Jaclyn

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This is my blog, and while I can't promise that it will be any more impressive than Mrs. Burdic's has been so far, I will complete all the assignments to the best of my ability. I have a slight prejudice against blogs, which decreases my desire to post on them, because most of the ones that I have read have been a mild waste of time. However, I am ever so glad that we are doing a Wiki and a blog in this class rather than a discussion board because I have a definite prejudice against them! Well, it greatly depends on who else is in the class, the nature of the questions, and how many times I have to reply to people.

Psalm 119 - Word Cloud



The Good Samaritan Podcast

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Educational Sites:

[] This site is a must for any student or teacher who has not yet memorized the various ins and outs of citation or paper-writing. It is easy to navigate and provides excellent instruction for papers. You can't access everything, but the majority is free to the public so rather than making your students buy the latest edition of the MLA Handbook, just send them here.

[] For an English teacher, this site is a great (in-depth) overview of English grammar. The site covers a lot of material and explains it clearly, but not exhaustively. It would be a good resource for students who need just a little bit more help or can't quite remember all the rules.

[] One of my favorite sites! This one is fantastic for writing poetry and would be a great asset to a poetry unit to help the students begin to brainstorm.

[] Similar to the grammar site, this site covers all the figures of speech and rhetoric. It provides a great overview of this part of writing and reading and will be a great asset to a unit on this aspect of writing.

[] This is one of the most excellent online resources for teaching ELL students. It gives teachers a chance to connect and is loaded with activities for the classroom.

[] Similar to YouTube, this site is specifically for teachers. It has great supplementary material to add fun to a lesson on anything from integers to gerunds.

[] This site provides ideas for activities, lessons, and themes. It not only gives you the ideas, though, but also provides the materials (print-outs, worksheets, etc.) that are needed to make the lessons a success.

[] This is the website that goes with the Mailbox Magazine for teachers. Just as the magazine is a great resource for ideas and materials, this website contains a wealth of information and materials.

[] This site tests you on a variety of subjects (math, art, chemistry, geography, English, and foreign languages), teaching the student primarily through rote memorization and repetition, but still teaching them. It keeps the student in their zone of proximal development as it teaches.

[] This is an interactive, informative site that is so much more than just a dictionary. There are games, articles, books, a thesaurus, a medical, legal, and financial dictionary, and many other things.