Monthly Archives: June 2016
Personal Project: I Have Material!
Since my last post ten days ago, I have reviewed a few more places on Trip Advisor, I’ve read about eighty pages of this book (quite possibly a new favorite), I’ve updated my vocabulary list, and I stumbled upon writing gold in the form of four large, white, 3-ring binders. Last post I mentioned that […]
My Personal Project: An Express Interest in Writing
When I was in fifth grade, my mother went back to school to get her nursing degree. She had to write a major paper or two at some point, so she borrowed a friend’s word processor. It was basically a typewriter with a little screen that would allow you to write and edit one whole […]
Prologue to a Personal Project
Inspired by Kevin Brookhouser and others who have gone before us, our 10th grade English team will be introducing personal projects in our classes next semester. In preparation, the team agreed that we would each work on our own project over the summer. Since students will be drafting proposals, conferencing with their peers, blogging their progress, […]
Method in the Madness 