Sunday, November 9, 2008. The Bleeding of the Stone. I am fascinated by the natural and spiritual world of this novel by Ibrahim Al-Koni, and how that world is changing with contact with Europe, America, and modernization. I include images, of the Libyan desert and mountains of the Bedouins. And of the famous rock carvings described in the text. Howard Banwell has an interesting collection of pictures of Libyan desert petroglyphs. A UNESCO world heritage site.

Monday, December 8, 2008. I made a Unit Plan for the final project because I teach, simple as that. I like making Unit Plans now, as compared to in the past because I know what has or can work in a classroom. Amazingly 9th grade students possess empathy and are caring when it comes to autrocoties, or at the very least they can fake it well enough to trick me. Thursday, November 20, 2008. No, we sat down and played around with it. The Computers will have useful software.

A series of writings developed for English 3140 during Fall semester, 2008. Monday, December 08, 2008. With that in mind, the novel I chose to use in my unit plan is The Syringa Tree. About his friend, murde.

Thursday, December 11, 2008. From taking this class I have found out that many people are uneducated about the harsh realities that are going on Africa. The only way we can stop the misunderstandings and stop being a people so involved in things that only concern us directly is to become an educated people. Although educating someone at the college level is good, why does it have to wait until the college level? Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Saturday, November 22, 2008. We have been talking throughout this .

Saturday, December 13, 2008. My Unit Plan Website Link. To my unit plan on African Literature. Feel free to download any or all of the documents. If you have any issues downloading them, I can also email them. Thursday, December 11, 2008. For our African Lit class, we do explorations. I just looked at some African art online and here is the art I created afterwards. Enjoy! Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Tuesday, November 25, 2008.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Rhyme-Slinger! Thursday, December 4, 2008. As you can see by this photo to the left, I am still quite touched by the happenings in Africa involving the topic of Child Soldiers. When I did my previous blog I believed my normal guaranteed emotion was revealed in my writing, but in that case I felt a little more compelled to continue my thoughts, research, and ideas about this issue. Sunday, November 23, 2008. Tales of war, rape, po.

Thursday, December 11, 2008. I decided to save trees and post my curriculum on a website. It can be found here. Everything about my course, including the goals and course description, can be found on this website. Everything I could possibly write in this blog would just be a repeat of what is on the site. So go ahead, take a look, and let me know what you think! Monday, December 1, 2008. Sunday, November 16, 2008. Animals are not here for our entertainment. 8220;Bleeding of the .

Final Project- My Plan For FGM in Africa. African Lit with Linz! Push it to the limit! Excursions in African Lit. Explorations through a literary jungle. Your Friendly Neighborhood Rhyme-Slinger! Amaranth in the Country of Eden. All About Your One And Only. Muah! African Exploration of Epic Proportion. A Walk Through African Literature. Thursday, December 11, 2008. Monday, December 1, 2008.