GIVE THANKS

I HOPE EVERYONE'S HOLIDAY WAS A TIME OF REST, REFLECTION, AND THANKSGIVING!

Let us be thankful for our families, friends, jobs, health, each other--and so much more. Let's always take the time to notice the beauty in all we see.

Please be safe!

Ms. Dye Returns From Cengage Conference Renewed and Ready to Rock the Composition Class!

Last week, I attended Cengage Learning's "Destination Composition" conference in Ashville, North Carolina. It was awesome!

I want to thank Dr. Barbara C. for choosing me to be a part of this wonderful collaboration opportunity! I cannot think of a better place, or better people, with whom to work. The Grove Park Inn was most conducive for many composition instructors to meet and share ideas.

I walked away from this conference with lots of ideas and new ways to reach and teach our students. We really got creative and had fun with technology. I know our students will find it more fun and interesting to express themselves in writing class with some of the exiting experiences I have planned for the upcoming terms--thanks to everyone at Cengage Learning! Stay tuned.

Continuing my firsts

Online Instructor! I can now add that to my list of firsts. I am so excited! I am the instructor for the Online Mini Term College Success class. I am still a new-be to the entire concept. But everyone has to start somewhere. I feel like you don't know if you like something until you try it...it's almost like when you were a kid, and your mom forced you to eat your peas and you were convinced you hated peas, until you tried it...then you come to find you love them!!

Bonita Holiday Happenings

November 21st: Harry Chapmin Food Drive
Drop box can be found in the front desk. Help our local families this Thanksgiving by cleaning out your pantry and donating any nonperishable food items.

November 23rd: Operation Christmas Cards
Cards can be found in the student lounge. Put a holiday card in the hands of our troops.

December 2nd: Giving Tree
Help give local children a gift this Christmas. Pick a name off our tree and find your child’s name. There you will find their wish list.

December 6th: Holiday in the Park
Volunteers needed to help Santa give out gifts, pass out cookies, and play in snow. Sign up sheet can be found at the front desk.

December 12th: Toys for Tots
We will be a drop off location for Toys for Tots. Box located by front desk.

Quote of the day

Do me a favor… Stand up, walk to wherever the nearest window is, and just look outside. You may not know this, but there’s an entire planets-worth of summers, friends, sunsets, street lamps, songs, late nights, great films, and night skies waiting for you. Your life is as amazing as you want it to be, but first, you have to let it be that way

You have come to "The Write Place!"

Hello, All!

I just wanted to welcome you to my little spot in the blogging world!

Here is a little about what goes on:

My composition students just began their "compare/contrast" essays, and, as usual, we have great fun with warm-up activities to help generate ideas. Last week, we set out to prove that one really can compare (and contrast) apples and oranges!

"Whoever said that was wrong!" exclaimed several of my students.

I quite agree. After the apples-to-oranges workshop was over, we all enjoyed a healthy breakfast, and my class came up with some really great topics!

Nourished tummies = nourished minds.

Once the class completes their total writing package for this paper, they will be sharing their comparisons and contrasts in Power Point presentations! They are excited about uploading some fun stuff, and I cannot wait to be dazzled!

STAY TUNED! I shall report more later!

Thanks for visiting THE WRITE PLACE!!!

Ms. Dye

SWFC's Roadhouse Roundup

Student Appreciation / Taking Care of Business (registration) Event.  Join the Roundup with your Partners at Tampa SWFC.  This western themed event will feature Smokey Bones Pulled Pork sandwiches, cole Slaw, Chips, and drinks (Water/soda).  The event will be held on Tuesday & Wednesday , Nov. 15th & 16th at 10:45am-11:30am and 6:30pm-7:30pm on both days.  All students are welcomed to join us for food & fun.

We appreciate you!

This week is student appreciation week!
To help give our thanks, we will be providing a breakfast, lunch, and dinner to our student's.
Tuesday : Dinner - Popz BBQ 5pm-7pm
Wednesday: Lunch - Buba's Roadhouse 4pm-6:30pm
Thursday: Catered Breakfast 8am-10am

*This is reflection upon the Bonita Campus*

Thank You for all you do :)

Launching November

It's hard to believe that October has come and gone. Here we are the fist week of November. Lots of events are coming up that I am super excited about.

I have collaborated with The Harry Chapin Food Bank to start a collection of non perishable foods to help those in need for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Please stop by and drop off any canned foods, dry beans, and any non perishable foods you may have.

We are also partaking in Operation Christmas Cards. It is our mission to love our troops one card at a time. We desire to put a card into the hands of all those deployed during the holidays, so please help us put a smile on the faces of those that cannot be home during this holiday season. Click here for more details:
http://www.operationchristmascard.org/Participation_Info.html

December 6th is Holiday in the Park:
We are looking for volunteers to help Santa distribute presents, pass out Christmas cookies, partake with the snow pile, and so much more. Please let me know if you would like to help..Email me at gsholes@swfc.edu. I will be there with my elf costume ready to kick off the Holiday Season...Hope to see you there :)

Photos Galore

Thank you to all who helped plan for our Halloween Bash, it was a huge success! You can all view the photos from the Photo Booth by clicking on the following link:
http://proofing.luminairefoto.com/event/SWFL-College-2011-fotobooth/Gabrielle-Sholes/4lgs4v6eUM1HY


A special thanks to Karl Rouwhorst from Luminaire Foto for providing us with the Photo Booth.