Chase March – Blog
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Best and Worst of 2008
Here is my annual Best and Worst of list. Best Athlete – Usain Bolt He was amazing to watch during the Summer Olympics. I love running, and watching these games was very exciting. Bolt was unbelievable. Best Album – Water Street I have been a fan of Sweatshop Union for quite some time. This is
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Merry Christmas to All
Merry Christmas everyone! I wish all of you a safe and happy holiday season. I will be taking a bit of a break from my blogging routine to enjoy the holidays. I will post my annual Best and Worst of the Year list next week. You can also look forward to some sporadic posts this
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Break the Rule or Not?
I use and but and so to start sentences often in my writing. It just feels right. The tone is more conversational and seems to have a better flow. But does it make for good writing? I’ve asked this question before. But I feel like I need to ask it again. I’ve been revising my
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Ripped off – But Safe
The kids in my class were looking forward to the last day of school and our Christmas party. They’d been asking about it all week. I prepared some games for us to play together this morning. Several students told me that they were bringing in treats to share. The kids were a bit crazy and
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Student – Teacher Disconnect
I went to a two-day workshop two weeks ago that was quite enlightening. One of the presenters told us how prepared he was for every class he ever taught. He had all the curriculum expectations that he was covering written down on his lesson plans. He knew what he was teaching and what his student
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My Fight with the Photocopier
– I was trying to copy a large double-sided worksheet for my students– I set the machine to the 2 sided to 2 sided copy– The paper selector automatically sets it to 11×17 ledger-sized– I’m all set– I hit start– Three copies come through just fine– But then it jams. – I open up the