https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07 Once Upon a Time en-us 2018-06-17 13:25:13 UTC 2018-06-17 14:47:54 UTC hello@padlet.com msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267495019 How to Read Literature like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading between the Lines. By Thomas C. Foster. Harper Perennial, 2014.

The book works as a classic guide to literature and literary basis, including symbols, themes, and contexts. Foster intends to help readers discover hidden meanings whithin the lines of any piece of literature, thus making the everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.]]> 2018-06-17 13:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267495019 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267495955 The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories, by Christopher Booker. Bloombury Academic, 2006.

This book offers examples - from ancient myths to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today - to illustrate that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. In his 736-page work, Booker tries to explain the real role that storytelling plays in our lives and how stories will continue to shape humankind's psychological development.]]> 2018-06-17 13:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267495955 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496178 Young-Adult Literature: from Romance to Realism, by Michael Cart. Amer Library Assn Editions, 2010.

Author Michael Cart writes about how young-adult literature has evolved and become a phenomenon. Cart also covers the reading habits of today's teens, the influence of new technologies, and the new young-adult literature awards. A very interesting resource book for readers, teachers, and students.]]> 2018-06-17 13:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496178 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496415 Dead Poets Society (1989)

This modern classic stars Robin Williams as a new English teacher at a prestigious school. He changes the lives of his students and inspires them not just to read and enjoy poetry but also to pursue their dreams and o enjoy life to the fullest.]]> 2018-06-17 13:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496415 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496542 Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

This comedy features Will Ferrell as an average person who suddently starts to hear a voice narrating everything that happens to him is his head. He then realizes he is a character in a story and decides to take control of the plot of his life.]]> 2018-06-17 13:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496542 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496726 The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The movie adaptation of the German fantasy novel Die unendliche Geschichte (1979), by Michael Ende, tells the story of Bastian, a boy who becomes part of the book he is reading and is take on a journey through a magical land called Fantasia.]]> 2018-06-17 14:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496726 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496892 Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) was an American poet, author, and cartoonist. He is best known for writing children's poetry. His books The Giving Tree (1964) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) were named by the American National Education Association two of the Teacher's Top 100 Books for Children of all times.]]> 2018-06-17 14:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267496892 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497078 Sue Monk Kidd (1948-) is an American author. Her first novel, The Secret Life of Bees (2002), received critical acclaim and appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than two years. It won the 2004 Book Sense Paperback Book of the Year award and sold 8 million copies worldwide.]]> 2018-06-17 14:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497078 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497584 John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and psychologist whose ideas influenced educational and social reforms.]]> 2018-06-17 14:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497584 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497680 Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was born in Italy, but acquired British citizenship. She was a social reformer and statistician, as well as founder of the modern nursing. Much of her writing was intended to spread medical knowledge. It was only after her death that the majority of her work on religion and mysticism was published.]]> 2018-06-17 14:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497680 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497894 The word star was introduced as a form of rating in a travel guide from 1886, in which German publisher Karl Baedecker used the star system to evaluate quality of hotels and restaurants.]]> 2018-06-17 14:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267497894 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498267 E. Lockhart (1967-) is an American writer and author of the young-adult novel We Were Liars (2014), which has received critical acclaim and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction of 2014. It was also listed as an American Library Association's Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults for 2015.]]> 2018-06-17 14:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498267 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498441 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet who greatly influenced the Irish Literary Revival. He was the first author of his country to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.]]> 2018-06-17 14:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498441 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498618 Brevity is a single-panel comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Penny. Nowadays, it is published in more than 130 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada.]]> 2018-06-17 14:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498618 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498731 Reading is not only a great way to improve your vocabulary, it can also help you improve your grammar. When you read a novel, for instance, you are likely to find examples of all the verb tenses in the same story, especially those that are not as frequent in conversation, such as the PAST PERFECT and the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.]]> 2018-06-17 14:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498731 msaucer2008 https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498939 Read the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Pay attention to the verb tenses. Why were they used?]]> 2018-06-17 14:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/msaucer2008/lxg9ghk04f07/wish/267498939