Reboot
I have been largely MIA this summer because...summer, you know. Anyway, I require my composition students to keep weekly blogs throughout the semester, so I figure I should do...
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Lesson Plan Friday: The Power of Poetry
I have a confession. I was terrified to teach poetry. As part of the Writing about Literature course at my school, there are three units: fiction, drama, and poetry. I have a...
Top Ten Favorite TV Shows & Movies
So, I vowed to myself that my next post would be actual content (I have read books and taught classes and I have thoughts about them!) and not a Top Ten Tuesday post. I did!...
Top Ten Tuesday: #YesAllWomen
"I know how things can be—for women. I tell you, it’s queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things—it’s all just a...
Top Ten Bookish Things I Want (Image Heavy)
This week's Top Ten Tuesday is basically asking me to share my Pinterest with you. I wasn't going to do this one at first, but, well, my birthday IS coming up soon. So, you...
Lesson Plan Friday: Identifying Character Traits
I actually got the idea for this activity from The Bedford Introduction to Literature (10th edition) edited by Michael Meyer. One of the creative response assignment...
Book Rants: Something Real
Here's the thing. I liked a lot about Something Real by Heather Demetrios. The book follows a girl--Chloe Baker, now seventeen--who grew up on a reality TV show. Think Jon...
Lesson Plan Friday: Works Cited Page
I don't know about anybody else, but teaching my students how to do a Works Cited page can be tedious at best. If I go over it in class, it's like they don't hear me. I tell...
Bloggiesta!
So, I decided at the last minute to sign up for and participate in Bloggiesta. I have no plans for this weekend, so the timing is perfect. My planned to-do list: participate...