Well, we have had quite the difficulty with accessing the blogs lately. Unfortunately, our district's firewall began to block all weblogs and thereby limited our access to the sites that we had created. This was unfortunate, and upsetting, but our technology department came through and opened our accounts back up to access the sites that we had put so much time into. Life is always full of challenges and obstacles that must be overcome, and working with technology provides even more. At any rate, our blogging hiatus should be at an end and it's time to start getting back into the swing of things.
We are currently knee deep in The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Having read through chapter three, we are well on our way to traveling with Frodo and company through this story that is often analyzed by utilizing two basic literary theories: the hero's journey, and Jungian archetype. The complex story deals with some universal themes and motifs that focus on the battle between good and evil, the existence or non-existence of supernatural forces, and the importance of friendship, comradery, and adventure. In our studies we should have some lively classroom discussions, and I hope we will have some very opinionated and analytical blogs to read fromthe students and their peers. I am very much looking forward to working through the material of this unit with my students.
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