Pitch Black: Movie Review

(Movie Review--Thoughts after Rewatching)

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.  

Pitch Black: Movie Review

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

Contrasting -og and -ug words

(TESOL Worksheets--CVC Word Family)

Google: docs, pub

[Notes: These are matching cards that I use to practice the difference between the -og words and -ug words.  It is based on the words and images from -og cards and -ug cards activities.]

bog
bug
dog
dug
hog
hug
jog
jug
slog
slug
smog
smug

Phonics Song 2

I use this video to help some of my students practice the alphabet and basic phonics.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett: Book Review

(Book Review--Classic Books, Children's Books)

Started: June 3, 2026

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett: Book Review

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:

Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY

Books I Read in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7YYl7seud9ov0n6dtdHzvj&si=iMERlWtiF0Rq2-uy

Classic Books Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x53EsuWSZ-z0uFGL_0Jl6F1

Young Adult Literature: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5xhu8yD4fcSu3Lw6jJNDxS

Story Using Consonant Clusters and Digraphs for the -og word Family

(TESOL Worksheets-- -og word family)

Google: slides, pub  (This was created on Gemini Storybook.  The original storybook is here, and was created in this chat.)

This is based on a word set previously posted here.

This Week in Booktube: July 19, 2026

(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below.  Support Booktube.  And let me know what you've watched this past week.)

Google document: docs, pub

Twelve Months of Christmas Honesty Speaks Loudly in This Book Review of "No Holly No Ivy".

Marian H Is Studying Literature Worth It? - An Outsider's Perspective

Steve Donoghue Last Week in BookTube for 16 July 2026

Book Time with Elvis 10 Lessons from 40 Years of Reading

Steve Donoghue Last Week in BookTube: 14 July 2026

Abby Reads Team Mellstock vs Team Yorkshire | Love Triangles in Hardy and Meyer

jim's books reading & stuff I've Reviewed 275 Books on YouTube—Here's What Actually Gets Views...

Bucky749 Samurai vlog :p.o.V Radom location. Of place from vacation

Twelve Months of Christmas You'll RETHINK the Way You Run Your HOLIDAYS while CELEBRATING this FIVE-STAR Read.

Steve Donoghue Last Week in BookTube! 13 July 2026

Steve Donoghue Last Week in BookTube (and Sirens): 12 July 2026!

Consonant Clusters and Diagraphs for the -og word Family

(TESOL Worksheets-- -og word family)

Google: docs, pub

frog
clog
smog
blog
flog
slog

Douglass Walker Park, Byron Township: Guide to West Michigan

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Douglass Walker Park, Byron Township: Guide to West Michigan

Address: 1195 84th St SW, Byron Center, MI 49315

This video also includes some of Kent Trails, and Winchester Cemetery (76th St SW, Byron Center, MI 49315)

This is part of my project to document places of interest in West Michigan.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see the bottom part of this blog post here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/01/guide-to-west-michigan.html

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Byron Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfeHvIGFD3DU&si=_o6B-gX14XHUi0Gr

Sentences and Pictures for CVC -og words

(TESOL Worksheets-- -og Word Family)

Slideshow: slides, pub

This slideshow was created from 2 storybooks that I made using Google Gemini.  Those storybooks are:

* The Hog, the Dog and the Cog--made from this chat here

* The Hog, the Dog and the Jog--made from this chat here

Your Master POTUS Reading List: 100+ presidential book recommendations

(Thanks to Freddie Deboer for the link.)  I've actually been thinking for a while now about doing a reading project about the U.S. presidents.  This list may be just what I need to get started.  Bookmarking this here for possible later use.

Addendum: Presidents Day Reading List!