Are Fables Better Than Facts?

"Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. "

-Gilbert K. Chesterton

Chesterton thought that fables were a better source to tell us what life was like in the past than history books.  In his opinion, history books only tell us about one person at a time, but fables tell us something about the flaws of all mankind.

Do you agree or disagree with Chesterton? Explain why or why not.  Make sure you give an example to back up your thinking.

Check back and comment on another student's thinking.

Your posts are due by Friday, Feb. 4.

Book Tweets

Twitter forces its users to share their ideas in 140 characters (letters, punctuation marks and spaces) or less.  It's based on the idea that "less is more."  Sometimes it is easier for us to talk on and on and on about our thinking than to simplify it to just a few words.  


Practice choosing your words carefully.  In the comments, "tweet" a summary of your book.  It needs to be short and to the point, but still give us a good idea of the book's meaning.


Check back to comment on other's ideas. 


Post due by Friday, January 28, 2011.

The Process

Reading and writing to respond to our classroom blog will be your Bellwork for the next few days.  Please read the posts and follow the directions to respond in the comments section.  

• Your comments must demonstrate good thinking.  Back up your opinions with evidence from a text whenever possible. 

• Responses to the prompt or to other students' thinking need to be appropriate.  Name calling will not be tolerated.

• If you disagree, that's fine.  Do it appropriately and back up your thinking.

• You must leave your name.  Choose the anonymous comment. Type your first name and last initial under your response (Jenny T.)

• You will receive a grade each week for your comment and your responses to your classmates.

• If you are waiting for a computer, you should be reading your IR book.  Don't waste your time.

Good luck!  I'm excited to see your thoughts!