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Written on February 11th, 2010 by qpenno shouts
From Publishers Weekly
Ignore the title, which is bad. It’s okay, even, to ignore the writing exercises. Barbara Abercrombie’s Writing Out the Storm: [...]
Written on February 11th, 2010 by qpenno shouts
Students who once refused to write out of frustration now eagerly begin each writing assignment making quick sketches and jotting keywords on a storyboard. They then use this [...]
Written on January 20th, 2010 by Lonnie Lorenzno shouts
Sara Button has recently written a story, Black Bear, Loon & Walleye: A Fable from the Northwoods. As Directors of Swift Nature Camp an Environmental Summer Camp in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, this story holds a special place in our hearts. It is such a good story we put a copy in our camp library for all our staff to share with their children.
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Written on January 6th, 2010 by Dr. Jay Polmarno shouts
The mind is an extraordinarily power of which we only use a very small portion. In our book, “Speed Reading in only One Hour” we will show you how to tap some of that unused power and use it for your personal success in high school, college, and life.
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Written on January 2nd, 2010 by qpenno shouts
Being a peer critic means using structured procedures to react to and make suggestions about another student’s writing. Peer critiquing is an interactive communication process. It involves reading, and thinking together, asking and explaining, talking and listening.
Written on October 10th, 2009 by Marion Jones2 shouts
Do you consider that spending time in traditional classrooms is a waste of time? For some people, that is probably true. For instance, an exam is coming up and the pupils are asked to memorize a lot of dates and names. However, after taking the test, they will definitely forget 90% of those dates and names. That’s what the majority of students do every time they have exams. If you are one of these people, you will find traditional history lessons boring, so home schooling, which concentrates more on the history of the world, will surely interest you more.
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Written on September 24th, 2009 by Marion Jonesno shouts
In recent years, home schooling has become very popular especially among middle and upper-middle class families. There have been lots of arguments over the years about home schooling, but teachers claim that there are pros and cons in home schooling but it appears that the former outweigh the latter and therefore, a lot of families are now choosing home schooling over normal schools.
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