Reflections on Teaching

The next edition of the ELL/EFL/ELD Carnival will be…right here! Any blog posts, including examples of student work, that are related to teaching or learning English are welcome. You can contribute a post by using this easy submission form.
The last edition of the Carnival hosted by Jennifer Duarte and Michelle Klepper is  here, and as [...]

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As part of my promise to do a better job of sharing upcoming events more than 24 hours before they occur, here is my list of online “events” that I’ll be doing this month.
Monday June 8th at 6 p.m. PDT: It’s Elementary:Reflecting on the School Year Ending
It’s Elementary
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Wednesday June 17th at 9 a.m. [...]

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The participation in the June 2009 ESL/EFL/ELL Carnival was great and folks seemed to have a good time (the word “fun” came up a lot in comments). Let me take this opportunity to share that it is never too early to submit for the next carnival in August 2009 hosted by Candace Williams. The ELL [...]

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And the theme of this carnival will be vocabulary development using my favorite part of speech…VERBS! — cause that’s what’s happening. This is my first time doing a blog carnival. I’ve been trying to up my game by using this handy dandy list of verbs on our state tests. Now, I’m not a big [...]

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BUT, there is still time to add your submissions to the next edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival is coming up on May 31st, so don’t delay, get those submissions now before you miss your chance!
We are looking for posts related to the teaching or learning of English, including examples of student work. Need an [...]

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Just a reminder, the deadline for submissions to the next edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival is coming up on May 31st, but you don’t have to wait until then! You can participate by using this easy submission form.
We are looking for posts related to the teaching or learning of English, including examples of student [...]

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I must be on auto-pilot (a bad thing) because I don’t have a lot memories about what happened this week. It did end with me attending the Classroom 2.0 Conference and the last thing I did at work was a training for my district. There is something about Friday that gives a “cap stone” to [...]

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Tom Woodward, at Bionic Teaching, who was one of my peers giving feedback that led to Before and After…, really went the extra mile, in Picking up Gauntlets is Heavy Work, where he basically went through the whole slidedeck for a preso, and offered some alternatives.  VERY impressive. So here is one section with changes [...]

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