So far, grammar is winning!
I am creating lesson plans for Simple, Compound, and Complex sentences for the next four models. The very first model is Presentation. Think Lecture. Think 15 minutes of me talking about sentences. I'm not really demonstrating, I'm not really looking for student interaction, I'm not always using these sentences correctly in my blogging.
I've sent an email off to my cooperating teacher/instructor/expert inspirer. I'm pretty sure her background is in math, so she should have plenty of experience taking very specific math rules and turning them into an engaging presentation. I'm hitting a brain-block on how to talk about subjects and predicates and conjunctions in a Big Picture style.
I have had some fun on youtube watching various videos of teachers trying to liven up this very subject! Until they get bogged down in nitty, gritty details and I find myself a bit confused. And technically, I already know all about the topic!
Phew, grammar, you are important to the world. But seriously, hard for me to think about!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Book LOOOOOVE!
I am so inlove with books right now, it is amazing. 2 out of 3 of my classes are all about literacy/literature. I'm entrenched in adolescent lit this week, and pumped about a new bookstore that I found thanks to a tip from my Adolescent Lit instructor.
Let's just say "free books" was the catch phrase and I came away with 10 such items!!
My Monday after work activity was to meet up with a friend and head over to this quaint little local bookstore. Think Meg Ryan and You've Got Mail. The children's book buyer for the store was presenting all the best new books for K-12 for September. And BONUS! She had a bunch of advance copies of various novels to distribute FOR FREE!!! Ok, I feel adolescent myself to use extra exclamation points, but I've already read one of the free books and it was amazing. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins ( http://stephanieperkins.com/books.html ) was just a stellar adol lit teen romance. Smart, well-rounded characters. Vibrant dialogue. Love. I'm going back to the said bookstore to buy her first novel, Anna and the French Kiss to both support the bookstore and the author. I am so grateful to have been introduced to this store, and in a way that introduced me directly to the writing style of a budding author.
I can't wait to read the other 9 books I received, and also share the above book with future students. It may have a gender limited audience (aka my boy students are unlikely to pick up its pastel-y glory), but every teen/preteen girl needs a nice romance to read about.
Two more classes this week, and I'm finally getting into the meaty bits of lesson planning. Too bad I'm distracted by that with all these shiny books!
Let's just say "free books" was the catch phrase and I came away with 10 such items!!
My Monday after work activity was to meet up with a friend and head over to this quaint little local bookstore. Think Meg Ryan and You've Got Mail. The children's book buyer for the store was presenting all the best new books for K-12 for September. And BONUS! She had a bunch of advance copies of various novels to distribute FOR FREE!!! Ok, I feel adolescent myself to use extra exclamation points, but I've already read one of the free books and it was amazing. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins ( http://stephanieperkins.com/books.html ) was just a stellar adol lit teen romance. Smart, well-rounded characters. Vibrant dialogue. Love. I'm going back to the said bookstore to buy her first novel, Anna and the French Kiss to both support the bookstore and the author. I am so grateful to have been introduced to this store, and in a way that introduced me directly to the writing style of a budding author.
I can't wait to read the other 9 books I received, and also share the above book with future students. It may have a gender limited audience (aka my boy students are unlikely to pick up its pastel-y glory), but every teen/preteen girl needs a nice romance to read about.
Two more classes this week, and I'm finally getting into the meaty bits of lesson planning. Too bad I'm distracted by that with all these shiny books!
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