tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post7738651495581488490..comments2024-03-26T05:20:10.232-04:00Comments on Between the By-Road and the Main Road: Learning from Literature: Oh, Earth, You Are Too Wonderful (#SOL15, Day 7)Mary Ann Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-58650904190035401902015-03-08T09:23:48.556-04:002015-03-08T09:23:48.556-04:00I love the idea of creating a relevant goodbye spe...I love the idea of creating a relevant goodbye speech based on local places. Id want to ive kids cameras and have them see those places and represent that seeing visually alongside the new words. <br /><br />So much power to that revision.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-72924451546449185562015-03-08T09:22:41.847-04:002015-03-08T09:22:41.847-04:00Aileen, I so agree. It is a play that stays with ...Aileen, I so agree. It is a play that stays with you especially if you taught it. t also is a scene that well might change with parenthood. It is too painful to understand that we move through life often without seeing.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-91746932673225503982015-03-08T09:20:48.890-04:002015-03-08T09:20:48.890-04:00I used to teach Our Town many years ago and find t...I used to teach Our Town many years ago and find that as I reread the end of the play, those lines still resonate. In one end of the year exam I made, Thoreau had rowed Emily, Holden, & Bigger Thomas into the center of Walden Pond. Emily begins by saying, " Oh, earth, you are too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-83852318943498375622015-03-07T19:46:20.992-05:002015-03-07T19:46:20.992-05:00I always burst into tears when I hear these lines ...I always burst into tears when I hear these lines recited or when I read them again. I remember reading this with my eldest daughter, and causing her much embarrassment. Years later, she said she had read it again, and was beginning to understand my reaction. That Wright poem just completes this arc of thinking, Mary Ann, and it reminds me of the final scene in the movie "Boyhood". Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-24979408126193114732015-03-07T19:46:16.156-05:002015-03-07T19:46:16.156-05:00I always burst into tears when I hear these lines ...I always burst into tears when I hear these lines recited or when I read them again. I remember reading this with my eldest daughter, and causing her much embarrassment. Years later, she said she had read it again, and was beginning to understand my reaction. That Wright poem just completes this arc of thinking, Mary Ann, and it reminds me of the final scene in the movie "Boyhood". Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-7971181662669182312015-03-07T19:45:56.124-05:002015-03-07T19:45:56.124-05:00I haven't thought about "Our Town" i...I haven't thought about "Our Town" in a long time; I suppose this is because I teach senior English. I love Emily's goodbye speech. When I did teach the play, I would create a new version of Emily's speech from a survey of favorite places in our hometown. Then I'd present it to my students. It would bring on the water works as they began realizing the importance of the Glenda Funkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020745976555044975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-48967275927765951632015-03-07T19:08:44.256-05:002015-03-07T19:08:44.256-05:00This post means a great deal to me, especially bec...This post means a great deal to me, especially because I taught this play. As an English teacher, I always hoped that my students would connect with something they could learn from one of the character's lives (or deaths). This scene meant so much more to me after I became a parent. It's so strikingly true, it's almost painful to contemplate. aileenhowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744874990720805273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-38472622213805710602015-03-07T17:39:09.661-05:002015-03-07T17:39:09.661-05:00It's these small moments that don;t get notice...It's these small moments that don;t get noticed as we live that Emily most shows us.<br />Thanks Kim for taking time to read the post:)Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-36938284033502726982015-03-07T17:38:17.821-05:002015-03-07T17:38:17.821-05:00Yes it does. A compelling ending. Thanks for tak...Yes it does. A compelling ending. Thanks for taking time to read the post:)Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-35808533971603252662015-03-07T13:50:36.843-05:002015-03-07T13:50:36.843-05:00The whole way you crafted this sets such a vivid t...The whole way you crafted this sets such a vivid tone, the poem, the reflection on "Our Town" and your summary observation. So though provoking, especially this..." This is what literature does for us as well. It recasts our ordinariness." Really lovely.writekimwritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910094603036735657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-48967690496636934902015-03-07T13:12:14.811-05:002015-03-07T13:12:14.811-05:00beautiful...it always brings tears, doesn't it...beautiful...it always brings tears, doesn't it? "Oh, earth...<br />we need to realize it!!! xo nancNanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135130889558068676noreply@blogger.com