Still talking about...

....the website for English Grammar 101. The link above will not be sufficient to get one specifically where I would like them to go. (!) As the link is deeply embedded in the U of T site, and I cannot figure out how to get the address directly - try this instead:
Hi - I am not happy with the web site that I gave to accompany the English Grammar 101 site. It is deeply embedded with the U of T Adaptive Technology Resource Centre and (speaking of being frustrated with technology!) I cannot figure out its website directly.

So:www.atrc.utoronto.ca/
then - online resources
then - External resources
scroll down page to Resources for people with Learning Disabilities (2nd from bottom)
then scroll to Grammatical Support Tools
then find English Grammar 101 on-line learning and quizzes....
It is worth the effort to locate this!

Don't miss this!

Fabulous! Did you think English Grammar was a lost skill????

Well, you would likely be right! However, this is one site that is fighting back! If you are at all interested in your ability to communicate, you must check this out. Share it with your students. Share it with other adults who (sadly) realize that their grammar and writing skills have slipped....
http://englishgrammer101.com/

The on-line quizzes are immediate in their feedback. The lessons at the top of the page are very brief, and not always simple to understand. The examples however add to understanding of the learning goal.

KitchenNerd

Hi! This is for you. I can no longer access your BLOG - but perhaps you planned it that way. I was thrilled to see your contact this month however. Let me know how I can say hi! I am working my way through Special Ed 3. I let my Library Wikki slip for a bit, but firing it back up again this week. Still reading Treasure Island with the G group.
Saw There will Be Blood Tonight and that certainly gives one food for thought. I noticed that it is based on a novel by Upton Sinclair which was very surprising. I have read two of his short stories - The Lessee was one I believe. Very old language. I am also tackling Everlyn Waugh just now: A Handful of Dust. Love it!
L

My New Year - is it really February 2008?

Hello! I am back! I am thought about BLOGGING 1002 times and would be very disappointed in myself if I just let this go. I really like to BLOG. It is one of my favourite things to do...

This is my first post of 2008 and it is already February! Workshop today on School Success and it was very worthwhile. Oprah on in the background - that too is a first for 2008! I like those words precision and focus around teaching and learning; recent message from two workshops.
Snow Days this week and Open House and Workshops and time is just flying...

Approaching December 21st, 2007...

I ventured out this eve to Chapters to purchase a few gift cards (and books!) and it was very busy. No parking and line-up to the back of the store. Students were really excited today and tomorrow will be very energetic. We have a Christmas Assembly in the morn - student talent and celebration of achievement - and then a Christmas Dance in the afternoon.
Holiday time by 2:45 p.m.
Hope all the folks are safe and healthy and warm and feeling blessed this holiday.

Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

I made a trip to the mall today. Madness. However, I think the spirit of Christmas has found me, and I am beginning to think about shopping, cards, gift cards and important people. A sure sign of Christmas is finding the couch to watch A Christmas Carol on TV.

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!"
- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

Long Day ...

Critical thinking day.
Refine, re-edit and polish day.
Tiring day.
Happy day as son John is Home for the Holidays. (magic in that phrase)
Daughter Beverly got through a week of English ISU challenges, concept maps and music practice.
I am most proud of the new understandings constructed today - for me.
Lots of learning...