On my shelves here in Mexicali, I have several biographies of William Faulkner. I have read of the famous author’s methods to outline his stories and novels. He had a unique approach. On the bedroom walls of his Oxford, Mississippi home, he used to plot out his characters and action. I mean, he used to scrawl notes with a grease pencil directly on the walls for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. This helped him fully immerse in his writing. I suppose when he went to sleep at night, he knew exactly where he would begin his work the next day. His wife, however, didn’t like this process too much. She would have to paint and repaint the walls over and over and over.
This week I encourage my students to organize their thoughts and ideas for their research papers. I’ve provided them instructions to develop Mind Maps. The demands of the project will overwhelm many of my students – the instructor included – but the use of colors, images, and keywords will help us connect our ideas. On the computer, it’s CLEAN and it’s Fun. If we ever return to the classroom, I look forward to more engaging discussion about our topics. If not, we will still share the work on our Canvas Discussion Board. Below, I provide Mind Map models for two different research projects. This is how they will look in my classroom blog.
It's been three days since the accident and I still can't sleep. Every time I close my eyes, I can hear the sound of the train approaching us, getting closer and louder, the wheels scraping on the metal train tracks, the pessimistic look of despair on their faces, and worst of all, the piercing scream that still haunts my ears
My mother, the only parent I know, is both a mom and a dad to me. Both of my parents would work, but even then my father would demand for my mothers paychecks. He'd use that money to get totally wasted, and it went on for a while like this....
In the book “Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility” the most valuable part is when Chuy offered a ride to Yoli on his motorcycle through many places of the San Diego city. no. Yoli thought she hadn’t heard him right...
On November, 1993 both my father and brother started the Richard McGee Correctional Basic Correctional Academy....
For America in the novel The Tortilla Curtain, Being married to Candido is like carrying a backpack full of bricks all day long....
My mother had struggled her whole life to make us happy. Being a single mother of two with two jobs was almost impossible yet it was her daily routine....
My father's addiction has had significant effects in my life. My father's alcohol abuse has made me realize what I want in my life and what I don’t want....
After the bell had rung, I quickly got to my seat, of course being tardy was probably a bad first impression because as soon as I picked a desk to sit at my teacher was glaring at me. He then began to yell at me saying how it was an essential to be on time to his class. This was my first encounter with my economics teacher and I already knew it was going to be a long year. Little did I know that Jack had a specific purpose in my life and although he was scary to me at first, he soon became my strongest adult in my life. As the years went by, I got to know Mr. Little and we became the greatest of friends. Once Jack Little passed away, I had a different perspective on the little amount of time we all have to live...
After living three years in this country, it was important for me to realize that I needed to go to school to learn English. I was feeling like I was illiterate and deaf. When my husband was in work I was afraid to answer the phone, or afraid to go outside. I remember the day when I had my first daughter, I was in pain in the hospital and my new born daughter was crying; the hospital was cold, with a pale color on the walls, and its smell was like alcohol. There were nurses walking on the long and bright hallway. You can hear the nurses talking morning and night. I couldn’t express myself and talk for my daughter that was crying...