I have learned SO MUCH in the past three weeks about blogging and the internet. Welcome to the official grand opening of my new blog! It looks a lot like the old blog on the outside, but on the inside I have a lot more control and a lot more potential to go places with my writing and sharing. This post is how I did it! Step One: find help. I am working with the Influencer program at Your Blog Consultants (see my last post for details). You don't necessarily have to have a real person to call ... Read More about From Blogger to WordPress
Changes are Coming…
Back in April, I wrote a post musing about what my blog could actually be. A week later, that post was interestingly picked up and discussed on a financial podcast about how to monetize blogs. This inspired me to think that this could be something, maybe something big! But what? How? In order to do more with my blog, I know I have to leave Blogger behind as a platform; I have formatting issues pretty regularly and I'm can't do very much in terms of layout or web design. It is great as a ... Read More about Changes are Coming…
Guest Blog: How to Foster a Kitten
I love learning, and sometimes I come across something that I know very little about, but want to know more -- so I find someone who does it and ask them! Today's guest post is from a friend of mine named Lauren who writes about fostering kittens! I asked her about it and she agreed to share the process. I'm allergic so it's not something I'll be doing anytime soon, but it is such a cool service and she gets great pleasure from it. Enjoy her post! Fostering animals is a great way for the ... Read More about Guest Blog: How to Foster a Kitten
First Visit to the Dentist
Trying new things can be scary, especially when you're only three. When I teach my Life101 class, I tell them that one of the ways they know they're an "adult" is their willingness - AND FOLLOW-THROUGH - to make their own doctor and dentist appointments. This is one aspect of adulthood that shocks them; often it causes them more consternation than actually moving away. I was married almost three years before I finally went back to the dentist once I had left the fold of my parental dental ... Read More about First Visit to the Dentist
Spartacus’ Reading List: May/June 2018
While Spartacus still pulls his favorite books from his April reading list, a few oldies-but-goodies found their way off the shelf this month. If you have an almost-four-year-old in your life, my son would like to recommend... Shhh! by Sally Grindley and Peter Utton This was one of Hubster's favorite books as a kid; it's about sneaking through a giant's castle, and has little doors you can open to see if everyone is still sleeping (spoiler: the giant wakes up). What's hysterical is ... Read More about Spartacus’ Reading List: May/June 2018
Vocabulary I learned from “Aladdin”
I love sharing fun vocabulary words with my students. I don't have the strongest academic background to teach English, but I love me some awesome vocab words. At our last family pizza movie night, we chose to expose Spartacus and Little Miss to the wonders of Disney's Aladdin. It has been nearly a decade since I've enjoyed this classic from my childhood. Like many other movies, I now see it completely differently as an adult watching with my own kids. I continue to find delight in ... Read More about Vocabulary I learned from “Aladdin”
Sibling Fun
Tonight, I was rocking and nursing Little Miss to sleep when nearly 4-year-old Spartacus marched in. He told me it was Daddy's birthday (it's not), we're having a party, and then he handed me an invisible balloon with these admonishments:"But don't bite it. It will pop. And don't let it land on the grass. It will pop. Remember that one time when I had a balloon and it landed on the grass and it popped? And don't squeeze it. It will pop."He summarily marched out again, then I hear him tell Daddy ... Read More about Sibling Fun
#DarnYouAutocorrect: Grading Gaffs 2018
Every so often I get some really quality student typos in essays. Enjoy some gaffs from this past quarter! Unfortunately since I didn't have any freshman classes this year and my AP kids tend to be better proof readers, the mistakes aren't quite as crazy this year as they were last year...it's generally a case of writing too fast and not going back to reread before they hit "print" and turn in, but I appreciate them as ways to make sure I'm not reading too fast either! On a rhetorical ... Read More about #DarnYouAutocorrect: Grading Gaffs 2018
Summer Readings 2018: Story of Success
Looking for some interesting summer reading? Join my incoming juniors on this summer's AP English work! Here's the assignment I sent to my upcoming students. FIRST: Send me an introductory email - some of you I know, some I don't, so introduce yourself and help me get to know. What do you enjoy doing? What is something you loathe doing? Why are you interested in AP English? No word count. Help me with some facts and dreams to put with the name before August. Tell me which book you are ... Read More about Summer Readings 2018: Story of Success
Excavating Freshman Hallway 2018
Privacy and personal space are so important to teenagers, and they hide some pretty interesting stuff in their lockers. Earlier this year I found a stuffed dinosaur on top of a trash can; I can only assume someone got dumped, and it wasn't pretty. At the end of every year, I find lots of treasures, either thrown away or literally just left in the lockers at the end of the last day as they sprint to get out as fast as they can. I will try to make this an annual post. Several of us teachers ... Read More about Excavating Freshman Hallway 2018
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