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Writing

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This is an introductory description of the steps of writing.


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Word Cup, Anyone?

Here's a fun vocabulary program I happened upon today. Check it out; you can win real prizes!

A quote for the day

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.--Winston Churchill

I love them all--but I choose hope for today.

Dress code becomes law?

Here's a story that might make a few kids feel differently about how they dress. But I can't help but wonder what's going on in schools when this must be addressed in the state legislature.

Idioms and cliches

Today in class we listened to this piece by Frank Deford about college sports. Deford uses such lively idioms, so many that it was fun to pick them out. The question we didn't get to is, "How can our knowledge of idioms, cliches, metaphors, etc. inform and improve our reading and writing?" We'll look at this and use FCAT Explorer in the computer lab Thursday and Friday (12/13 and 12/14).

Questioning

This list from the contents of a fascinating book: Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, is a great help in the classroom for students of any discipline. See what you think:

-- What are the issue and the conclusion? -- What are the reasons? -- Which words or phrases are ambiguous? -- What are the value conflicts and assumptions? -- What are the description assumptions? -- Are there any fallacies in the reasoning? -- How good is the evidence: intuition, appeals to authority, and testimonials? -- How good is the evidence: personal observation, case studies, research studies, and analogies? -- Are there rival causes? -- Are the statistics deceptive? -- What significant information is omitted? -- What reasonable conclusions are possible?

A Good Quote

A lovely quote from a teacher I know.

"Listen and watch the world around you. Try to understand why things happen. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you. Don't assume that because everyone believes a thing it is right or wrong. Reason things out for yourself. Work to get answers on your own. Understand why you believe things. Finally, write what you honestly feel and then learn from the criticism that will always come your way." ~Avi

My dog loves life, too.

This little bone made me laugh out loud this morning. I'm trying to cultivate the same attitude.

Group dynamics

This piece from Megan McArdle, along with the comments it provoked, sheds new light on the nature vs. nuture argument.

Gypsy Cab Project

Here's one of the most fascinating projects I've seen in a while. Fun work and scads of money from Volkswagon and maybe Apple, too. We may take a look at this this article about the Gypsy Cab Project together in class when I get a data projector that we can read text on.

God involved in a lawsuit?

It had to happen sooner or later. In our litigious society, with somebody always trying to place blame (and liability) on someone else, one party wants to go right to the top. Nice try. I'll bet he was equally surprised to get a response--from Corpus Christi!

My cats' breakfast

Okay, I know it's silly, but I love this clip.