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Cloze Procedure

On Wednesday, November 4th, 2009, I wrote on the board a paragraph and drew some images to represent descriptions from the paragraph. First, I recited to the class the paragraph while pointing at the pictures. Then, the class heard the paragraph a second time, but this time they read the paragraph with me while I sometimes pointed at the words on the board.  Read More »

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Get the Mole?

One of the greatest things you can do in life is to teach something truthful and useful to someone.  Read More »

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Memorization Technique: Tactile Web

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           A Web is a graphic organizer. It's also called branching and it's a way to ramify details from a main idea, subtopics from a topic and different effects from the same cause. This graphic organizers can be a fun way to list all the types of organisms in a species, make a variety of predictions based on phenomena and the elements that are metals.  Read More »

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The Abusive Clock

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     My first semester in college was very different than all my other semesters. Back then, I didn't care about brevity. On my cultural biography, for example, I wrote 14 pages, instead of 2 pages. I loved all the information I hand in textbooks and the opportunity to write about anything and everything. As you may notice, I love to use introspection.  Read More »

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Please, Don't Eat The Manatees

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Please, don't eat the manatees. Please, don't hurt the manatees. Please, don't kill the manatees. Manatees are endangered mammals that live in the sea. They are also called Sea Cows.  Read More »

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Reading: It's Never Too Late

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One of the greatest things you can do in life is to teach something truthful and useful to someone.
Reading is essential, but not everyone feels that way.  Read More »

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Pedagogical U.S.A.

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Getting an A with C, D & F

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