ESL
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Long Weekends
Long weekends are always a mix of emotions for me. I spend so much time around people that when it comes time to leave for longer periods of time, I tend to struggle. However, this time feels like it’s a bit different compared to previous weekends. It’s probably because I have quite a bit to Continue reading
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Writing Narratives
Today was an amazing day, although it didn’t start that way. I spent most of the morning struggling through a medium level panic attack where I couldn’t even eat breakfast. Not exactly the way to start school in the morning when you have a ton of work to get done. Fortunately for myself, I have Continue reading
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Grammar Lessons
Today I am all out of sorts. The classes went great and I was able to get a lot of work done today, but I have other things on my mind at the moment that make thinking critically difficult to accomplish. This will probably be short. EL 200 went exactly according to plan. The students were Continue reading
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Always Follow Your Own Rules.
As I was writing the title for this post today, I realized that the sentence has some semantic ambiguity that should probably be clarified. Well, let me clarify the clarification first. If I put the emphasis of the sentence “Always follow your own rules” into the word “own” then one interpretation is to not follow Continue reading
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Student Transfers
I think one of the things that is often neglected when teaching as a profession is described is the total amount of tasks that you will be expected to complete on a daily basis. Today I really thought about this as my schedule was completely changed due to a new student arrival. I was supposed Continue reading
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Post Civil War Education
EL 200 surprised me today. They were well engaged. Mostly. I have to check in with a student who has really been struggling in the class. I know that he is more than capable. I am assuming that the issue is outside of class where he may be struggling with work, other classes, or both. Continue reading
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The Little Details
The idea for using the block lesson plan template seems to be working in the class. The students really appreciated the independence that it afforded them and all were engaged in the activities. I can still see some struggling students who are having a hard time comprehending based on lower level grammatical knowledge. They are Continue reading
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Fired Up
I’m pretty fired up right now and honestly, I’m not sure why. I mean, I do understand what is running through my head that is making me run arguments in circles, but these things are not necessary at all. It’s all just a part of the OCD and trying to get out of the loop. Today Continue reading
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Experimental Update
Today was great. I honestly had one of the best days in the classroom that I can even remember. Each of my hours went well with only minor bumps in the road for 3rd block. First of all, I can’t even tell you how much difference is made when you and your co-teacher have a Continue reading
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Take a few steps back
Today was another one of those days where I realized that what we were doing in class was far too much for my students. I am very glad that I decided to push them today and make sure that they were keeping pace, but I also could not see evidence of them processing the information Continue reading
The Life Argotic 