Fall 2012 Biopoems

Good Work, Amelia Bedelia

Actors in the Meadowbrook class are ready for a readers theater
reading of Good Work, Amelia Bedelia.

Meadowbrook Birthdays

This class really knows how to celebrate — Every party is bigger and more elaborate than the one before!

September 26

October 3

October 10

October 17

A New School Year and Two New Classes

South Austin Campus advanced class

Meadowbrook beginning class — One of these students was not present for the original group photo and was Photoshopped in by the student on the far right. Can you tell which student was Photoshopped into the picture?

Gestures for Remembering

When you are trying to learn something, it helps to use gestures for key words to help you remember. In this video, beginning ESL students use gestures to remember "Fog" by Carl Sandburg.

Bouldin Oaks Class Is Growing!

Good Things Come in Small Packages

Introducing my Bouldin Oaks beginning ESL students — all of them! This is the smallest class I've ever had, but what they lack in number, they make up in dedication and determination to learn English.

Civil Rights Protest Songs of the 1950s and 1960s

Selma-to-Montgomery Alabama March:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march#

We Shall Not Be Moved

10 Best Civil Rights Protest Songs

US Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s

The 1960s in the US were years marked by protest against the unfair and cruel treatment of black Americans by the white establishment. These were times of civil disobedience, sit-ins, stand-ins, and unthinkable police brutality. This video was made as a class project by two high school students. I think they did a great job. We are not yet a perfect society, but we have made progress.