Famous Short Story

Amanda Cawthon  |  Special to Pflugerville Pflag Even without the sweltering heat as a clue, the staff at the Pflugerville Public Library would be able to tell that summer has arrived by the cleared-out shelves of early reader books and graphic novels. It warms our little literary hearts to see families filling the Kids Room as they search for their next book. While books are certainly the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about a library, we have so many additional resources that will keep kids and teens learning all summer long. Here are our Top 10 learning resources available to use for free with your library card. 10. Scholastic Teachables: Download fun educational worksheets and activities for young learners from Pre-K through sixth grade. Don't have a printer at home? You can print black & white copies at the library for only 10¢ per page. 9. World Book Online: Do you remember when you used an actual physical encyclopedia to research mi...

Photo: Prostock-studio (Shutterstock) Apps like Duolingo and Babbel make language learning easier than ever. If you're trying to decide which of these two industry-leading apps to use, here's a quick guide to help you figure out which one will best help you accomplish your goals. Watch What to Do If You Ever Get Fired or Laid Off 02:47 Now playing Lifehacker vs. Lea DeLaria 6/22/22 12:10PM 01:18 Now playing What to Do When a Cop Asks to Search Your Vehicle 6/21/22 4:19PM How does Babbel work? The Babbel program focuses on practical, conversational language. Lessons start by teaching you individual words before building on them to form phrases and then sentences. Eventually, the app will hold mock conversations, mixing in matching and fill-in-the-blank exercises to help strengthen the lessons. ...

Expressions of Hardship: A History of the Egyptian Short Story Egyptian writer Yusuf Idris. (Source: Wikipedia) Egyptians have always been fond of expression; a gracious act, a warm smile, or an affectionate and lighthearted conversation are more than just simple acts, but are an entire language. A light heart, or " dam khafeef ", is often used to describe those who are lively and expressive. Telling stories is just one of many ways of expression embedded in Egyptian culture, so much so that ancient Egyptians were regarded as the world's earliest storytellers, and their hieroglyphic language known as one of the earliest examples of a written language. However,  between ancient Egypt and today, the ageless art of storytelling has evolved. Influenced by many cultures over the years, the Egyptian short story took its own shape and identity. As translator Denys Johnson-Davies notes in his book 'Homecoming: Sixty Year...

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EXCLUSIVE: The Punisher and Gossip Girl writer Felicia D. Henderson is set to adapt Tracy Deonn's YA fantasy novel Legendborn after Black Bear Television acquired the rights. Henderson, who was a co-exec producer on both series and also worked on series including Fringe and Everybody Hates Chris and co-created BET series The Quad, will write and exec produce a series based on the book. She is currently showrunner of Netflix's Emma Roberts-produced YA vampire series First Kill. The book, which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2020, offers a modern-day twist on the Legend of King Arthur with a dose of Black Girl Magic. After her mother dies in an accident, Bree Matthews leaves home to attend her mother's alma mater, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Upon arrival, Bree unexpectedly uncovers a centuries-old supernatural war and the world of the 'Legendborn', a secret society made up of the magic-wielding, demon-fighting direct d...

A landmark science fiction adventure that revolutionized the genre, "The Planet of the Apes" didn't just wow audiences with impressive special effects, but it also boasted a high-concept story. Charlton Heston stars in the film as astronaut George Taylor, who leads a mission supposedly to a far-off planetoid, only to land on a strange world where primates rule, and humans are treated like cattle. After his fellow crew become victims of the apes, Taylor becomes a human science experiment to a pair of curious monkey scientists, Cornelius and Zira, who theorize that their own kind may have ironically evolved from man. Now, Taylor must convince them that he's not like the men on his planet and lead a revolt to topple the ape aggressors who treat humans like slaves. Pure allegory, the film was co-written by "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling, who adapted the French novel by Pierre Boulle, adding a jaw-dropping twist that audiences could never have seen comin...

Online learning, also referred to as e-learning, is education that takes place over the internet. It is often also referred to as elearning . Online learning is the latest iteration of 'distance learning' – the umbrella term for any learning that takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom (a form of learning that began decades ago with Correspondence Courses that were conducted through regular mail with little interaction between student and teacher. Today's online learning platforms facilitate anytime/anywhere access to education in almost any imaginable learning topic. It also allows experts and practitioners in their fields to pass on their knowledge and experience uncoupled from a traditional teacher role. The offerings include MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses), which have become a standard model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, from anywhere, with no limit on attendance. They also include sel...

By Leslie Y. Gutterman  |  The Providence Journal Leslie Y. Gutterman is rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth-El in Providence. O. Henry's story "The Last Leaf," published in 1907, is relevant during these fraught weeks of death and dying. It is about two artists, Sue and Johnsy, who live together. A pneumonia epidemic swept the city, including Johnsy. An exhausted doctor who examined her whispered the verdict: "She has one chance in ten.  If you get her to ask about the new styles in cloak sleeves, I will promise you a one-in-five chance."  Sue returned to Johnsy, who was peering through a window at a wall of the adjoining house. Johnsy was counting backward — "twelve and then eleven and then ten …" Halfway up the side of the brick house was a gnarled vine with a few leaves still clinging on.  "They're falling faster. Three days ago there were almost a hundre...

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Children's verse offers the opportunity to normalize children's taboo feelings, urges, and actions. This approach means acting as a reaction to didactic traditions and the society's pressure to "be good." By "didactic," I mean literature that is instructional, offering guidance, in particular of morals, values, and what's deemed "good" as opposed to "unsavory." Much of the earliest history of children's literature is didactic. It took a radical nonconformist, like poet Shel Silverstein, to upend the didactic era and scratch the "id" of children everywhere, inviting them to tease out their "inappropriate" inclinations. Silverstein's subversive children's verse uses poetry as a vehicle to inflict moral chaos, chasing kid lit out of the didactic and into pure, silly fun. Through careful craft choices on the language and thematic level, writers of children's verse can harness language, form, a...

Online learning, also referred to as e-learning, is education that takes place over the internet. It is often also referred to as elearning . Online learning is the latest iteration of 'distance learning' – the umbrella term for any learning that takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom (a form of learning that began decades ago with Correspondence Courses that were conducted through regular mail with little interaction between student and teacher. Today's online learning platforms facilitate anytime/anywhere access to education in almost any imaginable learning topic. It also allows experts and practitioners in their fields to pass on their knowledge and experience uncoupled from a traditional teacher role. The offerings include MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses), which have become a standard model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, from anywhere, with no limit on attendance. They also include sel...