Category Archives: English

Book Review: How to Read a Poem

Posted on June 15, 2009 by jove

So, I went to a big academic conference. And I had a booth in the trade fair bit, which is called the Book Fair because it is mostly publishers. And I spent the entire week staring at the Wiley/Blackwell booth … Continue reading →

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Was it grammar day on Twitter?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by jove

Two grammar related blog posts found courtesy of Twitter today. The first, a detailed indictment of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style in the Chronicle (in the free to all stuff). By a linguist. With details of a (presumably better) … Continue reading →

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Play review: Belle Moral

Posted on February 12, 2009 by jove

We went to the theatre last weekend. Since drama is one of Tigger’s interest areas, I decided at the beginning of the school year (such as it is) that we should go to the theatre more often. This is not … Continue reading →

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Some great Friday poetry

Posted on November 8, 2008 by jove

I’m doing well with my resolution to read Becky’s Poetry Friday posts. This week she hit me with a whole lot of Langston Hughes. Great stuff. I love that political stuff for exactly the reason he writes it (explained in … Continue reading →

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Poetry update

Posted on September 27, 2008 by jove

I was reading Sheila’s post about writing poetry with her kids and realized that I forgot to update you all on my own poetry challenge. First, I now read the poem that Becky posts on Fridays instead of skimming over … Continue reading →

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Poetry: small steps

Posted on September 3, 2008 by jove

Becky put a good link in her comment on my recent lament about poetry. (Was it a lament? Perhaps not.) So on the principal that a long journey begins with a single step, I have been listening to a few … Continue reading →

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Poetry and me

Posted on August 29, 2008 by jove

This is not a Poetry Friday post. I love the idea of Poetry Friday but I freeze completely at the thought of posting something. And I have to admit that I tend not to read the poems folks on my … Continue reading →

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More Dickens related resources

Posted on August 3, 2008 by jove

Writing blog posts seems to send me off on internet research trips. Here are some of the things I’m finding. Some will be suitable for Tigger directly (age 11) and some will be more for my own learning. I’d never … Continue reading →

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19th Century British history

Posted on August 2, 2008 by jove

My planning is often serendipitous. Finding good books. External activities going on. Taking a 3 month trip to Europe. That kind of thing drives the kinds of subjects that we might study around here. This year’s serendipitous activity is that … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare camp, end of week 1

Posted on July 14, 2008 by jove

Tigger is loving Shakespeare camp. They work really hard and she comes home pretty tired but she is very happy. Last week they did a lot of fight training. And they each learned a passage as an audition piece. The … Continue reading →

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