In school, I didn’t understand why one student got 90% and another student got 50%, even though I knew that they both knew the content very well (and were reciting it to me from first to fifth period). These differences in scores can be blamed largely on understanding context. Context refers to why, where, and […]
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When I was 10 years old, I had to go through one of the toughest ordeals of my life: a life and death situation. That was the first time that I had such cold feelings, crying as I held my mom’s hand, clinging to comfort. That was my first encounter with death. The second time was when […]
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Hey there, Germ readers! We’ve made it to our second check-in for Melissa Grey’s The Girl at Midnight. Here are our discussion questions for chapters 21-40: 1) On the same night, both Echo and Caius have very vivid dreams or visions. What can we draw from these two perspectives? 2) Caius’ locket has an effect on […]
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Hey there, Germ readers! We’ve reached our first check-in of the month for Melissa Grey’s The Girl at Midnight. I hope you’ve all read through chapter 20 and are ready for our discussion questions! In the video below, I talk about my overall thoughts on the book thus far, and then I get into our questions, […]
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Hey, Germ readers! The day has finally arrived! We’re starting The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey and will be reading through chapter 20 to meet again on June 10th. Come ready for discussion. See you then! [su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2zJfg0gKro” width=”480″ height=”300″][su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOmsSVbT-nY”][/su_youtube] For reference, we’ll be meeting at these times during the month: June 10th: Ch […]
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