Month: June 2020
#TutoringTuesday Haag’s Foxes and Hedgehogs
This week in one of my classes, we are introducing the compare and contrast assignment with Pamela Haag’s “Your social life: Are you a fox or a hedgehog?” Not only does the article give an example of comparing and contrasting, but it also encourages students to think more deeply about themselves and how they interact with others. Now, Haag clarifies…
#MondayMemories Doorstep Baby
Somehow I managed to be scheduled off on a drizzly Sunday morning. The kids were sitting in the living room watching cartoons while I was laying in bed relaxing. Footsteps came pounding down the hallway: “Mommy! I hear someone crying outside!” I sat up, confused about why anyone would be outside on a chilly April morning. I followed my youngest…
#SundaySnapshot Tomatoes on the Way
#Caturday Kitten Explosion
#FoodieFriday Thai-Inspired Chicken Stir Fry
I decided I wanted to make Thai-inspired food as a theme for a Thursday night meal — Thai Thursday, anyone? So, I googled some recipes to get ideas and had to make changes as needed to suit the ingredients on hand. I had no desire to place a $30+ grocery order just to get two or three ingredients. First, I…
#ThankfulThursday A Bright Future
Over the last couple of weeks, my Fall 2020 schedule has been lining up. Although I didn’t make the cut to be a funded PhD candidate, I’ve gotten classes lined up to continue building my career as a professor. Even a year ago I couldn’t have possibly imagined my life changing so drastically at the end of my Master’s degree…
#WordlessWednesday Pumpkin Blossoms
#TutoringTuesday Levels of Diction
This week in one of my classes, I’m discussing the three main levels of diction with my student. Basically, there’s informal, Standard American English, and formal. For the sake of this freshman composition course, we don’t delve into the many variations of informal English diction, but I do plan to touch on those dialects here. Obviously Standard American English (known…
#MondayMemories Chasing the Ice Cream Truck
Last year in April I took my family to see my old neighborhoods in College Point, New York. After visiting my favorite park and a little deli, we were going to find an old elementary school of mine. That’s when I heard THE jingle. Like one of Pavlov’s dogs, I immediately got excited — it’s Mister Softee! This franchise highlighted…