I teach English and History to senior high school students. To junior high schoolers, I mainly teach electives which include Myths and Legends and History Mysteries. Through Blake Education I have published literacy texts. I have also done copious amounts of adapting/editing British texts and some of my poetry has been included. For Learning Essentials I have written teaching notes to accompany videos.
Now I am passionate about blogging. This gives me the opportunity to accompany my photography with poetry ~ mainly haikus. My blog is
Gemma’s Greyscale Territory
GemmaWiseman is a member of ! Creative Writing & Poetry !, ! φThe Dreaming Treeφ !, " You Big SOFTY", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), *A Beautiful Blur, Achromatic Nature, All About Water, All Animals Great And Small., All Original Blends, All Pets Great and Small, All Soft and Cuddlies !!, All That is Nature (Photography Only), All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Animal Kingdom, Australia! You're Standing In it...., Australian Travel Photography and Writing - 1 per 24hrs, Australian Wildlife, Beach Art, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Bits and Pieces , Both Sides Now, Cats and Dogs (1 artwork per day), Collective Collage, Colour and light, Cutest of the Cute, Dawn and Dusk Light, Dilapidated Buildings, Dimensions, Domestic and Pedigree Cats, Eerie Lighting, Everyday Life, Fabulous Flowers, Farms and Countryside, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Flowers in macro (very close macro please), For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Garden Sculptures And Ornaments, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Haiku - The Art of Japanese Poetry, If it doesn't belong, ImageWriting (2/24), Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Live, Love, Dream: , Melbourne & Victoria, Minimalist Landscapes, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Mornington Peninsula & Port Phillip Bay, Mysteries of the Common, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Night Photography, Passionate About Vintage, Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, Playful Photogenic Animals, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rustic, SEA, Shadows & Reflections, Shots in the Fog, Signs, Simple by Design, Skyscapes, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, The beauty of poetry, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Waves, Weekly Theme Challenges, Windows and Doors and Your Magic PLACE (only a place!).
Travelling by steam / Pioneer of empowered people moving / An adrenalin rush for the adventurous
Lingering legends…
Curly dark secrets / Propped against a coffee mug / Fathomless caverns / / He had moved to a new place / No one should find him /
Don’t speak of nothings / Let the waves bring you whispers