Above are two text innovations on Emily Gravett's book picture book "Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears'. The book is essentially about various phobias and their contexts. The text innovation calls for student s to use their knowledge of etymology of words to describe particular fears and in some cases a certain amount of creativity in linking invented phobias and words. Students are also asked to elaborate on the particulars of their invented or perhaps real phobia.
I'm from Japan.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you.
I wonder "phobia" is different from "mental disorder".
See you later.