Friday, March 9, 2012

beware the boy



just finished a small reading unit on homelessness. i was reminded of this scene, especially when many of the kids in the class described the homeless as "lazy bums," not fully appreciating they were speaking about classmates and their families.

this particular version holds most closely to dickens' words, written more than 150 years ago.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

cuss (cuff pt. 2)



brilliant answer to "what the cuss does cuff really mean?"

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Thursday, December 22, 2011

sounds of ea


from masterpiece comics by r. sikoryak

write the words that contain the vowel team ea from the last panel. let's say them. what sounds do you hear?