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Big Swiss and The Great Gatsby
One of my friends recommended Big Swiss by Jen Beagin to me recently, and I finished reading it yesterday. It has a cast of quirky characters that I could never have dreamed up and a setting which includes a house with a beehive inside. Oddly enough, the story felt familiar the whole time I was Continue reading
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Utilizing Reading Strategies for Foreign Language Learning
I think if you’re going to ask students to learn and use reading strategies, it’s only fair to try out the strategies yourself. My little experiment this week was to use self-monitoring strategies while reading a Korean book. The book I chose is one where I understand maybe 80-90% of the language, but I still Continue reading
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Finding Nemo Jr Activity Packet (Free!)
For any teachers or theater groups that are putting on Finding Nemo Jr., I made an activity packet for your child actors! The concept is that the child is a designer for the musical. Page 1: Instructions and Table of Contents Page 2: CostumesObjective: The student will be able to design an outfit based on Continue reading
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Accountability in Project Management
Last week, I finished reading Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager. I recently led a project with 35 international members, so I had been wondering about what I could have done differently to make things more efficient. The project, I’d consider to be a success overall—we met our metrics, we were on schedule, and Continue reading
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Newspaper Zine Project
This activity can be used to practice: Miniatures are adorable. Therefore, a way to make newspapers more approachable for children is to condense them down to the most basic elements. For this project, we use an 8.5×11 inch paper divided into 8 pages. You would fold along the dotted lines and then cut into the Continue reading
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