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Narrative perspective, or point-of-view (POV), is an essential element of fiction writing. It is also a difficult concept for some beginning students to get their minds wrapped around. As a way to introduce variations in narrative perspective, I use film clips to demonstrate how POV can effect the narrative. This method comes with some pedagogical [...]

In the homeschooling group we belong to, each child/family has been taking turns every other week to lead the group in learning about another country–geography, culture–a general introduction. Aidan chose Japan for us, so we’ve been busy immersing ourselves in all things Japan in preparation for the day, which is this coming Monday. Here’s our [...]

“The world is tearing itself up because of one thing, and that is belief. The idea is that rather than screaming about it, we ought to just listen. . . . It rather idealistically and rather quietly suggests another way to talk to each other.”           –Jay Allison, Host and Co-Produce of “This I Believe” The [...]