The Rise of Social Media

The Rise of Social Media
by Jim Whiting (Author)
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Booktalk: Teens explore the history of the social media boom from a journalistic viewpoint to understand the technological advancements that led to widespread internet use and the impact social media has on the spread of information (with examples of government regulation and censorship dating back to 1579!).

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Enter the Body

Enter the Body
by Joy McCullough (Author)
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Booktalk: In the room beneath a stage’s trapdoor, Shakespeare’s dead teenage girls Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia compare their experiences and retell the stories of their lives, their loves, and their fates in their own words.

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Capulet + Montague

a couple
a couplet

a pageant, a glance
put palm to palm

name and omen
an open plea

molten tongue
open petal

Now it’s your turn! Take the June #smallpoem Challenge and share a June story poem on my Small Poems writing prompt site.

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