To Kill a Mockingbird 2: The Sequel–No, Seriously.
I just heard the news that Harper Lee will be publishing a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird. I’m not sure how I feel about this. It’s kind of like when you hear they are doing a sequel to one of your...
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Feats of Memory
I’ve posted about the memory palace strategy before, but Joshua Foer gives a pretty interesting talk about how it works. Be forewarned: there are images of naked bottoms on one of his slides.
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Book of the Week: The Moon Is Down
“I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame.” ― John Steinbeck, The Moon Is Down “In this masterful tale set in Norway during World...
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Book of the Week: The Devil in the White City
“‘I was born with the devil in me,’ Holmes wrote. ‘I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.’” ― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City...
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Book of the Week: The Jungle
“Into this wild-beast tangle these men had been born without their consent, they had taken part in it because they could not help it; that they were in jail was no disgrace to them, for the game had...
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Book of the Week: The Road
“The world soon to be largely populated by men who would eat your children in front of your eyes and the cities themselves held by cores of blackened looters who tunneled among the ruins and crawled...
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Meet the Author of The Giver, Lois Lowry [Bonus]
On Thursday, April 2 from 7 to 9:30PM, Lois Lowry will be at the Springfield Art Museum (1111 E. Brookside Drive). Lowry, author of books like The Giver and Number the Stars, will talk about common...
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CHS Students Meet World-Famous Author
A group of Chadwick students traveled to the Springfield Art Museum to listen to author Lois Lowry talk about her novel “The Giver” on April 2, 2015. “The Giver,” which was a Newberry Award winner,...
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The Beak [Free eBook]
The Beak is a literary magazine that aims to showcase creative works produced by the students of Chadwick School. Contributions were selected for publication and edited by members of The Quill &...
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View ArticleFall Musical Bonus
Some of the high schools in this area put on some very impressive productions, providing great opportunities for students to see great musicals acted out by their cohorts at what is usually a fraction...
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And the Call Was Coming from the Basement
This is a rerun from the This American Life radio show and podcast from several years back. It’s all about real-life spooky stories. You won’t be sorry you listened! Or maybe you will if you are...
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November is National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59...
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Student Discovers Scepter of Truth
I noticed one of my students carrying around this novel, which featured a familiar cover. The book was one of half a dozen novels that my now-defunct novels class wrote in 2007. We printed copies for...
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Classroom Library Update
I’ve added over fifty books to our classroom library this summer.
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Chadwick School Open House Is Tonight!
Open House is tonight from 6-7PM. Come by and see how clean my desk is! (But don’t get used to it.)
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