Media Literacy @ CHHS

As much as I love the internet and all the many things that it allows me to do, it is a bit of an understatement to note that 'some' of the information out there isn't entirely accurate.  Millions of people have been given a platform to connect with the world and share their views with anyone who will listen.  And with so many views all around us, how are we supposed to know truth from fiction?  How are we to develop the skills and insight to detect when something might be leading us a little off-side? Being able to determine truth from fiction seemed to be an essential skill when it came to Media Literacy.  Naturally, then, we settled on having our students look a little into the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. I spent most of my formative years in the 90s, which meant a healthy diet of shows like 'Unsolved Mysteries' and 'The X-Files.'  In an age just before widespread internet use, there did seem to be a bit of an increased interest in exam

The Benefits of Reading Reading is rewarding:      Literature enables us to explore thousands of different lives during our single life. It enables us to examine the minds of people, explore new environments, and reflect on how our lives are both similar and entirely different from the lives of literary characters.       Through literature we can gain knowledge about cultures, and begin to understand why the world operates as it does.  Reading makes you a better writer:      It is true. The more you read, the more sophisticated your vocabulary will expand. You begin to become more cognizant of grammatical rules, and how particular authors purposefully use long sentences, while other authors prefer their sentences to be short and concise. You may even have the epiphany of whether or not you are a supporter of the Oxford Comma or not as you become a reader.       As you continue to read you will begin to become a critical thinker. While you are writing yo