Search results for: “tolkien”
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Nuggets from NECC (2)
Wow. NECC 2007 is officially over, and my brain is feeling pretty full. Yesterday was a day full of conversations in the hallways and at the EduBlogger lounge for me (along with my session in the afternoon.) Today was highlighted by several wonderful sessions, more hallway conversations, and a great series of lessons on advanced…
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Podcast157: Lord of the Rings Literature Circle
This podcast features a literature circle discussion between Alexander Fryer, Shelly Fryer, and Wesley Fryer about J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy, “The Lord of the Rings.” Reasons for loving the book and movie series are explored, noteable characteristics and lessons learned from major characters are discussed, and favorite scenes from the movies and the books are…
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Idyllic life in the Shire
I had the great pleasure of reading and sharing the final three chapters of “The Return of the King” by J.R.R. Tolkien with my son today. This marked the end of a multi-year journey we have been on together, mostly reading before bedtime at least a couple of times per week. Last night (since we…
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Interviews with Christopher Paolini
When looking for the publication date of Christopher Paolini’s third book in his Inheritance series (to follow “Eragon” and “Eldest” – it doesn’t appear the date has been announced yet) my son and I discovered this 10 minute interview with Paolini from “Bill Thompson’s Eye On Books” series today. This was included as an external…
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Gifts from Christopher Paolini
WARNING: SOME MILD PLOT SPOILERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS POST. Last night I finished reading “Eldest” by Christopher Paolini, the second book in his “Inheritance” trilogy that follows the book “Eragon “ which was released as a major motion picture last month. These are a few reflections on the book and the book series to…
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Eragon and WikiPedia extended learning
SPOILER WARNING: If you haven’t read Eragon or seen the movie, beware that in this blog post I’m including details that reveal plot elements of both. It’s almost Christmas, but I’ve already received what may be the most precious gift I’ll receive from any of my family members this year. This morning when I woke…
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My vote: Harry must live!
(IF YOU HAVE NOT READ HARRY POTTER BOOK 6, YOU MIGHT SKIP THIS POST AS I MAKE REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE MAJOR PLOT POINTS THAT MIGHT SPOIL THE STORY FOR YOU.) I have really enjoyed reading J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series books over the years, and look forward expectantly to the release of the…
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What do I want to do?
The past two weeks have been very demanding, taxing, and challenging for me personally– but also very affirming and motivating as well. Today, I took another vacation day from work so I could share two presentations with educators at “Rethink: The Digital School” events sponsored by Apple Computer. Since the summer of 2005, I have…
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Prince Caspian expected
With the movie version of C.S. Lewis’ classic book “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” now grossing over $620 million (and still counting), reports are being circulated of the sequel being filmed in Ireland soon. The first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series is actually “The Magician’s Nephew,” but its events take place…
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HP & The Goblet of Fire
I was finally able to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire tonight. Great film overall, but my children will certainly not be seeing it anytime soon. Of course that was quite predictable, given the intensely dark nature of book 4. I thought the scriptwriter and new director did an admirable job telling what…