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I have always been a fan of learning new vocabulary. Sometimes I hear a word and wonder if it's a real word. Therefore, I have a new word pop up on my computer every day. Part of the fun is seeing how I can relate the word to my life. I admit that sometimes
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I received an email from the answers.com people that they are offering a writing competition for students. A class works as a team and can win movie tickets. It might be a way for students to learn new vocabulary words and see what it's like to work as
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Technology is happening so fast that one never knows what might be available tomorrow. I used to give my students cartoons without the captions and have them work together to come up with their own captions. Some were funnier than the originals. Another
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When I was in high school, I had a history teacher that was amazing. The first day of class he convinced us that George Washington wasn't really the first president. He enjoyed letting us know that we could be manipulated by a powerful speaker. He was
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I was reading a little paper that is always free called The Diddly News . The "Word Guy" had one of those activities that is good for all of us. It is just too easy to always use the same words over and over. In my family, people sometimes ridicule those
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