Monthly Archives: June 2007
Summer Vacation
School’s out for the week – Mrs. Chili and her brood are on a field trip to Colonial Williamsburg. I’ll be back next week. Have a nice break!
Filed under little bits of nothingness
You Want This Guy!
California Teacher Guy is looking for a job. He’s a Sp.Ed. teacher with a lot of talent and a ginormous heart, so if you happen to be an administrator in the market for someone who’s going to bring enthusiasm and … Continue reading
Filed under admiration, colleagues, Teaching
I Love This Part…
My spring classes are over. The finals have been corrected, the speech evaluations have been written, the grades have been submitted. For the next two weeks, I am entirely without outside scholarly commitments. It’s just about this time of the … Continue reading
Filed under Learning, self-analysis, success!, Teaching
Grammar Wednesday
The Grammar Girls’ Pet Peeve edition! These first two things are banes to the existence of two women whom I love, and for their sakes, I’m going to set the proverbial record straight. Organic Mama emailed me yesterday. It seems … Continue reading
Filed under General Griping, Grammar
I Will Not Fudge
Here’s the scene: I met with my Tuesday class. We talked a little bit about the final, I handed back a huge pile of papers, I asked the students to write me the end-of-the-semester letters, then I called each of … Continue reading
Filed under colleagues, concerns, General Griping, Learning, Questions, Teaching, Yikes!
Last Day
Today is my last day with my Monday/hybrid students. I’m going to hear the last of their persuasive speeches and collect the written portion of the final; we’ll chat a little about what they know and what they still need … Continue reading
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It Pains Me…
I need a drink. The first question on my public speaking final is: The issue of insulting and abusive speech – especially slurs directed against people on the basis of race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation – is extremely controversial. … Continue reading
Filed under about writing, concerns, General Griping, Yikes!
Commonly Confused Words
This was fun, and reinforced for me, just a little, my qualifications for teaching this stuff here. I’m not sure where I lost points, but the quiz did have the caveat that it’s skewed toward Britishisms….. Your Score: English Genius … Continue reading
Filed under Grammar, little bits of nothingness, self-analysis
Grades
It’s been a long week, Kids. Mrs. Chili is exhausted. I’ve been approached – three separate times – by students complaining about the grades they received for their final speeches. Now, before I begin my thinking about this here, I … Continue reading
Filed under concerns, General Griping, Learning, self-analysis, Teaching
Grammar Wednesday
Homophones, by request! Blue emailed me (thanks, Blue!) and asked that I address those tricky words that sound the same but which decidedly AREN’T. It’s a timely topic, given that my students are handing in the final drafts of their … Continue reading
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