Kristin Runyon

ELA teacher, reader, die-hard STL Cardinals and Buffalo Bills fan. Mother of sons. She/Her. Tweets and opinions are my own.

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

Need resources for teaching poetry, whether in person or remote? I made 30 poetry hyperdocs for National Poetry Month last April. Check them out here: https://t.co/LOEc0ubzhY You will need to login or create a free Wakelet login to access them. #TeachLivingPoets

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Prepositions: Ending a Sentence With

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‘Phonetic’ is not.
‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters.
‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym.

Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Walz: The other side spent a lot of time promising that they would leave things up to the states. I'm willing to take them at their word for that. The moment they try to bring a hateful agenda to this state, I'm ready to stand up and fight for the way we do things here.

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Illinois will do more than just protect against the possible reversion to an agenda that threatens to take us backward.

We'll continue to advance a positive, productive, and inclusive agenda of our own – one that brings opportunity here and helps uplift the nation as a whole.

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

@TheCatOnBallyTV Did you ever have the 24 oz bone-in prime rib in West Palm Beach before that restaurant closed? It was SO delicious! I only had it once 😢

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@kyler416 I just want more details on “new spring training complex” 😳

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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘ilk.’
https://t.co/T8I47S2Gry

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Happy #PunctuationDay

Imagine the chaos if everyone used periods to end their texts today.

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

@susangbarber what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. I want to be able to travel while I’m still healthy. I want to be able to visit my sons’ and their wives whenever I want and not have to worry about grading essays. I want to sleep in. And I don’t miss it.

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@susangbarber Are people asking why you haven’t retired or are they asking why are sticking with teaching? In IL retirement is a four-yr process, so I had to make my decision by May 2020; I had already decided to enter the retirement track in fall 2019. But I left bc I wanted to be able to do

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@BuffaloBills @MillerLite East central Illinois (Charleston, IL home to Eastern Illinois University 🙌🏻)

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@BillsMafiaBabes

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'Phlegm' was voted the Worst Word!

(grabs hand sanitizer)

It's time for the final category so let's make it count.

What is the BEST WORD?

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

@TheCatOnBallyTV I’m enjoying the wins, too (it’s been three Wednesdays in a row!)🙌🏻 It’s just a combination of frustrating, disappointing, and sad that if they had been playing consistently like this since May 22 (when they were fired up by Oli’s ejection), we’d have an incredible season.

[Tim Smyth @historycomics]

As we approach 9/11, here is my lesson using the impactful Spider-Man comic when he was at Ground Zero. https://t.co/t5oRdwOZY4

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

@JoelRGarza My 30-year old and 27-year old sons and their wives do too! 🤦🏼‍♀️

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'Phenomenon' takes Most Satisfying Word to Pronounce!

Next up: Word That You Don't Really Know What It Means.

This is a safe space.

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

I won the photo op with Mark Hamill & Hayden Christensen. I may have been vocal abt where I needed to stand, & I definitely teared up as I was able to tell him how much this truly meant to me. Thank you to my daughter-in-law for this! And thanks to @MarkHamill and @fanexpochicago

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

@kasal_finley I think what kept me in education for 34 years was all the changes in jobs (mostly due to relocation, but still: change). Good luck!

[Kristin Runyon @KristinRunyon]

@JoriKrulder @Pringles_UK @Pringles We have them in central Illinois at the Asian grocery store (it’s name is Asian Supermarket) in Champaign (about 50 mindrive for me). My journalism students did videos taste testing different foods, so I went shopping at the various grocery stores to find food for them to try.