Like Jeanne Simpson, Karl Fisch, Anne Davis, and Darren Kuropatwa before me, I decided it was important to flesh out blogging rules for my classes. I took much guidance from these four fantastic resources, but because these limits will most affect my students, I believe that they should be the …
Interesting Animal Grammar Article Animals do not have the capacity for generative grammar. They are committed to the behavioral form of learning language. Another article described the genetic link of stuttering. Metaphor as thought. (My contribution) A grammar is the derivation of understanding (not meaning, not sense) from syntactical and …
When I read this piece for the fourth and fifth time, I really got it. SoccerLover did a great job picking something that I could really connect to. She picked a representation of life through books that I find tantalizingly fulfilling. It did leave me with a few questions, though. …
Cores 1-4: Final Review of Blogging Rules. Psycodude’s Apology Letter. September 11th Memorial. Core 1: Check “Synonyms and Antonyms” for Unit 7 in vocabulary book. Collect any “Word Stories” not turned in on Friday. Group Write-On: How many different types of writing are there? Group Discussion questions: How are they …
Dear Mr. Wilkoff and Core 2, I’m sorry for all the trouble I caused you last year on blogger and nation states, and I’m sorry for what I’ve done this year. It is not a good thing to get enjoyment out of annoying people, and saying mean things to them. …
Cores 1-4: Discuss Blog Spamming and Comment Blocking. Core 1: Discuss-On: How can one word cause a story? (For example: Iraq, Trouble, Puke) In order to fully understand the power of some of these exacting vocabulary words, I would like us to think about the story that each one of …
Cores 1+3: Discuss-on: How can words save your life? Re-introduce vocabulary books for full life-saving effect. Play Vocabulary Basketball with specific life saving sentences. Get into three/four teams. I will ask you questions about a vocabulary word about synonyms, antonyms, definitions, or parts of speech. You must answer the question …
I was sick today. Here are the lesson plans that I left for my substitute. You can also find the link to my example for a “Buliding Comment” here.