ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Teachable Moment, Frame Story, Helicopter Parent
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How to tell if your frog is dead by julie roorda. Teaching children about death, diversity etc through taking care of the frog. Natural human instinct to introduce facets of life, considering the extreme of this every moment is a teachable moment. Uses second person point of view considered awkward for a longer narrative, usually used in advice, self help manuals/step by step instructional manuals. Addresses the reader personally (persuasive writing or advertisement) Satire satirizing a view of over-parenting, making every moment in the child"s life valuable and teachable through maintenance of frog as ridiculous/outrageous. Human tendency to rely on being told what to do/a source of instructions on how to live one"s life. This isn"t a manual its fiction commenting on the abuse and use of literature. Telling us something we need to know, managing expectations of a child, coping and responding to different situations.
