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Teacher as Student: August 2009
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. I Love a Good Setting, Part 2. We now travel from Storybook Land in Disneyland to Little Town, conveniently located at my house. Actually, Little Town is the creation of my husband Bill who likes miniatures and settings, too. Combine this interest with his love for trains and the result is the best little town setting anywhere. Sunday, August 23, 2009. I Love a Good Setting, Part 1. Can you name the stories represented in the settings here? Saturday, August 15, 2009. As a parent,...
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Teacher as Student: September 2009
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Sunday, September 20, 2009. I Love a Good Setting , Part 4. As we watch summer days pass this week into the lushness of autumn, I look forward to cooler weather and the changing colors against the dark blue sky. At school, this change also means we have passed through America's beginnings in literature - Native American wisdom; early settlers' diaries, journals, songs, poems, and sermons; and Benjamin Franklin's moral perfection outline in his autobiography. Labels: 1800 to 1840. Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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Teacher as Student: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Three Stanzas and a Chorus. Violet exhaled and adjusted her red-framed glasses on her nose. Miss Mason handed her a test sheet. Yesterday, this same teacher had called the examination easy. Well, maybe! Violet, however, remained composed. After all, she was a Word-Dancer. My, how the world can dent a girl’s head quite unexpectedly! Alas, Violet had to contend with a maiden’s senses continually bombarding her. Autumn was a perfect time to concentrate on the rich poetry o...His lit...
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Teacher as Student: October 2009
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Monday, October 19, 2009. I Love a Good Setting, Part 5. My husband and I had a great trip last week - one planned over a year ago. The first photos include the Pacific Coast Highway, ending in San Francisco. This slideshow is in combination with a previous trip: along the Pacific Coast Highway, Monterey, Carmel, 17-Mile Drive, and San Francisco: Click on SLIDESHOW. Second is last week's trip: Sonoma, Napa Valley, and North Coast to Mendocino. Click on SLIDESHOW. 35 photos of Mendocino and northcoast).
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Teacher as Student: WORD DANCER
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Three Stanzas and a Chorus. Violet exhaled and adjusted her red-framed glasses on her nose. Miss Mason handed her a test sheet. Yesterday, this same teacher had called the examination easy. Well, maybe! Violet, however, remained composed. After all, she was a Word-Dancer. My, how the world can dent a girl’s head quite unexpectedly! Alas, Violet had to contend with a maiden’s senses continually bombarding her. Autumn was a perfect time to concentrate on the rich poetry o...His lit...
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Teacher as Student: I Love a Good Setting, Part 2
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. I Love a Good Setting, Part 2. We now travel from Storybook Land in Disneyland to Little Town, conveniently located at my house. Actually, Little Town is the creation of my husband Bill who likes miniatures and settings, too. Combine this interest with his love for trains and the result is the best little town setting anywhere. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Teacher as Student of Life. Our Gardens at Home. My Vintage and Vintage Styles. A Tour of Little Town.
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Teacher as Student: I Love a Good Setting, Part 3
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Saturday, September 5, 2009. I Love a Good Setting, Part 3. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Teacher as Student of Life. Our Gardens at Home. My Vintage and Vintage Styles. A Tour of Little Town. Click Image for Slideshow. Eighth Graders - Click Image for Slideshow. My Fall Vacation 2009. Sonoma, Napa Valley, Mendocino. My Summer Vacation 2009. Click on Image for Slideshow. Little Town - My Vintage Style Shop. A Return to Bethlehem. Health and Firtness Book. I Love a Good Setting , Part 4.
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Teacher as Student: I Love a Good Setting , Part 4
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Sunday, September 20, 2009. I Love a Good Setting , Part 4. As we watch summer days pass this week into the lushness of autumn, I look forward to cooler weather and the changing colors against the dark blue sky. At school, this change also means we have passed through America's beginnings in literature - Native American wisdom; early settlers' diaries, journals, songs, poems, and sermons; and Benjamin Franklin's moral perfection outline in his autobiography. Labels: 1800 to 1840. Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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Teacher as Student: I Love a Good Setting, Part 5
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Monday, October 19, 2009. I Love a Good Setting, Part 5. My husband and I had a great trip last week - one planned over a year ago. The first photos include the Pacific Coast Highway, ending in San Francisco. This slideshow is in combination with a previous trip: along the Pacific Coast Highway, Monterey, Carmel, 17-Mile Drive, and San Francisco: Click on SLIDESHOW. Second is last week's trip: Sonoma, Napa Valley, and North Coast to Mendocino. Click on SLIDESHOW. 35 photos of Mendocino and northcoast).
