@JasonAblin Most of the time I do. Especially with poetry. One it's fun to write, and two, there is a wide difference in my students comfort and access to their own creativity. My demonstrating vulnerability seems to encourage them to be vulnerable.
@sim_kern You're going to be great! The kids and I are very excited, but definitely no pressure! Just seeing that authors are people with ideas and interests is a gift!
@YaBoiHakim Currently setting up a unit for 9th graders using "Animal Farm" and "Snowflake's Chance", as well as a number of articles and videos (including one of yours) in order to give the students context and alternative voices. Any other text suggestions for young people?
@richardosman@LynseyJWrites Richard, I teach 4 different grades of literature; each exploring a different book and thus rarely read for myself, but your books have been a wonderful personal read completely divorced from my classes. I can't thank you enough for creating these engaging, humorous who-done-its!
@JeffSharlet@tracyfrey@QuinceMountain@BlairBraverman Mine took a couple hours. Please let us know what your tag there is. You can friend people on other servers. None of this is to say I'm even remotely an expert; just navigating the same issues atm.
@IDEASOFICE_FIRE Are would go even further and say they were going for two different things altogether. Tolkien was trying to create a modern epic; not a form based on characterization, but rather stock characters. GRRM is more about the nuance of character, and the effect of perspective.