After we read Pyle’s first collection of Arthurian tales, I had the students write a ballad on any of the stories from that book. With a little guidance on form and an example poem to imitate, one boy was able to come up with this in study hall. Sir Pellias and the Red Knight By […]
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An Arthurian Ballad
10
Jan 2011
You didn’t forget about Belloc did you?
09
Jan 2011
Here’s a quick quip from Belloc that I recently enjoyed. Explicit Materialism, compared with the other philosophies meeting in man’s Palace of Debate, is like a jolly little self-satisfied dwarf who should be perpetually trying to push his way into the stately ceremonies of a Senate, and as perpetually getting turned out by the officials […]
The *est books I read in 2010
03
Jan 2011
Rules: (1) Pick your own categories, and (2) The synopses are, obviously, the funnest part. Best Reread: Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky. First time reading the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation. Oh man that Svidrigailov is creeptastic. And how did I not mention Razumikhin on that 15-fictional-characters meme? Six-word synopsis: Everyone loves you — stop killing people. Longest/Hippest: […]
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