Not long ago, in a fit of nostalgic insomnia, I was searching through some books tucked away in my childhood bedroom, and I found this poem, which was written by a woman named Edith Kent Battle. It resonated so clearly with me and my daily thoughts and prayers, so I thought I would share. ThisContinue reading “Courage This Day”
Category Archives: Scholarly
For FRENCH! (Making Minions)
Sometimes, I do strange things for my job. . . Today, at work, I made this paper chain of Despicable Me minions, which will serve as a model for my French 1 students in one of our upcoming class tasks. I wonder if other professions do stuff like this.
Because Scotland Needed to Be Even Cooler…
This is what happens when you google “Scotland’s national animal”. . . Oh Scotland, you were already on my bucket list. . . you don’t have to keep trying so hard.
Méchantes Ados : Teaching French Through Mean Girls
I have never been the biggest fan of Mean Girls. (We’re talking the movie, as I don’t think anyone is actually a fan of mean people, regardless of gender.) via It’s not that I disliked it, per se, but given my choices for high-school film satire, I prefer 10 Things I Hate About You, She’s TheContinue reading “Méchantes Ados : Teaching French Through Mean Girls”
Burn Book Gone Wild. . . & French
Check out the amazingly histerical and wonderful student work I received in class today! Page 1: The Zebra went to the mall to get a spray tan because she was really a horse! Page 2: The Ostriche went to the club with the giraffe because they were strippers. Page 3: The tiger went shopping atContinue reading “Burn Book Gone Wild. . . & French”
Things You Didn’t Know . . .in French
Student Work is one of my favorite things. Especially the following pages of an assigned French “Burn Book”… I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Page 1: Your garbage man made friends out of garbage at his home because he smelled so bad that nobody loved him. Page 2: Your waiter watchedContinue reading “Things You Didn’t Know . . .in French”
Seeing Souls
Spring has Sprung
A Poetic Discovery
While paging through some ancient books recently, I stumbled on this treasure: Making Beds an original poem, author unknown We’re very, very busy Cause we’re making beds! No, we don’t mean the people kind with sheets and quilts and spreads A little rake and hoe is all the kind we’re making needs Cause we’re makingContinue reading “A Poetic Discovery”
Gnar Gnar.
What, pray tell, might these nonsensical-looking words signify? That was my immediate reaction when this was posted as a comment to a facebook photo. . . I mean, I’m relatively in the know r.e. common slang – (grâce à mon travail au lycée), but gnar gnar is not one I’ve encountered before today. Well, googleContinue reading “Gnar Gnar.”
Cakey Hankerson: Great Adventures 