Quality lessons for the busy teacher
Amanda Gorman’s poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration was a show stopper. My thoughts were spinning trying to absorb the poem, analyze it, and witness the sheer impact of a young black woman reciting a poem at an inauguration. As a teacher and a mother, I can’t emphasize how incredibly important it was to see a young black woman reciting… Read More
The events that transpired January 6th, 2021 at Capitol Hill are devastating. I was glued to my screen, energy draining out of me, exhausted. So many questions were running through my head: How did this happen? How were law makers allowing this to happen? How were community leaders letting this happen? Where was the security team for Capitol Hill? What… Read More
Okay, so what is Pigeon Impossible and why is it so good for teaching tone, mood, and pacing? Well Pigeon Impossible is a short film by Lucas Martell. It has no dialogue, is short, and engaging! If you have read anything by me before, you know I love engaging lessons, especially ones that utilize film to convey narrative techniques and… Read More
This post goes over mental health, please click away if it’s not your thing. 2020 has been one heck of a year. This year saw a pandemic, the world burning, murder hornets, and all sorts of terrible disasters. For my little family it included an international move, the start of my dissertation, and the birth of our first baby too…. Read More