The first Sophomore Parents Book Group discussion, led Wednesday by English teacher Jonah Weaver, was a great success. The parents are a thoughtful and informed group of readers, observed librarian Marybeth Coleman. During the year Jonah will be suggesting the novels and short stories for them to read concurrently with their students, in hopes that the parent book group discussions might facilitate communication between parent and child on another level, as readers..... opening up to other areas. The novel's themes of responsibility and honor segued into many areas of parental concern around those topics.
We also discovered that today's novel, The Chronicle of a Death Foretold, is a particular favorite of Spanish teacher Gustavo Jimenez, and that Gustavo had spent time with Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Cuba. The next time Jonah teaches this novel, it would be very terrific for Gustavo to speak to the translation questions and provide his unique perspective.
Good stuff, Jonah and parents!
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