This is just a short accountability post, as much for my benefit as anyone’s.
WIP: Unnamed Verses
Night Forest
Today, another report of a game I’ve used in an EFL class. This time, it’s Heart of the Deernicorn’s Night Forest.
Versifying, Reading, Editing, Reviewing, and More
So, I’m not going to say much about this project—I’m trying to keep it under wraps until it’s done—but I for the purposes of accountability I wanted to mention that I’ve kept up with my commitment to draft one new poem every day. “Draft” is the operative word: often, I warm up by editing the work of the day before, tightening up the rhythms and polishing the wording, before drafting a new poem. I’m quite sure the manuscript will need some overall editing once I have drafted the full cycle of poems that will be in this collection, but for …
Classroom RPG Resource
For those interested in RPGs in the classroom, incidentally, here’s an interesting resource full of all kinds of role-playing games.
TEFL Alice is Missing
At the university where I work these days, one of the classes I teach every semester is Screen English. For the last three semesters, I’ve included the silent, text-based role-playing game Alice is Missing (from Hunter’s Entertainment) as one of our activities. Usually we play it toward the end of semester, when students are eager for something to break away from the familiarity of student-led discussion group exercises. Despite a few challenges, it goes surprisingly well. The challenges include: