Welcome to the non-fiction book blog. We will be exploring four non-fiction titles over the course of the summer. According to Marc Anderson, in an article about the relevance of non-fiction reading, "We need to give students a chance to read nonfiction books that emphasize logic, insightful observations, well-crafted arguments, and a steady flow of provocative ideas." We're looking forward to sharing your ideas and thoughts about this genre.
Blink- starter blog on July 15th
We Beat the Streets - July 24th
Rats -August 5th
Wonderland -Aug 17th
This book will be provided for you by the District, unfortunately it will not be available until after school is out. We will email you when the book is available to be picked up at Lift Bridge Book Store.
Hey everyone, sorry I have "Mr." instead of my real name, but I had already signed up to run a blog with my class through this. I'm not trying to be stuffy.
ReplyDeleteThere were parts of this book I liked and could relate to. In regard to snap judgements about trusting people, often the snap judgement is very accurate. More information simply clouds the conclusion about a person's hidden agenda. Priming does work in a classroom situation. Like Mr. Mac said, many teachers have posters dealing with character development visible. Many of the topics covered in this book could stimulate interesting conversations or debates. I would never assign any of this book to be read by any of my students independently. This would be more appropriate in an upper level psychology or sociology class. However, certain sections that would interest them could be read to them and then discussed. The sections dealing with body language and facial expressions seem to be very much in style in some of the newer tv series, such as the "Mentalist" and "Lie to Me". These would be very useful skills to develop. However, the 500 page document of the FACS would be very challenging to read through. The sections on autism and the cop stories could be used for class discussion as well. I could see my seniors being interested in these topics. I totally disagree with Gladwell's statement that the accused in a criminal trial should not be in the courtroom. After serving on a jury for a felony case where one woman sliced another woman's face with a box cutter, it was totally necessary to see the demeanor of the two women involved. One thing about this book is that it really stimulates thinking about many issues.
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