From Paul's Thinking Place: "I have no clue what a "meme" is, but I saw this one on Mark Ostreicher's blog, and thought it was pretty cool. Most of the time, I find reading other people's "memes" somewhat interesting at the best, silly at worst, but this one actually struck my fancy for what it might say about what people are reading... and authors are writing. So here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next four sentences on your blog, along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest!"
My nearest book with more than 123 pages happens to be the teacher's edition of one of my text books. Unfortunately, there's not much there, but here it is.
Discuss in pairs or small groups.
1. How are the two science experiments similar to a mystery story? how are they different?
2. would you prefer to be a detective or a scientist?
I know not great reading. On the other hand the closet non-text book is Kokoro by Natsume Soseki :
"All I wanted to know at that moment was that Sensei was still alive. Sensei's past, his dark past that he promised to tell me about, held no interest for me then. But I could not find what I was seeking, and I refolded the letter in exasperation. I returned to the doorway of my father's room to see how he was doing."
I think I will send this to the staff; see what we as a school come up with.
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