Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Question
I have a question Ms. Hodge. You said that I should read the poem (the lady of shalott), but the problem is, that it is really long. It takes me five minutes to read it and that is beyond the attention span of many. So I was thinking that I could shorten it a bit. Just cut out some of the parts that aren't completely nessecary. But I also don't wan't to mess with such a beautiful poem. What do you think I should do?
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Well, Emily I agree the attention span of your classmates is short. And I also think only reading parts of the poem does take away from the impact of the entire piece. However, this is how I look at it—I think that it is better to read parts than not read any of it because I believe exposure is important. Maybe reading sections of the poem will inspire a few of your classmates to check out the poem in its entirety.
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