are so blatantly disrespectful and hilariously inaccurate that they can leave half of the population straight-up rolling their eyes. You guessed it, we’re talking about male authors portraying female characters and missing the mark by a long, long shot.
The desire to avoid social events where I don't know many people stems back to my need for acceptance and fear of rejection.
People donate some weird stuff to charity shops.
Our mental health is paramount. However, this message can get lost in the storm of noise that surrounds our daily routines. Before we know it, we’ve put the things that should matter to us most on the backburner and we might feel like we’re overwhelmed by work, school, life. Everything.
This lady (bluntly & hilariously) says all the things we wish we could say.
Since at least ancient Babylon, we have been staving off potential book thieves with book curses. Here's a little history of how it went.
Dig deep to really get to know the characters.
Monday I felt absolutely terrible. There was no real reason, no real trigger. I just felt blue, out of the blue (ha! sorry, (...) Read More
The Best Books of the Month: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher, Throne of Glass by Sarah J . Maas, Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J.A. Bear, & more:
Probably most people would agree that traveling is fun and experiencing different cultures is like a fresh breeze of air. However, some people travel more than others and that leads them to be experts in the field.
