Matt Ryan #CanonChat ๐: Bless Me, Ultima
@MatRyanELATeach
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HS English teacher; #CanonChat; Jane Austen and Van Halen enthusiast; Catholic; Hockey fan; I teach diverse books and defend the canon; Matthew 5:44
Massachusetts, USA
Joined March 2013
Announcing #CanonChat's next selections: Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima" in September and Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" in October. Visit for plenty of resources on both books. And all are welcomed to join us!
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RT @nicpizzolatto: @plthomasEdD @AmericanGwyn @Charlie27Cy Absolutely untrue. Readers may be political and insist on paving over literatureโฆ.
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Blazing-fast image creation โ using just your voice. Try Grok Imagine.
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RT @kalezelden: My Dante course will be starting shortly. I'll have the definitive date posted asap. There is still room for anyone intereโฆ.
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I reached my goal last year. Time to try it again!.
Every school year one of my personal goals is to not miss a day. Half way through the year and Iโm still on track!
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Read with #CanonChat!
Announcing #CanonChat's next selections: Rudolfo Anaya's "Bless Me, Ultima" in September and Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" in October. Visit for plenty of resources on both books. And all are welcomed to join us!
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Apparently the excitement of home runs arenโt enough, so they have to do a stupid light show in the stadium. Itโs obnoxious.
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In my discussion with @kalezelden, I offered the following claim about English teachers: โI donโt even know if itโs possible to be a good teacher if youโre not working with good books.โ It may sound a bit harsh, but I believe itโs true.
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His strength is unfathomable.
"Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life. Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today.". The father of 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, one of the two children killed in a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic Church Mass, paid tribute to his son
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RT @GolfChannel: Captain Keegan Bradley explains why he didnโt select himself to play on the United States Ryder Cup team. ๐บ๐ธ https://t.co/โฆ.
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Praying for these families. I cannot even imagine their grief.
Parent of Annunciation student on the school shooting:. โHe just pepper-sprayed through the stained-glass windows into the building, 50 to 100 shots.". @CB_Cotton
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Organizing my Brit Lit course. This is my current draft:. Cardinal Virtues:.Prudence: Pride & Prejudice.Temperance: Macbeth.Fortitude: Beowulf.Justice: The Power & the Glory. Theological Virtues:.Faith: Till We Have Faces.Hope: The Light Between Oceans.Charity: A Christmas Carol.
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"What is this story about?" is reductive question, one that I never know how to succinctly answer.
โWhen anybody asks what a story is about, the only proper thing is to tell them to read the story. The meaning of fiction is not abstract meaning but experienced meaning.โ Flannery OโConnor #FlanneryOConnor
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Outlining my curriculum for the upcoming school year and I havenโt thought about politics once.
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Watching my first Sunday Night Baseball game of the year. And I'm flabbergasted that they are interviewing players as they play the game! How is this a thing?!.
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โ81% of respondents agreed that โgiving partial credit for assignments never turned inโ is harmful to academic engagement.โ
edweek.org
A new study examines the prevalence of policies like no zeros or unlimited retakes in classrooms.
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RT @JamesAFurey: I would STILL 100% prefer my kid to be able to read and understand Moby Dick, but hate it and read rarely, than to love reโฆ.
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FINAL: Boston 12, Yankees 1.
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Andie MacDowell's daughter is 30. I am old.
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For my Catholic friends (and non-Catholics as well!), what is one Catholic film (movie with a clear Catholic theme) that you would recommend?.
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