‘What are you {think}ing about?’

For openers, thanks to Alex McManus’ ‘Into the Mystic’ for this great Utube reference that had me almost spit out my terrible tasting maxwell house coffee (boo to the corrupt corporate coffee giants) – which reminds me, I need to keep campaigning for an ethical staff room…
I read a post last night that was just [...]

Midstream analysis…

I am in the middle of it all, things flying by on all sides…assignments, in class essays…and then there is a moment of brilliance-
I actually had students reflect on their own work today.
It has been mentioned several times around the staff meeting table that schools often don’t allow time for meaningful reflection.
Today I think there [...]

Beating the Grammar Blues…

This one comes via Aaron @ Teacher in Development and points to a great Utube video reviewing past continuous tense. I just used it with my ESL support class, and it was a great and entertaining review tool. The students enjoyed viewing it and interacting with it.
Anything that helps revive grammar is great. Thanks, Aaron.