demonstrating comprehension in other genres/formats: surprise!

this could also be called differentiation. i keep finding/thinking/noticing ideas/sources/examples of THIS SAME THING and thinking i will give it more, better, attention at a later time.  that later time just in’t coming, so i am calling it “now” and will again when later gets here. “we” are so stuckSTUCKstuck, even when we talk big [...]

how is twilight like anne of green gables?

thanks to dr. marian small { one two infinity }for the realization of how useful this question really is, and thanks to june 2009 chatelaine for provoking me to ask it. quote, too old for twilight? why are we too old for twilight, not admitting to enjoying it, apologizing for liking it, disparaging it, when [...]

gathering my thoughts…

Keep in mind this is a work in progress, as in, I have no idea what I’m doing with this blog thing and and working it out as I go. Here is the first go. 28 pages in, at the end of the first chapter seems like a logical place to stop and take stock. [...]

This is my philosophy on reading

Real reading is making sense of text.  Making sense of it in a way that matters.  To ourselves, the reader.  Think of yourself as a reader.  When you make sense of a text that does not matter to you in any way, the words and meaning may slip through your mind like water through the [...]