Archive for the ‘With Language’ Category

21 Accents (2011-6-5)


Sometimes I find great videos on YouTube; sometimes my students tell me about great videos on YouTube. Either way I have found that my students like the way I use videos to make writing prompts and discussion boards a little more interesting. In my classes, I like to use short videos paired with readings and [...]

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Bill Cosby, Understanding Southern (2011-6-5)


Sometimes I find great videos on YouTube; sometimes my students tell me about great videos on YouTube. Either way I have found that my students like the way I use videos to make writing prompts and discussion boards a little more interesting. In my classes, I like to use short videos paired with readings and [...]

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A Letter to Learn By (2011-3-4)


I stumbled upon the following letter on a recent trip to the National Archives in Washington, DC. In it, a young Fidel Castro writes to President Roosevelt asking for a ten dollar bill.  I have since spun it into a variety of interactive lessons for my students. I also intend to use it for faculty [...]

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