SPLINTERS FOR AUGUST 2023

This month begins with a nod to friendship and ends with Be Kind to Humankind Day.
1. Is there a difference between these two ideas? What defines that gap? Or if you do not think there is a difference, explain why you feel that way.
2. Which of these two subjects do you think is more important or are they equal? Why do you feel this way, what led you to this conclusion?
For Bad Poetry Day, this site featured two pieces:
1. In one, the author describes his writing as “gibberish.” Do you think Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” is gibberish? Does it still work as a poem?
2. In another, the author rewrote a well-known nursery rhyme in an effort to create “bad poetry.” Did the author succeed? Why or Why not?
3. Try writing your own “bad poetry” for next year’s Bad Poetry Day.
One author this month became so involved with the story of her own creation that years later she writes to the main character. Have you ever felt this way about one of your own characters? Try writing a letter to that character.
. August also has days highlighting family fun, clowns. These two subjects may be a lot alike or quite far apart. What is your opinion and why?