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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

9-11-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:

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Video: I Wonder How Many Of Our Students Hear This When We Go Over Classroom Rules?
Thanks to Michelle Henry for sharing the clip.
U.S. Constitution Games
Here are games and interactive I’m adding to The Best Sites For Learning About The Constitution Of The United States. I have to say I don’t think they’re necessarily better than the ones that are on that list now, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to add them. Constitution Games is from PBS. Mr. Nussbaum’s Page on the Constitution. Annenberg Classroom interactives on the Constitution. Constitution R


Video: “Floating In My Mind”
Floating In My Mind is a short animated video about making memories and losing them. I think it could be an interesting movie to show to my English Language Learners to see how they would describe what they saw — I wonder if all would describe it literally or if some, unprompted, would see the deeper story it’s trying to tell. And I also think it would be a good video to show Theory of Knowledge s


Study: Young People Respond Better To The Positive Than They Do To Threats
In a previous post, Emphasizing Pride, Not Shame, In Classroom Management, I talked about a study that showed determined having people think about the pride that they will feel in themselves after resisting temptation was a very successful self-control strategy. And, interestingly enough, they also found that trying to encourage self-control through the use of shame or guilt actually resulted in
A Few More 9/11 Teaching Resources
Here are some new additions to my already massive The Best Sites To Help Teach About 9/11: From Valerie Strauss’ blog: ““For Action Initiative” [is] an effort to provide teachers and community members with tools to help young people understand the attacks as well as challenges they face in today’s world. Those tools include 58 lessons, written and piloted by volunteer teachers and curriculum deve
9-10-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Great Lessons” Is Theme Of Next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog CarnivalOn October 1st, EFL Classroom 2.0 will be hosting the 32nd edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival (Also known as the ELT Blog Carnival). Post any and all entries here. This edition will be all about “Great Lessons”. Share a post, new or old, that highlights a lesso