This is a short, funny video by author John Green. What I love about him is that he addresses many complaints that high schoolers often have about reading and writing. One of my favorite things he talks about is the fact that "authorial intent" doesn't matter. I was always frustrated in high school when I was asked to write about what I thought the author was trying to do/say in a piece. Isn't more interesting to know what I thought about it, what I got out of it? Let's cut out the middle man!! This is definitely something I would show to my students.
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