How to Effectively Express Your Opinion in an Argument

Today I am excited to share another guest post, which fits perfectly into this month’s theme of March Modal Madness. Guest posts provide an excellent opportunity for you to see even more ‘Outside the Box’  learning opportunities; you’ll see different styles of writing, additional information, and be exposed to new resources that even I may not have been…

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Happy New Year!

Firstly, I’d like to say a big.. Happy New Year!!!  .. to everyone. It’s been too long. Sincerest apologies for my hiatus (noun: a pause or gap in process), the past few months have been absolutely crazy and so hectic. Apart from the expected chaos of the holiday season and everyday life, add a couple sicknesses and an…

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100th Post Free Class Giveaway!

It’s been about a year since I’ve begun this blog, and have been encouraging the use of it in my classroom. I fell in love with the idea of connecting the variety of students I had in my classroom, connecting with other teachers and their students, so I decided to take the blog “public” and…

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Free Friday: Turkey Day & Black Friday!

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and the craziness of Black Friday soon thereafter, I wanted to share some opportunities to learn just want these days are, where/how they started, and what they mean today. Whether you’re in the States celebrating or reading from afar, I hope this information will bring some understanding to American…

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Free Friday: Writing Part 1

HAMBURGER WRITING I know you’ve probably always heard, “don’t play with your food” but today we are going to have a bit of fun with it. Okay, so we’re not really going to play with it, but realize how useful a good ‘ol fashion hamburger can be….and how it’ll help you and your writing. Whatever…

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