In addition to writing powerful, thought-provoking poetry and short-but-incredibly meaningful stories, Joanne Van Leerdam keeps teens enthralled in her senior high school English, History and Drama/Peformance classes. Each should be in a food group of their own, at the “eat most” end of that pyramid thing. Q2: Which famous fictional character would you most like to be and why?Īnd also because I’m sure Pemberly had a magnificent library. Do you remember how Pigpen in the Peanuts cartoons used to generate dirt and mess everywhere he went? He has nothing on this kid. My other favourite, which I use fairly regularly at home because the child who occasionally lives with me is the epitome of the word: “tatterdemalion”. Me: “Defenestration is too good for him.” More than once, I have had this exact conversation: It sounds dirty, but it means to toss someone or something out the window. Q1: What are your favourite, out of the ordinary, words in the English language and why? Other than Australia, Canada is her favourite place in the world. Joanne Van Leerdam is a poet, blogger, writer, thinker, puzzler, teacher, traveller, photographer and generally nice person. Despite having lived all her life in Australia, she has, thus, far, avoided being killed or consumed by any of the deadly wildlife, which is probably a good thing.
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