The air is brilliant today French grammar infringes upon the conscious minds taxing brains in translation The French teacher is on board a Canada-bound plane and has escaped into the vibrant blue skies away from these sportive sophomores Outside, you could lasso a hot air balloon and drift off to Mars say, “Salut” to aliens … Continue reading
What do teachers make? Well, he’s going to break it down for you….slam poetry at its best. Continue reading
I missed National Poetry Day, or maybe I was a day early by posting the extraordinary work of Langston Hughes. I have many favorite poets, so it is impossible to pick just one, but I would say that Sarah Kay is probably my favorite of current poets. She is amazingly talented and spends a great … Continue reading
Summer is here, maybe not officially, but for all practical purposes it is. That final school bell has rang and kids have been released. I have wrapped up my role trying to motivate precocious pre-schoolers, feisty fifth graders and insolent teenagers armed with technology. Now I am free to go about with my new passion: … Continue reading
3 DAYS, 3 QUOTES CHALLENGE: Hello everyone. I’ve been nominated for the 3 days 3 quotes challenge by: Hand Crafted Creativity . Thanks so much for nominating me. The rules are: Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you. Post 3 quotes on 3 consecutive days. Nominate 3 new bloggers everyday. So without further ado, I will get … Continue reading
I recently discovered blackout poetry when working with a group of AP junior high English students. This is a fun, creative activity utilizing old books (that might be falling apart), and is accomplished by finding words on the page that can fit together to form a poem. The remaining words are blacked out into various … Continue reading
Today I am the Computer Lab Supervisor in charge of enforcing the rules among the natives: no games, no food or drink, no phones, no horseplay, and basically any activity where the natives would even approach contentment. Taking attendance is easy because everyone’s name is now,”Bro.” Conversation begins with me giving the orders: “Work on … Continue reading
