Category: the classroom
Updated on March 30, 2011
HELP!! (Batch #2)
Below is the second batch of new Chinese flags to choose from. For more information, please scroll down and read the previous entry. For clarification: I would like you to tell me your three top picks for Batch… Read More
Updated on March 30, 2011
HELP!! (Batch #1)
UPDATED CLARIFICATION: I would like you to tell me your three top picks for Batch #1 and your three top picks for Batch #2. I am allowed to submit three pictures from each class for the final judgment…. Read More
Updated on March 30, 2011
The Chinese flag
The curriculum the team has developed for our sophomore oral students is focused on communication as a global citizen. The first semester, students learn about cultural values such as individualism and collectivism, particularism and universalism, and high and… Read More
Updated on May 31, 2011
Too good to be true
Recently, I gave my writing students a somewhat simple and in my eyes easy homework assignment. Their job was simply to write a paragraph. A 5-8 sentence paragraph that began with a topic sentence and ended with a… Read More
Updated on May 31, 2011
Happy Birthday JLNU!
This week the school celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The remarkable thing is that my company has had teachers here for half of that history. In recognition of that fact, our company’s president was in town to commemorate the occasion…. Read More
Updated on May 31, 2011
Happy Teacher’s Day!
Today is national teacher’s day, which translates into obscenely large flower and fruit baskets for teachers. These tokens of gratitude are presented with well wishes like, “I hope you more and more beautiful for many years to come.”… Read More
Updated on May 24, 2012
Sensory women
Right now in my sophomore writing classes we’re doing a unit on story-telling. This weekend the sophomores have one of their most important exams of their college careers, so a “light” unit on something that they naturally excel at (creativity)… Read More
Updated on May 31, 2011
End of week one
It’s hard to believe I’ve only been back “at work” for a week! There has been quite a bit of activity since I received my class schedule late last Saturday night. This term is looking like it will be… Read More
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