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Feisty Incoming-Fresh(wo)man Tells It Like It Is
This is a paragraph taken from a placement exam essay written by an eighth grade student. ASCC is the local college. I can’t even tell you how happy this makes me (and a little disappointed that I won’t have the … Continue reading
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May 22, 2014
Tagged educating girls, ESL, feminism, Samoa, teaching, teenagers, writing
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The Not-So-Simple Present and Teenage Dreams
I’ve been doing a lot of grammar drills and practice with my mainstream (lower-level) sophomores lately. A lot of these kids are at a pretty distinct academic disadvantage because their English skills are very low. One of the larger points … Continue reading
My favorite thing about Mrs. Q’s class is:
My seniors took their last English vocabulary quiz of high school today (sniffle, sniffle). I needed to make the quiz an even 40 questions, so I gave them this gimme question. Here are their responses:
