As part of an Italian nationalist reaction against the Paris Peace Conference, he set up the short-lived Italian Regency of Carnaro in Fiume with himself as Duce. He was associated with the elite Arditi storm troops of the Italian Army and took part in actions such as the Flight over Vienna. His affairs with several women, including Eleonora Duse and Luisa Casati, received public attention.ĭuring the First World War, the perception of D'Annunzio in Italy transformed from a literary figure into a national war hero. He came under the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche which would find outlets in his literary and later political contributions. Such works represented a turn against the naturalism of the preceding romantics and were both sensuous and mystical. D'Annunzio was associated with the Decadent movement in his literary works, which interplayed closely with French Symbolism and British Aestheticism.
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But the biggest trick and ABSOLUTE NECESSITY is you have to choose only books that have attention-grabbing beginnings. So, what’s the big SECRET to a great Book Pass? Keeping it orderly and silent? Well, that’s important. Here’s my Book Pass Handout if you’d like to print and use it: Some teachers put their students into groups and books are circulated that way.Īs a middle school teacher, I like to keep this activity orderly and silent, so students can actually READ! We perform it (as stated in the original directions) as a whole class activity. Students get exposure to a lot of high-interest titles. Students read the blurb and the first few pages and then rate the book according to their level of interest. The general concept of a Book Pass is the teacher provides compelling books for students to get into their hands for a few moments. So read on and I’ll explain some tips and of course, the “secret” to a fantastic Book Pass experience. When we finish the pass, I have students swarming over the books! They’re asking me to reserve titles for them and going to the school and public library just to get a copy when mine have been depleted. We all want our students hooked on reading, right? I’ve been using reading workshop with my classes since 1995, and that’s actually when I started doing the Book Pass! I read about it in a red teacher binder of English activities, and it’s been a hit every year. Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this book takes us from colonial mansions to ramshackle zoos, from sweaty nightclubs to the jostling seats of motorbikes, from ex-pat flats to sizzling back-alley street carts. Each new character and timeline brings us one step closer to understanding what binds them all. 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