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| holidays: I’m doing them wrong | August 12, 2011 | So this week I have officially been on holidays. All that really means is that I didn’t go into work (except for Tuesday and Thursday for an hour each time). Unofficially, I have been answering work emails, putting out little work fires, responding to questions from students, looking at drafts of their first assessments, taking […] |
| View from my freshly dusted desk | August 7, 2011 | This morning I tidied and dusted my desk. Here’s what I can see while I sit at it. I dream of a spacious work area at home. I would love a separate office where I can spread out, have lots of filing cabinets, shelves with everything organised and in the one place. I long for […] |
| View from my freshly dusted desk | This morning I tidied and dusted my desk. Here’s what I can see while I sit at it. I dream of a spacious work area at home. I would love a separate office where I can spread out, have lots of filing cabinets, shelves with everything organised and in the one place. I long for […] |
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| It’s Friday…Bob Dylan says so | August 5, 2011 | And we all know that if his Bobness says so it must be true. Today indeed was Friday. Not just any Friday but the last Friday of official work for an entire week. I finally gave in and took a week’s holiday. I have been desperately trying to save up my holidays to take a […] |
| It’s Friday…Bob Dylan says so | And we all know that if his Bobness says so it must be true. Today indeed was Friday. Not just any Friday but the last Friday of official work for an entire week. I finally gave in and took a week’s holiday. I have been desperately trying to save up my holidays to take a […] |
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| Spell “altruism”….. | July 24, 2011 | I have three lessons of two hours per week with my students. For the first 6-8 weeks in the interest of expanding and improving vocabulary (given that it is a course on language and writing) I give a spelling test. Usually I attempt to connect the words to the issues and ideas we are discussing […] |
| Spell "altruism"….. | I have three lessons of two hours per week with my students. For the first 6-8 weeks in the interest of expanding and improving vocabulary (given that it is a course on language and writing) I give a spelling test. Usually I attempt to connect the words to the issues and ideas we are discussing […] |
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| I have a dream | July 11, 2011 | Tomorrow in class we look at writing for different audiences as a start to the students thinking about the purpose of their writing, their choice of words, the need to communicate clearly etc. The examples we use are part of this speech, which still gives me goosebumps, together with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. I also give […] |
| I have a dream | Tomorrow in class we look at writing for different audiences as a start to the students thinking about the purpose of their writing, their choice of words, the need to communicate clearly etc. The examples we use are part of this speech, which still gives me goosebumps, together with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. I also give […] |
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| Life is precious | July 9, 2011 | I can’t remember the last time I read an entire book in one sitting but it happened yesterday. “Which book which book Wendy?” I hear you all cry in eager anticipation of a reply. (Or not…up to you really whether you talk aloud to blog posts). The Price of Life by Nigel Brennan, Nicole Bonney […] |