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  • Apocalypse Kitchen by Jen Mt. Pleasant

    Apocalypse Kitchen by Jen Mt. Pleasant My rating: 4 of 5 stars I can’t wait to try out the recipes! Jen has some whacky treasures of how to save and preserve food for an apocalypse. I particularly enjoyed the section on proteins. She also has a taste for spicier stuff than I usually go for.…

    September 1, 2020

    banana29

    Uncategorized
    book reviews, earth to table, gardening, homesteading, kitchen witch, preserving
  • Crow Winter by Karen McBride

    I haven’t had such a big crying cathartic end to a book in a loooong time.

    August 19, 2020

    banana29

    book reviews, reading, school library
    book reviews, collection development, Crow Winter, Evergreen, Indigenous writer, Karen McBride, ontario library association, teaching English
  • He Must Like You by Danielle Younge-Ullman

    He Must Like You by Danielle Younge-Ullman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Caution spoilers ahead! I realize that last year’s Danielle Younge-Ullman book Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined was stellar….like I gave it 10 out of 10 and it was in my top 3 of the year. So I had high hopes for He…

    June 27, 2020

    banana29

    book reviews
    book reviews, Danielle Younge-Ullman, He Must Like You, young adult fiction
  • Avoid the Summer Slump: for Secondary Students

    If I were you and I had just come out of this semester feeling like a squeaky wheel, rather than a finely tuned speed racer, I would want to get back up to speed in time for the new semester or even for the next step in your post-secondary pathway.

    June 15, 2020

    banana29

    creative writing, Teaching creative writing
    creative writing, reading, summer slump, writing process
    Avoid the Summer Slump: for Secondary Students
  • Rescue Me by Anne Shillolo

    Rescue Me by Anne Shillolo My rating: 5 of 5 stars Shillolo manages to develop her 3 main characters really well in just 150 pages. Rescue Me is a great title for the ‘me’ refers to each of the narrating voices, and also the polar bears that they seek to save through their protest actions…

    May 22, 2020

    banana29

    Uncategorized
    Anne Shillolo, book reviews, Independent Author, Rescue Me
  • Setting Up Communication with Students in Distance Learning

    I would like a secure Google Doc/Form way to communicate mark updates with students. I’m wondering if we can use something like DocAppender on a spreadsheet to mail merge a column to users with a specific email address …

    April 21, 2020

    banana29

    elearning, professional development, Uncategorized
    Communication Tool, Doc Appender, Google Doc, Google Form, Mark distribution, Remote Learning, Remote Teaching, Shane MacDonald, Technical Support
    Setting Up Communication with Students in Distance Learning
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