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VE Frankel
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College writing instructor and homeschool educator 🍎 Books 📚, scifi-fantasy 🪐, education 📐, authoring 📝 ✡️ https://athenasacademy.com/courses
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Oz books: the online #homeschooling lit class for kids. Come delve deep into literature the fun way and learn effective reading and analysis in time for #wickedpart2 #wickedmovie #wizardofoz #homeschool #homeschoolliterature #homeschoolreading #homeschoolkids athenasacademy.com/courses/jour...
August 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Got my copy yesterday and I couldn’t be happier! Order yours today for all thing Star Trek: DS9! #StarTrekDS9 #STDS9 #books #OutsideIn
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OUTSIDE IN CAN LIVE WITH IT: 171 New Perspectives on 171 Star Trek DS9 Stories by 171 Writers – ATB Publishing
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August 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#Worldcon schedule is up and I'm ready to go--come by my book vendor table or panels and say hi! #SeattleWorldcon
August 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Classics and pop culture: the online #homeschool lit class for high school. Come delve deep into #literature the fun way and learn effective #reading and analysis of the real #classics that inspired our #superheroes & scifi. #homeschoolliterature #homeschoolreading athenasacademy.com/courses/clas...
August 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Literary analysis on #disney+ the online #homeschool lit class for high school. Come delve deep into #literature the fun way and learn effective #reading and analysis with #superheroes #starwars & scifi. #homeschoolliterature #homeschooling #homeschoolreading athenasacademy.com/courses/lite...
August 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. Let's read magical worlds novels! Great for fans of #RIckRiordanPresents and #fantasy. #summeronlineclasses #kidsreading #literaturekidsclass #readingonlineclasses #readingonline #readingclass athenasacademy.com/courses/magi...
Magical Worlds Book Club
A summer book club where we will enjoy some really stand-out bestsellers from recent years as well as delightful classics.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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New summer online class for #homeschool kids and everyone else. Let's improve our #publicspeaking and confidence...just by playing #Jackbox party games! #onlinegamingclass athenasacademy.com/courses/conf... #publicspeakingclass #onlinepublicspeaking #summeronlineclasses #onlinegaming
Confident Public Speaking through Jackbox Games
We’ll learn how to do closer analysis of passages and practice practice practice, until we can answer the questions with precision and confidence.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. Let's build our own magical worlds! Great for writers & gamers & creatives #summeronlineclasses athenasacademy.com/courses/indi... #worldbuilding #worldbuildingkidsclass #creativewritingonlineclasses #creativewritingonline #writingclass
Individual Worldbuilding for Creative Writers
If you’re working on writing short stories or a novel or a screenplay or are designing a computer game or RPG, this is the class for you.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. It's #SATReading! In just 8 weeks, Professor Valerie will help your teens excel! #summeronlineclasses athenasacademy.com/courses/sat-... #SATonlineclass #SATprep #SAT #onlineclasses
SAT Reading Prep - Summer
We’ll learn how to do closer analysis of passages and practice practice practice, until we can answer the questions with precision and confidence.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. #summeronlineclasses #starwarscamp It's STAR WARS CAMP ONLINE! Bring your expertise for a deep dive with a lit prof with books on #starwars. Boost #literaryanalysis the really fun way! #maythe4th athenasacademy.com/courses/star...
Star Wars Camp
With a week on each era of Star Wars, from classic Luke, Han, and Leia to the Mandalorian and his adorable sidekick, we’ll explore the lore of this popular series.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Join us, one year from today!

#books #reading #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #diversity #equity #inclusion #accessibility #justice #conference
A background of speculative fiction books with the following text: Sirens, March 18-22, 2026 - New Haven, CT. Read. Discuss. Learn. Join us if you love speculative fiction, if you want to study with expert faculty, or you simply want to connect with other voracious readers. sirensconference.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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1. Tomorrow's my birthday and here's a gift you can get for me: Buy a small creator's work. Local band, indie writer, up-and-coming visual artist, that crafter down the street, or whomever. Your support matters to them, especially in this economic/social environment. And you deserve some joy, too.
May 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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datasociety.bsky.social Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · May 15
June 6 @ 1 pm ET! Join authors @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, and @karenhao.bsky.social as they discuss their must-read new books exposing AI hype and tech industry power with D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social. datasociety.net/events/chall...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Students who learn to read at secondary school almost invariably comment on how much more confident and calm they feel.

