THE MAGICIAN AND HIS PUPIL - A German Fairy Tale with a lesson


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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 433 In this 433rd issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the German Fairy tale of ?The Magician and his Pupil?. A long, long time ago in Germany there was once a poor shoemaker renowned far and wide as a drunkard. He had a good wife and many daughters, but only one son. As soon as this son was old enough his mother dressed him in his best clothes, combed his hair until it shone, and then led him far, far away; for she wished to take him to the capital, and there apprentice him to a master who would teach him a really good trade. On the way they met a number of people who wanted to take the boy as an apprentice, but she refused most of them. Why you may ask? What happened along the way for her to refuse these offers? Who was the boy apprenticed to in the end and why was that person chosen? To find the answers to these questions, and any others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out! Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. It is our hope that in looking up these place names using Google Maps, that young people will be able to see the images and read about other peoples and cultures from around the world. Through this, it is also our hope that young people will not only increase their understanding of world geography, but also increase their understanding and tolerance of other people and their cultures. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". VIEW ANY of the 460+ BABA INDABA CHILDREN?S STORIES here at Google Play or at https://goo.gl/65LXNM 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ======= KEYWORDS/TAGS: Baba Indaba, Children?s stories, Childrens, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, fables, moral tales, myths, happiness, laughter, maidens, mother, daughters, kismet, son, magician, apprentice, magician, son, horse, Princess, stone, Palace, King, Queen, , mother, ring, shoemaker, gold, black, merchant, maiden, scholar, pearls, horse, magic, apprentice, crossroad, trumpet, scales, falcon, fly, hen, disappear, milestone, travellers, greyhound, beautiful, midnight, children, journey, drunkard, wife, children




The Sorcerer's Apprentice


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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter. As this anthology reveals, however, "sorcerer's apprentice" tales--in which a young person rebels against, or complies with, an authority who holds the keys to magical powers--have been told through the centuries, in many languages and cultures, from classical times to today. This unique and beautifully illustrated book brings together more than fifty sorcerer's apprentice stories by a plethora of writers, including Ovid, Sir Walter Scott, and the Brothers Grimm. From Goethe's "The Pupil in Magic" to A.K. Ramanujan's "The Guru and His Disciple," this expansive collection presents variations of a classic passed down through countries and eras. Readers enter worlds where household objects are brought to life and shape-shifting occurs from human to animal and back again. We meet two types of apprentice: "The Humiliated Apprentice," a foolish bumbler who wields magic ineffectively and promotes obedience to authority; and "The Rebellious Apprentice" who, through ambition and transformative skills, promotes empowerment and self-awareness. In an extensive introduction, esteemed fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes discusses the significance and meaning of the apprentice stories, the contradictions in popular retellings, and the importance of magic as a tool of resistance against figures who abuse their authority.




Fairy Tales in the College Classroom


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Educators aspire to teach skills that will expand the way their students think and act, not just in the classroom but throughout their lives. Centered on fairy tales, this pedagogical resource contains educational theories and classroom techniques contributed by scholars from around the world. Each teaching technique provided uses the familiarity of fairy tales as a non-threatening base to explore complex concepts and practices while encouraging students to examine the origins and assumptions of their own society, to expand their worldviews along with their critical thinking, reading, writing, creative, and expressive skills. This collection of essays is primarily designed for use in post-secondary classes, but it is an invaluable resource for any educator. The book is organized into five parts with two to three essays in each section, each presenting detailed theories and learning goals behind the classroom activities. Practical advice for adapting lessons for various education levels, class lengths, and subjects of coursework is also included. These practices for teaching fairy tales provide a firm foundation for creating lessons that will give students and instructors a greater understanding of our world and the promise of a better future.




The Magicians


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Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD will be on sale July 2024 The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY “The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” —George R.R. Martin “Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.” —Joe Hill “A very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” —John Green “The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century.” —Cory Doctorow “This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them . . . an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story.” —The New Yorker “The best urban fantasy in years.” —A.V. Club Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. . . . The prequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Magician King and the #1 bestseller The Magician's Land, The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination.




The Athenaeum


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Language Arts Curriculum


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Contents: Objectives and the Learner, Linguistics and the Language Arts Curriculum, The Literature Curriculum, Speaking and the Pupil, Speaking Activities and the Pupil, Spelling and the Language Arts, Spelling in the Language Arts Curriculum, World Selection in the Spelling Curriculum, Vocabulary Development and the Pupil, Listening and the Pupil, Evaluation of Achievement in Language Arts, Reading and the Language Arts, Reading and Vocabulary Development, Reading and the Structure of the English Language, Designing the Reading Curriculum, Reading in the Content Areas, Making uses of Ideas Gleaned from Reading, Improving Teacher Questions in Reading Instruction, Testing and Evaluating Student Achievement in Reading, Handwriting and the Pupil, Writing in the Language Arts Curriculum, Writing Achievement in Education, Reading Poetry in the Language Arts, Poetry in the School, Grouping Pupils for Instruction.







Cartoons Magazine


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The Lyceum Magazine


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