Talking Points: This Should be Every Seminar Teacher's First Writing Assignment
How to get the point across about multiple perspectives - EARLY! (+vocal variety fun)
John Eric Vona
Sem Teachers: This is How You Start
It's not Mordor. You can probably, probably, just walk into AP Seminar.
A Slump, a Slog, and a Success-in-progress
☀️Short Story Summer Update 4
Stories read in no particular order:
1. "The Little Goddess" by Ian McDonald from Asimov's (2005)
2. "National Dish" by Thomas Mixon from Short Story Long (2025)
3. "I have no Mouth, and I Must Scream" by
Getting Good Distracted
☀️Short Story Summer Update, Week 3ish...? Maybe?
Stories Read (in no particular order)
1. "Marginalia" by Mary Robinette Kowal from Uncanny, 2024
2. "Five Views of the Planet Tartarus" by Rachael K. Jones from Lightspeed, 2024 (flash)
3. "Rogue Farm" by Charles Stross from
Magic, Not Rollercoasters
☀️Short Story Summer Update, End of Week One:
Stories Read (in no particular order)
1. "Cougar" by Maria Anderson from The Iowa Review, 2017
2. "Readings in the Slantwise Sciences" by Sofia Samara from Conjunctions, 2022
3. "Hill Country" by Patricia Sammon from december,
Short Story Summer
Here's to a long summer full of short stories.
Teaching The Echo
Just another way I'm giving out lesson plans
Inquiry Based Creative Writing
Decentering in a language arts elective or other appropriate buzz words for letting go of the pedagogical reins
Accessories and Smoothies
A feminist critique of the latest entry in The Legend of Zelda franchise
New Fiction: "The Attraction Problem"
If you've ever asked, "why don't those little green men wear pants?" this is the story for you, weirdo.