So true...
Friday, July 24, 2026
The 50 States
(TESOL Materials--CLIL, Places)
[Note: This vocabulary is based on the vocabulary from pages 24 and 25 of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas. But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]
Riddick: Movie Review
Links to stuff mentioned:
This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost. For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:
In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/03/riddick.html
Related Playlists:
Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA
Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP
Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI
The Riddick Trilogy Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFv5EkTWhNM&si=2Or_rdEgxvD_kDKe
Started: Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
[This is the back-up book I'm now trying to read with my kids after realizing The Borrowers wasn't good for their level.]
Started: The Borrowers by Mary Norton 
I was originally thinking I would do this as part of my Reading Books With My Kids project, but once I started reading it to them, I realized it was not really at their level at all. (I guess the lesson here is to always preview read the books before attempting to introduce them to my kids.) We'll see what happens to this one. We started it yesterday, and after finishing the first chapter, I apologized to my kids, said this book was too difficult, and proposed something else. But my daughter wants to keep reading it, so for the moment we'll see how it goes.
Either way, I'm way overdue to read this book just for my own sake. (Believe it or not, I have never read The Borrowers series). So we'll see how long my kids want to keep reading it, but if they decide to stop reading it, I'll probably still finish it up by myself and review it here.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
The Chronicles of Riddick: Movie Review
As mentioned in the video, this is a rewatch. I originally saw this movie as a video rental when I lived in Japan, I believe sometime in 2005.
Links to stuff mentioned:
Related Playlists:
Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA
Movies that I Watched in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4MSFWzU5IicG0H3orcJ1tV&si=7Xu-ASHaL36-7DER
Thoughts after Re-Watching: Movie Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7FpJlwdur1iZDUZJh5xV-u&si=JztauLH1N-x1OaRq
The Riddick Trilogy Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFv5EkTWhNM&si=2Or_rdEgxvD_kDKe
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Pitch Black: Movie Review
As mentioned in the video, this is a rewatch. I originally saw this movie as a video rental when I lived in Japan, I believe sometime in 2002.
Apologies for getting cut off at the end. The camera I'm using automatically shuts off after 30 minutes. I had said most of what I had wanted to say, however.
Related Playlists:
Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA
Movies that I Watched in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4MSFWzU5IicG0H3orcJ1tV&si=7Xu-ASHaL36-7DER
Thoughts after Re-Watching: Movie Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7FpJlwdur1iZDUZJh5xV-u&si=JztauLH1N-x1OaRq
The Riddick Trilogy Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFv5EkTWhNM&si=2Or_rdEgxvD_kDKe
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