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Prospero's Magic Active Learning Strategies for the Teaching of Literature

Michael Degen

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Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

This was a large, leather-bound book of magic that Prospero used to teach himself spells, but he threw it into the sea when he renounced his magic and left the island. Ariel decided to leave the book where it was to return to nature.

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Brushing away the seaweed, Ariel realizes what it is. It's a large, leather-bound book. A book of magic. Ariel remembers seeing this in Prospero's cave. [00:31:57.520 --> 00:32:32.220]

— Episode: Ariel's Island

Episode: Ariel's Island

This was a large, leather-bound book of magic that Prospero used to teach himself spells, but he threw it into the sea when he renounced his magic and left the island. Ariel decided to leave the book where it was to return to nature.

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Brushing away the seaweed, Ariel realizes what it is. It's a large, leather-bound book. A book of magic. Ariel remembers seeing this in Prospero's cave. [00:31:57.520 --> 00:32:32.220]

The sorcerer used it to teach himself spells and enchantments. This was the book that enabled him to communicate with the spirits of the island, including Ariel. But when Prospero left the island, he renounced his magic and threw his book into the waves. [00:32:32.220 --> 00:33:08.270]

There's the temptation to rescue it and to add the book to their collection of sea treasures. But in the end, Ariel decides to leave it where it is. [00:33:08.270 --> 00:33:33.380]

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