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This afternoon we trekked down to The Theatre School of DePaul University to take in their production of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. We’ve been reading the book, and the play was just about as crazy as Carroll’s original text–complete with the long long drop down the rabbit hole, the Mad Hatter, the grinning [...]

3/15/2008 UPDATE: We officially counted the pennies, and they total $202.24. Quite a bit more than our original estimate. Not bad for two months and 21 kids between the ages of 3 and 8. Original post: Aidan has been participating in his Earth Scout group since last November and has just earned his first badge, [...]

Narrative perspective, or point-of-view (POV), is an essential element of fiction writing. It is also a difficult concept for some beginning students to get their minds wrapped around. As a way to introduce variations in narrative perspective, I use film clips to demonstrate how POV can effect the narrative. This method comes with some pedagogical [...]