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Teaching Genre Conventions From a Fan’s Perspective
While some readers may view particular story elements as clichés, a fan might see them as enduring archetypes...
Guest Post by Gabrielle Bondi… Five Things Readers and Fans Don’t Know About YA Movies But Should (Part 2)
After leaving the test screening for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1, I was bombarded with questions about literally every scene in the book.
Guest Post by Gabrielle Bondi… Five Things Readers and Fans Don’t Know About YA Movies But Should (Part 1)
I hate to be a killjoy, but it’s important not to let fans get ahead of themselves...
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“Are Zombies Good for Kids?”: A Lively Roundtable
" I can see where it's alarming to see your kid looking like a corpse, but it's all part of rebellion, of saying the "regular" world of mortgages and wars and nuclear meltdown frightens them and they want to distance themselves from it..."
Moonrise Kingdom’s Lesson: Tweens are the New Teens… and the New Adults
Stories about tweens simply aren’t like those about teens or adults or "children”...
Guest Post by Ryan Goble… Uncommon Literacies: Teaching ‘This American Life’ (2)
If our job as educators is to engage the hearts and minds of our students I can think of no better pop cultural text than "This American Life" to uncover the silly, strange, and sublime states of the human condition with our students.
Guest Post by Robin Brenner… This Summer’s Female Heroes: Fighting More Than One Battle (2)
The mainstream comics industry has been roundly (and justifiably) criticized for its problematic representation of women as well as its reluctance to acknowledge women as a fanbase with valid opinions.
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