Only Four Days Left To Contribute To The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival!
The next edition of the EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival will be published on November 1st by Berni Wall Here are the details: The theme for this carnival is: The Most Popular Posts on your Blog So, go and search through your archives, dust off that post that got you the most visitors, comments, retweets and let [...]
Time Change Resources
Here in the United States, we’ll be reverting to Standard Time from Daylight Savings time on the second Sunday in November. I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About Daylight Savings Time, including adding this video:
Helping Theory Of Knowledge Students Understand “Knowledge Issues”
As most International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge teachers know (I teach TOK as well as multiple ELL and mainstream classes), helping students understand what “knowledge issues” are can often be a bit challenging. Today, after providing an introduction to them yesterday, I asked students to read this post and complete the listed assignment at our [...]
The Seven Wonders….Of The Neighborhood?
One of my favorite lessons each year is one where our students compare our school neighborhood with the most wealthy section of Sacramento, the “Fabulous Forties.” I’ve written extensively about this lesson of highlighting assets instead of deficits in A Lesson Highlighting Community Assets — Not Deficits. I also have the complete lesson plan, including [...]
