Daily Archives: June 10, 2008

a new adventure begins

June 10, 2008 – 5:51 am

Usually I try and write stories that inspire others but today I thought I’d break the trend to share something a little more private and special: On May 31st Alex Guy Shepherd was born. If you’d like to take a look at his first steps to becoming the next big movie star please enjoy the [...]

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questions

June 10, 2008 – 5:31 am

recently I’ve been spending a lot of time focusing of getting my lower level students to master questions. It seems that many students seem reticent to ask other questions or ask me about the things they really want to know. I love it when students ask me some crazy questions - “how much money do [...]

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effort= progress

June 10, 2008 – 5:18 am

I’m a big believer in homework. Just ask any of my students…at times they take convincing how beneficial homework is but now practically all my students go home with something to do.
Things can range from writing up a few sentences with a grammar point or new vocabulary to essays or books.

As most students can only [...]

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