literature
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A Course Plan for Literary Appreciation and Analysis: Blogiversary Post #6
I struggle with conflicting philosophies about my job. I teach English literature (as well as language and composition) as core curriculum in CEGEP, a transitional/professional college that all Quebec students must attend before moving on to university or to many professions. My classes are therefore comprised of students of wildly varying levels of ability and interest Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Final Week: The Middlesteins
This will be the final installment of this year’s Summer Book Club! I’ve enjoyed this project a lot – both the incentive it gave me to read a lot of books, and the comments from all of you about what you’ve been reading. My intention is to hold a blog book club again next summer. Thanks Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Week 10: Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Guidelines for the Summer Book Club: if you’ve read this book, what did you think? If not, what are you reading this week? Please comment, or post on your own blog and link in the comments below. I am by nature a worrier, and one of the things I worry about is what will happen Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Week 9: Asterios Polyp
This week’s Book Club post is a quick one, as I am recovering from minor surgery and would rather be reading than writing. Last week, commenter Kathleen recommended the graphic novel Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli; I immediately grabbed it from the shelf of my local library and read it in an afternoon. I have a feeling Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Week 8: The Saga Series, Vol. 1
Guidelines for the Summer Book Club: if you’ve read this book, what did you think? If not, what are you reading this week? Please comment, or post on your own blog and link in the comments below. Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man is my favourite graphic novel series; in 2010, one of the installments made my Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Week 7: Why Libraries Rule
Guidelines for the Summer Book Club: if you’ve read this book, what did you think? If not, what are you reading this week? Please comment, or post on your own blog and link in the comments below. I began and tossed aside a number of books this week. The only one I read through was Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Week 5: Astonish Me
Guidelines for the Summer Book Club: if you’ve read this book, what did you think? If not, what are you reading this week? Please comment, or post on your own blog and link in the comments below. According to the jacket flap, Maggie Shipstead’s Astonish Me is about “the nature of talent, the choices we Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Week 4: The Other Typist
Guidelines for the Summer Book Club: if you’ve read this book, what did you think? If not, what are you reading this week? Please comment, or post on your own blog and link in the comments below. I had issues with Suzanne Rindell’s The Other Typist. It appears that I liked it, because I finished Continue reading
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Summer Book Club Week 3: The Signature of All Things
Guidelines for the Summer Book Club: if you’ve read this book, what did you think? If not, what are you reading this week? Please comment, or post on your own blog and link in the comments below. Sometimes I think I just don’t like reading any more. Then I pick up a book like The Continue reading
About Me
My job is to teach people to read and write; aside from that, I like to learn things.
Classroom as Microcosm 