Shaky hand grasped pen pressed to paper signs an X by the word P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-O-N The words dancing like glitzy little spiders on white paper a…
Tag: teaching
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…
What do teachers make? Well, he’s going to break it down for you….slam poetry at its best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5yg0u1MkDI
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,…
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…
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…
I was just thinking the other day about labels, putting labels on people, and the problem of labeling. In one of my classes this week,…
Turning in my P.R. keys Going back to those who might need me Classes full of boisterous, jostling kids talking too loud not worrying about…