i’m working on a unit over to kill a mockingbird. i’m making it for my “methods of teaching secondary english” class and one of the activities will be letter writing as the characters in the novel. i was researching letter writing and came across this letter. i have no idea who heather [...]
Archive for November, 2006
6th grade poetry
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2006 | 1 Comment »
truly
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
i cannot stop looking at this print. it is “the tree of life, soclet frieze” by gustav klimt and it pulls me in like a great melody or a melancholy lyric. i see neil young’s ‘harvest moon’ in it, hear billie holiday singing ’strange fruit,’ feel the warmth of hundred tealight candles burning in a [...]
celebrity slip-ups
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2006 | 1 Comment »
can someone please explain the no underpants thing that celebs have going on these days? i cannot for the life of me figure out the correlation between NOT wearing panties and being wildly famous. i know this post is neither intellectual nor poignant, but hang in here with me. perhps we have [...]
thankful
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
i have been blessed my whole life. this is not an exaggeration. i have the most incredible family, an amazing brother and parents who have always loved and supported me. my extended family, too, is wonderful. my brother and teryn were in kansas city and i missed them dearly this thanksgiving, but they were entertaining [...]
ku-ksu game
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
on november 18th alex and i went to the ku-ksu game. my cousin jake is playing for ku, a freshman on full scholarship, and the game was great. i never thought i would be one for big sporting events, but i have started to love them. jake has gotten us tickets before but this game [...]
gifted and angry
Posted in education on November 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
we talked a lot in one of my ed. classes today about gifted and talented kids, and it occurred to me taht on one level or another all of my friends fall into this category. here is a definition from www.nagc.com (national associateion for gifted children)
“The current federal definition of gifted students was originally developed [...]
Robert F. Kennedy
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2006 | 1 Comment »
i have never really liked history, but my mother’s obsession with the kennedys has carried over, and this morning, while making yummy concoctions from my weight watchers cookbook, i watched a biopic on rfk. does our generation have a bobby kennedy? an mlk? a jfk? these men stood for equality and [...]
breathe
