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About pamelam62

I'm a part-time instructor at Eastern Michigan University. I teach first-year writing and Children's Literature. I'm also a Writing Consultant for the University Writing Center, College in Prison and YpsiWrite. Some of my passions are reading novels, comics & graphic novels & memoirs, photography, flowers, and walking my dog..

Crot Essay Part 3 – 3-Panel Comic Activity

Posted on July 31, 2025 by pamelam62

After the X-page activity, we discuss the first eleven pages of Scott McCloud’s chapter 1, “Writing With Pictures” from Making Comics. This chapter introduces students to McCloud’s five Choices of Clarity: choice of moment, choice of frame, choice of image, … Continue reading →

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Crot Essay Part 2

Posted on July 22, 2025 by pamelam62

For homework for the second day, students need to finish their Childhood Learning Moments Timeline. I start my class slides with a Winston Weathers’ 1984 definition: “The crot is an obsolete word meaning a “bit’ or ‘fragment, ‘ the crot may … Continue reading →

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Teaching All Learning Types Through The Crot Essay Assignment

Posted on July 7, 2025 by pamelam62

I gave a presentation at the Southern Regional Composition Conference in May titled “20th Century Crot Esayy Meets 21st Century Multimodality.” I wanted to write an article about this assignment, so I’m making myself write this post as the first … Continue reading →

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It’s Nice To Have Company!

Posted on June 30, 2025 by pamelam62

I finished everything on my to-do list. It amazes me how motivated I get when company are coming to visit. I powerwashed, painted, cleaned, sewed, gardened, and mowed weeks before the visit. Then last Friday, my oldest son, Mike, and … Continue reading →

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Everything Costs $$, Even My Blog!

Posted on July 12, 2024 by pamelam62

I used to write in my WordPress blog monthly sometimes weekly, but then I got busy teaching and just didn’t. I’ve longed to get back to blogging, so this morning I spent over an hour figuring out how to post … Continue reading →

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Why I Say “Happy Holidays”

Posted on December 21, 2022 by pamelam62

These are all the holidays in December. Hanukkah For eight days each November or December, Jews light  a special candle holder called a menorah.  Three Kings Day At the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas comes a day called … Continue reading →

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Every Day is a Brand New Start!

Posted on May 10, 2021 by pamelam62

This is the last line in one of my daily mantras. Being grateful for what I have instead of praying for what I don’t have is how I have lived for the last fifteen years. I don’t consider myself an … Continue reading →

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I’ve Been “Languishing”!

Posted on April 21, 2021 by pamelam62

April 21, 2021 Monday afternoon while browsing Facebook, I read a New York Times article a friend posted “There’s a Name for the Blah your feeling: It’s Called Languishing”” by Adam Grant . I listened to Adam’s reading of his … Continue reading →

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26-33/100 Drawing Challenge

Posted on March 6, 2021 by pamelam62

I have drawn more in the last month then I have in two years. It feels good. My biggest struggle is figuring out what to draw and if it will be just graphic or colored pencils. Some of my colored … Continue reading →

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19-25/100 Drawing Challenge

Posted on February 25, 2021 by pamelam62

February 25, 2021 Today, I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine! My second dose is scheduled for March 18th. The COVID-19 pandemic has kept us all isolated in our homes since March 2020 and during that time we … Continue reading →

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