My literature students have been tasked to tackle Hamlet this weekend.
I taught Hamlet last term, and I had some moderate success with it, but I feel the need to take a different approach to the play this time around. Last semester, I didn’t focus very heavily on the text at all – we were [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
But Look Where Sadly the Poor Wretch Comes Reading
January 30, 2008
Grammar Wednesday
Pronoun Reference Edition!
Even though they’re in a composition (as opposed to a grammar) class, I’ve been giving my students worksheets and quizzes to get them up to speed on the basics of grammar – you know, all the rules and conventions they don’t give a fig about when they’re texting their friends’ cell phones?
We started [...]
January 28, 2008
She Did it AGAIN!
She’s gone and asked me for my opinion!
I was sent a survey about the professional development meeting we had on Friday – the one that I wrote about here that got me all jazzed about thinking critically again. The colleague who sent the survey is J, the same one who was asking about why [...]
January 25, 2008
I Want More
TCC had a faculty development meeting this morning.
Usually, I can’t stand these things, whether they’re for TCC or the health club or, really, for pretty much anyplace I’ve ever worked. They’re generally poorly planned, long-winded, and boring, and this is the second such meeting I’ve had to attend this week (the first being an excruciating [...]
January 24, 2008
Why I Teach Film as Literature
I wanted to be all dramatic and just put this image as my entire blog post under this title – if you’ve seen this movie, then you know; what else can I say? – but it turns out that I DO have more to say than can be expressed in this picture:
If you’ve not seen [...]
January 23, 2008
Grammar Wednesday
I’m collecting essays from both of my classes today: the lit students have their Jekyll & Hyde essays due this morning and my composition class was supposed to turn in a reading response by 5 p.m. yesterday. In anticipation of what I’m likely to find, I thought I’d offer you this for our Grammar [...]
January 22, 2008
My Essay *edited*
Truly – if you have the gumption to make it all the way through this, please give me your honest and, if you’ve got it, brutal feedback. It’s been a while since I’ve written an answer to an essay question, and it’s a skill I want to keep sharp. Your helping me to edit and [...]
January 19, 2008
The Essay Questions
Clix, over at Epic Adventures are Often Uncomfortable, left me this comment:
So what were the essay prompts?
Here, for your information, are the five essay questions I gave to my (now six) students (one of them dropped me like a hot potato. I’ll have to wait until Tuesday to find out why…):
1. Discuss [...]
January 18, 2008
Tagged Again!
Lanie over at Laniepainie tagged me for this meme:
*Link back to the person who tagged you. (Check!)
*List three things that you believe are necessary to make writing good and powerful. (Check!)
*Tag five others and comment at their blog informing them that they’ve been tagged with this meme. (AW! Do I HAFTA!? [...]
January 17, 2008
Essay Writing
I learned an important lesson yesterday.
I’ve mentioned that my literature class is populated by seven women. It’s a very small group, but I think that will actually work to our advantage.
Of course, that’s assuming that everyone shows up for class.
Yesterday, I had four of my seven students show. Of that four, one had [...]
