Something about Harrow's deal had seemed vaguely familiar to me and it had been driving me crazy, but it finally came to me, she made me think of Tenar from The Tombs of Atuan! No wonder I was drawn to her fast, I loved that book so much as a kid. If you've never heard of it, from the jacket: "Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from her—home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan..."
Oh I had not ever heard of that! That does sound strangely familiar =P And cool! I love it when a trope I love from my childhood shows up in future stuff. Preferably a little evolved each time lmao
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Image one text reads, "AAC Tip of the Week: Shared writing - How?"
Image two text reads, "How does shared writing work? The adult models the writing process by writing in real-time as the learner watches. The adult “thinks aloud” as they are writing to talk about print concepts, spelling, revising, sound-to-letter connections, and more."
Image three text reads, "The learner can participate in a variety of ways. Using mouth words or sounds. Selecting from offered choices. Using their AAC systems. Communicating their ideas however they choose to."
Image four text reads, "Predictable Chart Writing. A common form of shared writing is predictable chart writing. Predictable chart writing is a structured, systematic way to engage learners in the writing process. There are 5 steps."
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1. Write the chart - using a model sentence or sentence starter on a specific topic
2. Reread the chart - several times, drawing attention to a certain aspect of writing
3. Work with sentence strips - learner cuts the sentences into words and practices putting the words back in order
4. Be the sentence - learners (or stuffed animals, etc.) are each one word and line up to make the sentence
5. Make and publish the book - turn the chart into a book with photos/pictures to add to “library”"
Rise of Kyoshi definitely has more of a Legend of Korra vibe in terms of tone than ATLA. Unsurprisingly, I see some similarities between Kyoshi and Korra, but more so in the later half of the book for Kyoshi as she definitely starts out very different from Korra. It definitely felt like it existed in the ATLAverse. And overall, I was a big fan. I don't think any character quite makes me go 'you are a horrible idiot (affectionate)' like a lot of the things books I read because of you, but it does have some interesting grey area stuff going on that was fun. It's still YA, but given that about half of the YA I have been trying lately has fallen flat for me due in part because of simplicity, I really enjoyed pretty much all of this.
I LOVE how messy morality is in The Searcher: A Novel by Tana French. It really does feel messy and convoluted and complicated. The right thing for one context can very much be the wrong thing for another and yet be the same situation you're looking at. Who do you choose to do by right? How do you live on after making that choice?
He hated the way every drug in its different way scooped the solidity right out of the world and left it quicksand-textured, cracked across and wavering at the edges. They did the same thing to people: people on drugs stopped being what you knew them to be. They looked you right in the face and saw things that had nothing to do with you.
A mule doesn’t like to plow, but he likes carrots, so you hang a carrot in front of his eyes. A mule without a carrot gets exhausted. A mule with a carrot spends a long time being tired.
Finished Plain Bad Heroines with spouse, and he liked it. Especially the ending. His favorite was easily Merritt. I knew he had great taste. Hehe. He's baffled that after my first read and looking at reviews, I found people hating her even by the end. I don't know folks. Dunno XDXD
