Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Teenagers

This morning, I was browsing my myspace page. I haven't logged on for almost a month. It isn't because I'm a myspace snob necessarily, it's because I enjoy facebook so much. So much.

I noticed Jason's cousin's space had a few youtube videos listed. This video was so silly and cute. It reminded me of me and my girlfriends when we were going into 8th grade. Very Silly! Life for an 8th grader is full of drama and drama and some more drama. There are so many OMGs on her page. I love it. She's preparing me for next month.

Yes, next month. I'll be in the front of the classroom without another adult. I'll be in charge of making sure these students know prefixes, suffixes, grammar, and literature. To tell you the truth, I'm a little nervous. While at yearbook camp, I had many reps and other teachers say to me;

"Oh.. a newbie. You've never even taught a class. Oh.. you don't even know what you're doing."

Can you believe they said this to me? I wasn't even scared of teaching until they started saying that. So, now, I'm having the nightmares. This time I'm not feeding chicken feed to my children, but rather, frantically setting up power point presentations. I have nightmares about being late for class or ending up at the wrong school on the first day of class.

I remember that I'm 34 and not 22. I have an edge as I am most the age of my students' parents. I'm going to lie to my students and tell them that this is my second year of teaching.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Bad Grammar

I found this youtube video and thought it went with one of my last blogs perfectly. Some of you might find it trashy, but frankly, that's because it is trashy.





Another site I found helpful and funny is this list of helpful grammar rules.


So there you are!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Grammar Girl

Here's a shout out for Grammar Girl. You can find her website by clicking here.

As a future English teacher, I'm sure I'll be checking her out. Some of my faithful readers may find her website a great resource in your everyday lives. I know we can do our best in our struggle for better grammar.