I choose photo one. For some reason I was fixated by the contrast between the sailboat on the water and the crane in the background I wondered it this was an intentional contrast of merely something that just happened in the picture. This sounds like my students who argue that something isn't a symbol in the text, it's just an accident and a reader reading too much into the work. Yeesh! I also had trouble figuring out what people were doing on the dock and wanted to know more about their activities. Then I found myself wondering what the difference was between a dock and a pier, which is something we don't really think about too much in land-locked Colorado.
When I pick up a book to read, I, like my students am drawn in by the title and the book cover. I really have a thing for a good title. I also react in a negative way to book bearing the "Oprah Winfrey Book Club" seal of approval, because I think Oprah tells us what to think and read too much. I like Brenda spend some time with the plot synopsis and also tend to look at what types of descritive passages the reviewers have used. This lets me get a feel for what type of book I'm holding.
I also found the discussion of the two literary works enlightening. I was really drawn to "The LIfeguard," particularly the ironic savior imagery which contrasted with the guard's failure to save a little boy he couldn't remember but was haunted by. I'm thinking that poem might find its way into my classroom next year. Fabulous discussion possibility!
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