Vachna, Kevin. OBSOLETE: A TEACHER'S TALE (of Tomorrow, Today!). Outskirts Press, Inc. Http://Www.outskirtspress.com, 2021.
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How close are we to this reality? This kind of question is really the heart of dystopian work.
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This takes me back to high school english class from sophomore year – studying root words.
Neuro – brain
Mancer? – unsure
With no previous knowledge or context, I am still able to break apart the text enough to make it make sense for me. The illustration above also helps out in understanding the deeper meaning.
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While this is obvious, how does this opener guide us into a sense that what is coming could be met with some anxiety? Some caution?
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Here, in a word vs. a paragraph or two is immediate “arrival” into the story space.
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Twilight Zone meets New Kid.
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I wonder if role playing deepens understanding rather than giving students a voice.
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Barry Deutsch uses this technique quite a bit in his work, HOW MIRKA GOT HER SWORD.
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This technique is used by Jerry Craft in the Newbery Award Winning, NEW KID where one of the students wears a “red hat” (a veiled allusion to a cultural icon of the past few years).
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The project continues to this day: https://www.foxfire.org/covid-19-oral-history-project-2/
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