Welcome to the official homepage of Mr. Bazilewich (English 10-12) at Delta Secondary School in Ladner, British Columbia.
Information regarding classroom expectations, policies on deadlines, plagiarism and cheating can be found under General Information in the main menu. All specific course handouts, in addition to assignment and test information and due dates, can be found by clicking on the appropriate link in Courses.
Below, you will find a list of books dealing with reading, literature, publishing, book collecting, history, neuroscience, and (of course) education. These are titles that I have found fascinating, and have--in one way or another--informed my practice as an English teacher.
Information regarding classroom expectations, policies on deadlines, plagiarism and cheating can be found under General Information in the main menu. All specific course handouts, in addition to assignment and test information and due dates, can be found by clicking on the appropriate link in Courses.
Below, you will find a list of books dealing with reading, literature, publishing, book collecting, history, neuroscience, and (of course) education. These are titles that I have found fascinating, and have--in one way or another--informed my practice as an English teacher.
Books About Books
A Gentle Madness by Nicholas Basbanes
Patience and Fortitude by Nicholas Basbanes
A Splendor of Letters by Nicholas Basbanes
Every Book Its Reader by Nicholas Basbanes
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
Books About Literature
The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life by Harold Bloom
The Western Canon by Harold Bloom
Where Shall Wisdom be Found? by Harold Bloom
Poetry as Survival by Gregory Orr
A Scream Goes Through the House: What Literature Teaches Us About Life by Arnold Weinstein
Books About Reading
How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom
I is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World by James Geary
Proust Was A Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer
A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
The City of Words by Alberto Manguel
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Woolf
Reading in the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene
Books About English Education
Why Poetry Matters by Jay Parini
Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder
Literature as Exploration by Louise M. Rosenblatt
Why Reading Literature in School Still Matters by Dennis J. Sumara