Showing posts with label things I like. Show all posts
Showing posts with label things I like. Show all posts
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Smiles and Book Reviews
When we have journal time at school, I usually give my students a sentence starter or a writing prompt. One day last week, my grade 1's asked if they could write about whatever they wanted. I obliged. This kid wrote the following: "If I was a zombie I would eat all my friends and the girls. Then I would eat big people too. They would taste like meat." Oh how he makes me laugh.
Now on to book reviews of some of the books I've read in 2010.
Yikes. Wow. So good. I don't know what else to say about this book because I feel like anything I could say would just not be able to describe it. Read it.
I actually listened to this one as an audio book. It was really interesting and not at all what I expected. The narrator of the book (not the audio book) is a dog so the whole book is the dog's perspective of what's going on in his owners' lives. It was good.
One of the blurbs about this book said it was a love letter to reading. How true. This is a favourite of my mom's, so I had pretty high expectations going into it and it lived up to all of them. I was sad when it was over.
It took me a little while to get into this one, but when I did I really enjoyed it. It's from the perspective of an 11 year old girl who witnesses a man's dying breath. It's a quirky mystery. The end was kind of messily written--it's kinda like he ran out of steam--but I would still recommend it.
I listened to this one as an audio book too. Oh, it was so good. I listened to it in the car and when I was walking and it just totally invaded my life. I found myself thinking about the characters when I was at school and couldn't wait to go for a walk so I could listen to it.
If you haven't already, read it.
Now on to book reviews of some of the books I've read in 2010.
Yikes. Wow. So good. I don't know what else to say about this book because I feel like anything I could say would just not be able to describe it. Read it.
I actually listened to this one as an audio book. It was really interesting and not at all what I expected. The narrator of the book (not the audio book) is a dog so the whole book is the dog's perspective of what's going on in his owners' lives. It was good.
One of the blurbs about this book said it was a love letter to reading. How true. This is a favourite of my mom's, so I had pretty high expectations going into it and it lived up to all of them. I was sad when it was over.
It took me a little while to get into this one, but when I did I really enjoyed it. It's from the perspective of an 11 year old girl who witnesses a man's dying breath. It's a quirky mystery. The end was kind of messily written--it's kinda like he ran out of steam--but I would still recommend it.
I listened to this one as an audio book too. Oh, it was so good. I listened to it in the car and when I was walking and it just totally invaded my life. I found myself thinking about the characters when I was at school and couldn't wait to go for a walk so I could listen to it.
If you haven't already, read it.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Napper Supreme
I had an incredibly lazy day today. Last weekend I was in Regina for a quiz meet. I got home late Sunday, semi-unpacked, did some laundry, taught for 3 days and left right after school on Wednesday. I took a few of my high school drama kids to Regina as observers at the Provincial Drama Festival.
It was a blast (and they were super appreciative) but it was EXHAUSTING. It was LATE nights and EARLY mornings and then we didn't get back until about 1:30 this morning. I tried to sleep in but I woke up around 9. I got up, moved to the couch, and fell back to sleep. I woke up around 11, had some coffee, and fell back to sleep. I woke up around 1, had some breakfast/lunch, and yep, fell back to sleep. Then I woke up and was up for awhile but eventually fell back to sleep.
So yep, 4 naps today. It's been a good day.
It was a blast (and they were super appreciative) but it was EXHAUSTING. It was LATE nights and EARLY mornings and then we didn't get back until about 1:30 this morning. I tried to sleep in but I woke up around 9. I got up, moved to the couch, and fell back to sleep. I woke up around 11, had some coffee, and fell back to sleep. I woke up around 1, had some breakfast/lunch, and yep, fell back to sleep. Then I woke up and was up for awhile but eventually fell back to sleep.
So yep, 4 naps today. It's been a good day.
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