Author Archives: The Ameri Brit Mom

Title: Station Eleven Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Copyright Date: 2014 An actor dead on the stage. A life of broken promises and fleeting love. A world on the brink of collapse. This is how prolific author, Emily St. John Mandel opens this post-apocalyptic tale. The Georgia Flu has spread to every continent and killed manyContinue reading “Station Eleven: A Book Review”

One of my favorite teaching tricks in the springtime is getting my kids outside for a few minutes to read, write, or work in groups. During this year of pandemic teaching it is even more important to get the kids outside when the weather is nice. Not only does it help us to breathe cleaner,Continue reading “Get Them Outside!–Teacher Tuesday”

I cannot think of a time in my ten year career where I NEEDED a break like I did two weeks ago. It’s been a long year of trying to teach in the midst of a pandemic, and those days leading up to Spring Break were rough. Two days before school let out for breakContinue reading “Spring Break Recap”

It’s a windy Friday morning here in Ohio and I’m jumping in with my Five Minute Friday post so long as the wifi sticks with me. Five Minute Friday is a weekly link up where writers from all over write for five minutes about a common prompt. Each writer then places a link to theirContinue reading “Savor: Five Minute Friday”

This week I wanted to share with you about an idea I found on The Caffeinated Classroom: Amazon Wish List for the classroom. As a secondary teacher, I am provided very little financially to build an ideal classroom. Elementary teachers are often gifted money from PTA/PTOs, but us lowly high school teachers are expected toContinue reading “Amazon Wish List: Teacher Tuesday”

I am currently enrolled in a Masters of English program through Bowling Green State University and this week we did a film analysis in one of my classes that I wanted to share with you. To begin, we viewed the Alfred Hitchcock version (1940) and later compared to the new Netflix remake of Rebecca (2020).Continue reading “Rebecca–Film Analysis”

It feels so good to wake up on a Friday morning and make time to join in on the weekly link-up with other writers for Five Minute Friday. This is a group of writers who write using the same prompt for five minutes flat. No planning. No editing. Just raw thoughts and words inspired byContinue reading “Redeem: Five Minute Friday”

Below is an actual entry from my Pandemic 2020 journal. In fact, it’s my first entry. As we begin to face the one year mark of the shut down I have been taking a look at how I have changed and developed over the past 365 days of life looking differently. Ironically, on the eveContinue reading “This Time Last Year…”

Before you read this post, please check out my review of Courtney Carver’s book Project 333. In this post, I explain the principles behind my Capsule wardrobe and my commitment to live according to the Project 333 plan for a year. In December, I did a complete clear out/pack up of my wardrobe and setContinue reading “Capsule Wardrobe Update and Spring Capsule Reveal”