Monday, February 25, 2008

Average English 12 (February 25, 2008)

In Class:

  • We began by completing a "Free Writing Exercise." Basically, all you need to do (if you've missed class) is sit down an write whatever it is that pops into your head for 10 mins. straight without stopping to think about what it is you've written on the paper. It doesn't have to make sense, and it doesn't necessarily have to be legible or appropriate--I AM NOT GOING TO READ IT, BUT IT IS WORTH 10 PTS TO YOU!

  • Since we began reading Samuel Pepys on page 542, today, and he is famous for (unknowingly--until the end) documenting crucial historical information through diary form, free writing is the only way to moderately capture the sentiments of diary writing in your life--PLUS, IT'S THERAPEUTIC!

  • We read the first two entries in Pepys's diary: A Public Execution, A Private Explosion AND The Coronation of Charles II (pgs 544-545 in the text)
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My basic social character is that of thirty year-old, rambunctious and FULL of energy, 5’3”, red haired, green eyed, sportier of retro/ colorful clothing who lives in an old Victorian house. I teach Critical Thinking, English Composition, and Effective Speech at Pittsburgh Technical Institute (PTI), and I was born in Pittsburgh, but raised in Butler, PA; I was formerly a senior high school English teacher who taught British Literature to seniors for four and a half years at Butler Area Senior High School (BSHS, Butler, PA). I have been teaching college classes since 2008, when I graduated with my Master's degree in Instructional Leadership and English.