Dear Ms. President: get your students writing with a purpose
Teaching writing? Want your students to “get real” and see results? Check out Cultural Survival at www.cs.org for ways that your students can take action on projects to protect indigenous people, their lands and their cultures. By composing their own letters and/or e-mails, students can partner with people from Indonesia to Guatemala, from the U.S.…
Get Grinchy in your classroom! Holiday Activities for all Ages
There are lots of ways to integrate the holidays into your classroom. This year, I decided to use “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” by Dr. Seuss, during the last few days before the holidays. Having just completed a unit on stories with morals that included skills such as paraphrasing and writing direct quotations, my intermediate level…
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Ken Robinson, a great thinker on education and creativity, proposes an educational system that fosters rather than undermines creativity. Take 20 minutes and enjoy this very entertaining and moving talk. How can we use these ideas to foster the creative process of language acquisition? I hope you enjoy it! http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html Do you have a…
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