Sunday, October 17, 2010

It Is Said "Sharing Is Caring"

This week was not so cool as last week for me. In school I was overloaded with after school meetings, and had loads and loads of off-duty chores to do, needless to say I had to take care of my kids constantly, and attend a wedding which I didn't want to attend, and all the time sitting in the wedding reception I kept scolding and asking myself why didn't I think of getting my laptop to finish my tasks!!!(The ceremony was that boring for me)

Enough talking about my exhausting week, and enough spreading the negative vibe. One of the interesting tasks to have this week was searching the new links/sites provided by Robert . I've sought too many of the given sites, however I liked to share with my mates some of the links/sites I used in my classes in the past couple of years that somehow gave a positive effect on the general assignments I had asked the students for.  The most recent was ywp.nanowrimo.org. This site gives the chance to ANYONE  who is interested in writing a book/novel to participate. What I do to students is that I urge them to sign up for the 1 month program and decide how long they want their books to be (in word count),assign the target and just start writing in a month without looking back in order to get to their goal. This site dedicated to young writers was a hit among the students. It's worth a visit.
Funny it might be but I ask my students (especially the boys) to sign up for fantasypremierleague.com, and create their own teams for each game week and post their own thoughts and expectations for each match day with their other play mates and thus creating and encouraging an English post-ing environment which is 'healthy' and 'fit'.
Other worth-mentioning sites are Penguinreaders.com where teachers and students can find their own areas to find all they need to know about any story they're reading whether it is listed as solely Penguin Readers publication or not. Teachers can find quizes about Oliver Twist, worksheets on Phantom of the Opera, and extra analytical questions about Anna Karenina. Same goes with the students in finding any info related to their reading material.
My fellow mates can also give a look at Suite101.com to find lesson plans, teacher resources,classroom ideas/activities and so on.

I've gladly gathered information and sites, I obediently organized my resources, and visibly verified them. The rest is up to you. It is said that "sharing is caring". What do you think?
Catch you in no time.

Eugenie

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