Read more in our blog ‘Can Reading Problems Affect Mental Health?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-ST (3 min read).

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

#EdublogUK
The shame of being a poor reader affects behaviour, undermines confidence, and gnaws away at self-esteem.
May 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Now open for registration! Athena’s students will take a trek through history as they time travel back to the birth of science using the Story of Science! #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. #fallonlineclasses #homeschoolkids #homeschoolteens athenasacademy.com/all-courses/
April 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. #summeronlineclasses #starwarscamp It's STAR WARS CAMP ONLINE! Bring your expertise for a deep dive with a lit prof who's written many books on #starwars. Boost #literaryanalysis the really fun way! athenasacademy.com/courses/star...
Star Wars Camp
With a week on each era of Star Wars, from classic Luke, Han, and Leia to the Mandalorian and his adorable sidekick, we’ll explore the lore of this popular series.
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April 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. It's #SATReading! In just 8 weeks, Professor Valerie will help your teens excel! #summeronlineclasses athenasacademy.com/courses/sat-... #SATonlineclass
SAT Reading Prep - Summer
We’ll learn how to do closer analysis of passages and practice practice practice, until we can answer the questions with precision and confidence.
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April 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. Let's explore magical worlds like #RickRiordanPresents #PercyJackson novels from Thailand, Nigeria, the rainforest! Great for book loving kids! #summeronlineclasses athenasacademy.com/courses/magi... #readingonline #readingclass
Magical Worlds Book Club
A summer book club where we will enjoy some really stand-out bestsellers from recent years as well as delightful classics.
athenasacademy.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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New summer online class for #homeschool kids and everyone else. Let's improve our #publicspeaking and confidence...just by playing #Jackbox party games! athenasacademy.com/courses/conf... #publicspeakingclass #onlinepublicspeaking #summeronlineclasses
Confident Public Speaking through Jackbox Games
We’ll learn how to do closer analysis of passages and practice practice practice, until we can answer the questions with precision and confidence.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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New summer #onlineclass for #homeschool kids and everyone else. Let's build our own magical worlds! Great for writers & gamers & creatives #summeronlineclasses athenasacademy.com/courses/indi... #worldbuilding #worldbuildingkidsclass #creativewritingonlineclasses #creativewritingonline #writingclass
Individual Worldbuilding for Creative Writers
If you’re working on writing short stories or a novel or a screenplay or are designing a computer game or RPG, this is the class for you.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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A note from The Association of #Buffy+ Studies: There have been some recent problems with the ASB+ website as we have moved to transition from the whedonstudies.tv URL to our new URL: buffystudies.org. Slayage journal is at ir.una.edu/collection/e... #buffy #buffystudies #vampires #vampirestudies
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February 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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27 Jewish Books We're Excited About in 2025
With the new year comes new Jewish books we're excited about, and 2025 is promising quite the eclectic collection. From literary novels to memoirs to historical fiction to poetry to reported biographi...
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February 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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A guest review from @vefrankel.bsky.social ! And it’s for a book in translation! MEMOIRS OF A JEWISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY FROM SOVIET UKRAINE by Mikhail Goldie’s and translated by Grinberg is both informative and a page turner.

https://bookishlyjewish.com/?p=2108
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February 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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athenasacademy.com has new classes for the new year: write and publish a book, #Shakespeare and pop culture, AP level literary analysis with #Hamilton, marine biology, Greek, Latin, and yes, #StarWars. come join the fun #homeschool #homeschoolers #englishclasses
Online Classes for Gifted Students
Gifted kids need and crave a learning environment that inspires them to learn and explore at their ability level. Accredited by Cognia.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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athenasacademy.com/courses/lear... Literary devices start with metaphors and alliteration and quickly get more complex with anastrophe, antiphrasis, and zeugma. We’ll explore everything needed for #EnglishAP literary analysis. Ace the #online #highschoolhomeschool skills! #homeschool #homeschooling
Learn Literary Devices with Hamilton!
Literary devices start with metaphors and alliteration and quickly get more complex with anastrophe, antiphrasis, and zeugma–and Hamilton has it all!
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January 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM