Saturday, November 01, 2025

House of Frankenstein: Movie Review

(Movie Reviews--HorrorThoughts After Rewatching)

As I mentioned in the video, this is a rewatch.  But this is the first time I'm reviewing it on this blog,  so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.



Links to stuff mentioned:
My previous reviews: 

Other youtube videos on Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man that I watched:
* Cinemassacre Monster Madness 2011. House of Frankenstein: https://youtu.be/Y0hkUk3b2n8?si=Wb4TLclViUNcjm6K


Manic Pixie Dream Girl (am I using this term correctly?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl

Watch this movie on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/house-of-frankenstein-1944_202106

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Friday, October 31, 2025

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man: Movie Review

(Movie Reviews--Horror, My Favorite Movies)

As I mentioned in the video, this is a rewatch.  But this is the first time I'm reviewing it on this blog,  so according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.



At one point, I put this movie on my list of my favorite movies of all time.  Upon rewatching this movie, I'm now pretty sure that it doesn't deserve a place on my all time favorite list, but I'm not going to redo that list now.  (Maybe once I finally get around to rewatching and reviewing all the movies on my all time favorite list, it'll be time to do a re-evaluation of that list.)

Links to stuff mentioned:
My previous reviews: 

Other Youtube videos on Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man that I watched:
* Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man / Deleted Scenes: https://youtu.be/ivHQg2kdvPU?si=GeGVUvSgcz9k5yoN
* Cinemassacre Monster Madness 2011. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man: https://youtu.be/iSEw7u0I0jo?si=PEP4GrgkmoHUX76F



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Thursday, October 30, 2025



I used this video in my classes to help students learn the -un word family.  
* Sun and Fun
* Both storybooks created in this chat here

This is a storybook I created using Google Gemini Storybook for reviewing both the -un word family. The prompts were "create a storybook for new readers based on words: bun, fun, nun, run, pun, sun. Keep the language as simple as possible so that it can be read by beginning readers" and "Create a story book for young readers basked on CVC words ending in -un".
I'm not terribly happy with either book.  They're okay, I guess, but not great.  But here they are anyway.

Matching Cards for CVC words with -un

(TESOL Worksheets-- -un Word Family)

Google: docspub

I use these cards in several stages.
I start out with some of the alphabet cards from this previous activity.  I take the "U" card, and ask students what sound it makes.  Then I take the "N" sound, and ask what sound it makes, and then put the two cards together, and try to get students to tell me the sound.
I then take out several consonants, and get the students to tell me the sound, and then put these consonants together with the -UN to make different words, helping students to sound them out.  
At this point I put out the picture cards, and as we do different CVC -at words, I get students to identify the pictures.  
Once all the words and pictures have been identified, then we play a memory card game to match the words and pictures.  
Lastly, I put away the word cards, and just show students the pictures.  The students have to write down the word on their mini-white boards.

bun

fun

nun

pun

run

sun



-un Word Family (CVC words)

(TESOL Ideas and Worksheets Subdivisions)


Wednesday, October 29, 2025



I used this video to supplement a lesson on Daily Routines for Young Learners.
* Rumi's Routine Day / Created in this chat

This is a model text for vocabulary about daily routines.  It was created by AI, specifically Google Gemini Storybooks.  The prompt was: "Write a storybook to teach daily routines to young esl students. Include: wake up, take a shower, get dressed, comb my hair, eat breakfast, do homework, brush teeth, go to bed".  That prompt and the chat can be viewed here.  I used this story to supplement Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids, and the specific vocabulary that I choose comes from that textbook.  But I believe this can also be used independently for any lesson on daily routines.

Oxford Picture Dictionary Content Areas for Kids (Supplementary Materials Index)

(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks Subdivisions)--This index uses the style described in this post here.

Google Drive Folder HERE

Unit 1: At Home Folder
1 Every Day p.12-13 Folder
* Sorting sheet for daily routines: docs, pub  (cut up the pictures on p. 12 and 13, and have students sort into what they do and what they don't do.)
Wake Up! Daily Routines Song for Kids

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Starting: The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 19: 1959-1961

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