Sweenglish

Host blog for Isaac Sweeney's English classes at Richard Bland College

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Why We Read and Write Poetry

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Also on my personal blog . Since I keep hearing this on commercials, I thought I'd post a video of the original speech, from Dead Poets ...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Crappy Notes

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Out of context, these notes I put on the board are terrible. I almost feel sorry for my students.
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Think Different

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I posted this on my personal blog , but I wanted to post it here too. It's an Apple ad from 1997 (it's also in the movie Jobs ). Thi...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween Film Festival

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There's a Halloween Film Festival today and students can submit scenes. I like to have a few ready, just for fun. Trailer: Scene...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Poetry pre-brainstorm

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I ask students to brainstorm some poetry terms/ideas before we discuss poems. Here's a list.
Friday, October 18, 2013

Dia de los Muertos

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I walked past Ms. Finney's room and noticed the students doing something that looked like it might be interesting. So I stopped for a se...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Bat Dad

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We listened to some music during peer review sessions today. The music was from The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. One student told...
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