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Blogging in the Classroom / Mini-Lessons
  • March 8, 2010
  • / Leave a Comment on Move with a Movie Review . . . GG Style
  • 3 min
  • 11 years
Tagged Blogging in the Classroom, how to write a movie review, mini lesson, movie review

Move with a Movie Review . . . GG Style

With all the spirit of the Academy Awards upon us, this week’s blog assignment will be for the students to write a […]

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Blogging in the Classroom / Mini-Lessons
  • February 15, 2010
  • / Leave a Comment on Bringing Blogging to the Classrooms
  • 5 min
  • 11 years
Tagged Blogging in the Classroom, edublog, mini lesson, Writing Practice

Bringing Blogging to the Classrooms

11/1/2013 Note:  Below describes the first year I brought blogging to the classroom.  Some activities remain; some have since changed: Last week, […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • November 27, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on Like, When Do I Use As?
  • 3 min
  • 11 years
Tagged grammar, like vs. as, mini lesson, overuse of like

Like, When Do I Use As?

“Like” must be one of the most abused words in the English language.  Like, what’s up with, like, the overuse of, like, […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • October 13, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on Disregard the Irregardless
  • 1 min
  • 11 years
Tagged grammar, irregardless, irregardless vs. regardless, mini lesson, regardless

Disregard the Irregardless

A student came up to me after class and asked if irregardless was a word.  This prompted GG’s latest mini-lesson: Irregardless vs. […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • October 2, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on Between is Among the Difficult
  • 1 min
  • 11 years
Tagged among, between, between vs. among, grammar, mini lesson

Between is Among the Difficult

Here is another pair of words many of us interchange incorrectly. Between vs. Among Use between when you refer to to people, […]

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Mini-Lessons / Writing Practice
  • September 14, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on What Bugs You?
  • 2 min
  • 11 years
Tagged mini lesson, Writing Practice

What Bugs You?

People love to complain, rant, and rave – my students are no exception.  I use this lesson early on in the year […]

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Mini-Lessons / Writing Practice
  • September 4, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on Find the Fib
  • 2 min
  • 12 years
Tagged find the fib, mini lesson, Writing Practice

Find the Fib

People usually love to write about themselves.  Writing can be therapeutic, it can be a chance to express oneself more openly than […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • September 1, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on Advise the Adviser
  • 1 min
  • 12 years
Tagged adviser vs. advisor, grammar, mini lesson

Advise the Adviser

Adviser or Advisor??? AP style tells us to use adviser rather than advisor but it does not indicate why.  I am interested […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • August 11, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on Are you hoping or hopeful?
  • 2 min
  • 12 years
Tagged grammar, hope, hope vs. hopefully, hopefully, mini lesson

Are you hoping or hopeful?

Being hopeful is a good thing.  It is always better to see the glass half full than half empty.  Overusing the word […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • August 4, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on You Guys Can’t Be With Yous Guys
  • 2 min
  • 12 years
Tagged English, English language, grammar, mini lesson, you guys

You Guys Can’t Be With Yous Guys

A follower just asked me if “yous guys” is proper English.  This is a great question, considering the amount of colloquial language […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • July 28, 2009
  • / Leave a Comment on Is it Worse to Say Worst?
  • 1 min
  • 12 years
Tagged grammar, mini lesson, worse, worse vs. worst, worst

Is it Worse to Say Worst?

I could write 1,000 mini-lessons and still not cover all of the confusing words in the English language. Worse vs. Worst Worse […]

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Grammar / Mini-Lessons
  • July 23, 2009
  • 1 Comment on News Flash – No One Can Eat Healthy!
  • 3 min
  • 12 years
Tagged grammar, healthful, healthy, mini lesson

News Flash – No One Can Eat Healthy!

A couple of months ago, my brother brought up the question as to the difference between healthy and healthful.  I was on […]

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