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Illustrator Lili Chin’s adorable series Dogs of the World illustrates 192 breeds of dogs grouped according to geographical origin.

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teaching-everydayisdifferent:

It is that time of year again for a blind date with Shakespeare!  In class we discuss Twelfth Night and its adaptions, and on their own my students are working on analyzing their own set of adaptions.  

This year I wrapped the books and only put the plays they were adapted from on the spines. The students chose based solely on this information. After break I am going to let them know the extent of their project, but the nitty gritty is that they are going to read a detailed summary of the play and write on paper on how they feel the novel did adapting the story for a modern audience.

Here is the list of novels I use:

Fool – Christopher Moore (King Lear)

Wondrous Strange – Lesley Livingston (A Midsummer Night’s dream)

Something Rotten – Alan Gratz (Hamlet)

Something Wicked – Alan Gratz (Macbeth)

Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty – Gehrman (MuchAdo About Nothing)

The Third Witch – Rebecca Reisert (Macbeth)

Ophelia – Lisa Klien (Hamlet)

Lady Macbeth – Susan Fraser King (Macbeth)

Gertrude and Claudius – John Updike (Hamlet)

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle – David Wroblewski (Hamlet)

Saving Juliet – Suzanne Selfors (Romeo and Juliet)

A Thousand Acres – Jane Smiley (King Lear)

Falling for Hamlet – Michelle ray (Hamlet)

Exposure – Mal Peet (Othello)

Enter three Witches – Caroline Cooley (Macbeth)

Can anyone think of other Shakespeare adaptions out there that are appropriate for the high school crowd?

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entropyexhibited:

So I was browsing The Mountain Goats’ thread today and I was coming across a lot of Nerdfighter hate, which I thought was pretty unfair.

Everyone starts somewhere. Just because I came across the Mountain Goats five years ago instead of two days ago doesn’t make me a better person or more worthy of their music. Yes, there are way more songs than “This Year” and “Love, Love, Love”, but come on, we probably all went through that phase. I know I did.

I just find it discouraging when old fans try to turn away new fans.

So, Welcome Nerdfighters! Come join the party! There are in fact more Mountain Goats songs than the ones JD played last night, over 500 to be precise. All of them are amazing.

As far as albums go, “Tallahassee”, “Come, Come to the Sunset Tree”, and their newest one, “Transcendental Youth” are probably the most accessible to newbies. “We Shall All Be Healed” and “All Hail West Texas” are also amazing.

As far as songs to check out, in no order:

Up the Wolves
Last Man on Earth
thucydides II-58
Surrounded
High Hawk Season
Wizard Buys a Hat
He Swims Like a Fish
Color in Your Cheeks
Dirty Old Town
Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph Of
Dance Music

Signal boost. :)

The Mountain Goats are a great band, and their fans are great fans, but we tend to be extremely passionate about tMG and their work and that can be a barrier to entry sometimes (just as it can be in other fan communities, including ours).

But I’m grateful for the generosity shown here, and I’d only add that other great and good-for-new-listeners songs include Jenny, The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton, and Damn These Vampires.

I’d also like to add that you should see them live and also buy their music. It really does make being alive a richer and more interesting experience.

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