Week Forty Eight
Speech Sounds Speculating about the future can help us understand our society today. So lets read a sci-fi story about a pandemic!...
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Nov 26, 20214 min read
Week Forty Three
Everyday Use Sisters, one outgoing and one meek, heritage, and promises, and what it means to connect with your past. The Facts Text:...
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Oct 8, 20216 min read
Week Thirty Six
The Magnus Archives Statement begins. Make your statement. Face your fear. The Facts Text: Do Not Open ...
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Sep 24, 20214 min read
Week Thirty Four
Gorilla, My Love Alright, where's the gorilla, I was promised gorilla content in the title. The Facts Text: Gorilla, My Love ...
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Sep 10, 20214 min read
Week Thirty Two
There Is No Such Place As America Are you sure its real? Have you checked? Or is it all just stories? The Facts Text: There Is No Such...
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Aug 27, 20214 min read
Week Thirty
The Most Dangerous Game There is a mysterious island in a dangerous part of the ocean. On this island is a mansion owned by a reclusive...
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Aug 6, 20213 min read
Week Twenty Seven
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty "Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is...
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Jul 30, 20213 min read
Week Twenty Six
For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn Woah! We're halfway there! Week 26!!!!!!! The Facts Text: For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn ...
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Jun 18, 20214 min read
Week Twenty
Test Fill in the blanks. This week's is an an example of how can be used to tell a story without a focus...
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Jun 11, 20213 min read
Week Nineteen
Currents In The Feelings sections I talk about the connection between memory and time. Before that in The Fiction section I talk about...
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Jun 4, 20214 min read
Week Eighteen
Sleeping How many words do you think it takes to tell a good short story? It's probably less than you think. Have you ever been a...
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May 28, 20214 min read
Week Seventeen
Flowers For Algernon Here's a test: what do progress reports, ethically questionable science, and a white mouse named Algernon all have...
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May 21, 20214 min read
Week Sixteen
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas If I described a city to you where everyone was happy would you believe in that city? What would it...
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May 14, 20214 min read
Week Fifteen
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall A glimpse into the mind and life of a woman dying. Let's hold her hand in these last moments. Themes of...
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May 7, 20214 min read
Week Fourteen
First Lives Club: Pretend Blood Margaret Atwood! Mary Queen of Scots! Chatrooms! Murder! We look at it all this week. The Facts Text:...
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Apr 30, 20215 min read
Week Thirteen
Queenie Coming of age, growing up too fast, love, family, memory. Is there is a word for someone you used to be close to who isn't in...
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Apr 23, 20214 min read
Week Twelve
The Conscience of The Court Loyalty, justice, love. Don't we all wish to live in a world where these three things always come through?...
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Apr 16, 20214 min read
Week Eleven
The Lottery A beautiful day. A normal town. Its lottery day! Doesn't everyone want to win the lottery? The Facts Text: The Lottery ...
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Feb 26, 20214 min read
Week Four
Snow, Glass, Apples Hair as black as ebony, lips as red as blood, skin as white as snow. A description of a fairytale princess, or a...
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