Re: [LM_NET] GEN:Oprah's Summer Reading Club

[SBrisco <sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET>]

For those of you who have English teachers that use Faulkner's works, make
sure that you let them know that Oprah's website (you must register to
become a "member") has a variety of resources on three of Faulkner's books
this summer:

*  As I Lay Dying
*  The Sound and the Fury
*  Light in August

There are links to Faulkner (as the author), an interactive question session
with professors,  reading questions (great to use if you have a book club on
your campus that reads the classics), and a character analysis of each
person with the book.

Although I know that Oprah has done these "classics" for a while, I am
excited to see Faulkner's works (probably since I survived a semester of
Faulkner studies during my undergraduate coursework--which grew to become a
love of the works!), I think there are many resources that teachers might
not realize could be used in the classroom!

(Gee, Oprah, where were you when I was trying trudge through Yoknapatawpha
County!)

Have fun!

Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net

"It can take a master carpenter to build a barn, but any jackass can kick it
down....."
   ~Lyndon B. Johnson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sybil Finemel" <sfinemel@COMCAST.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: [LM_NET] GEN:Oprah's Summer Reading Club


> http://www2.oprah.com/books/books_landing.jhtml
>
> Online lectures and guides over the course of the summer.  First
> selection:
> author,  William Faulkner.
>
> Sybil Finemel
>
> Library Director MLIS.CIO.
>
> Los Angeles CA
>
> Contributor, lii.org, Librarians' Index to the Internet http://lii.org/
>
> Virtual Reference Desk Volunteer
>
> 24/7 Reference Librarian.
>
> sfinemel@comcast.net
>
> "Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe,
> corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant,
> steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe
> in."
>
> Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
> To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
> In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET  2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
> 3) SET LM_NET MAIL  4) SET LM_NET DIGEST  * Allow for confirmation.
> LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
> Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
> EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/
> LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>

--------------------------------------------------------------------
All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET  2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL  4) SET LM_NET DIGEST  * Allow for confirmation.
LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/
LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------