tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713509833425024071.post315026681076517055..comments2023-10-17T12:23:31.301-04:00Comments on bingbangcrashboom: A Christmas AcheEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874668283871295532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713509833425024071.post-11210092297203672782015-12-17T11:26:27.994-05:002015-12-17T11:26:27.994-05:00Thank you Terri! Merry Christmas to you!Thank you Terri! Merry Christmas to you!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874668283871295532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713509833425024071.post-31125425141457517282015-12-15T08:50:23.723-05:002015-12-15T08:50:23.723-05:00My freshman English classes just completed A Chris...My freshman English classes just completed A Christmas Carol. We took turns reading off the big screen from a PDF of the 1840s first edition (Project Gutenberg), and the students had to keep a running list of vocabulary words. We used some of the words in a creative writing exercise. When asked why, in a school that is mostly Jewish, we were reading A Christmas Carol, I asked them if they realized how long A Tale of Two Cities was. Discussion ended. They thoroughly enjoyed it once we got into it, and several of them knitted or doodled during the story, pausing now and again to jot down unfamiliar words. I will have to get The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree for A and M to read their little ones. You are loved, ladies. Merry Christmas!<br />Terri Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971686421385537006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713509833425024071.post-90203987008555610322015-12-14T21:05:12.298-05:002015-12-14T21:05:12.298-05:00i love these thoughts on joy. and, a dickens prim...i love these thoughts on joy. and, a dickens primer -perfectly said. Melissa Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335808636264732176noreply@blogger.com