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Fun Word Games for Winter
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Grammar, Resources, Teaching
Merriam-Webster’s Word Central has a few fun drill-and-practice games that you can share with your students. I tried three games: Robo-Bee, BIGbot and Jumble Kids. We’re not talking high-level thinking here, but if you want your students to practice their word skills, or if you need something for remediation, you might want to give [...]
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I Love Diagramming Sentences – Resources for the Rebel
January 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Grammar, Resources, Teaching
It’s true, I love diagramming sentences, and I teach students how to diagram sentences–which is probably enough to get me kicked out of most professional English teacher organizations–if I belonged to any (which I don’t).
But for you rebels out there who subservisely sneak diagramming into your curriculum between studying for state and national tests, here [...]
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