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Teach English with Lucha Libre
Posted on: November 13, 2013
- In: Culture | Diversity | English/ Language Arts | ESL/EFL | Foreign Language | Literacy | Reading | Speaking | Writing
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HERE is Larry Ferlazzo’s recent New York Times article where he explains how to incorporate the Mexican wrestling phenomenon of Lucha Libre in a speaking, writing, and reading activity for English Language Learners. A video, slide show, and quiz is included.
Posted on: October 10, 2013
Common Core in Action: Writing for an Audience
“What is new and different in the Common Core? When it comes to the writing standards, a heavy emphasis on audience for one thing, and this is very good news. The “audience” for student writing was once the lone teacher sitting after school with her cup of coffee, a red pen, and a stack of essays or other writing projects. And sadly, she might have been the only one, besides the student writers, that ever read them!”
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A New Way of Approaching Essay Writing: Creating Interactive Texts with Twine
Posted on: September 24, 2013
Mazzocchi ESL 