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Feb 20
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The best thing about the Presidents of the United States is that they have a day and I get it off. Yes, I lazed about in bed today too.
Did some preliminary work on Inbox, searching for articles, and created another IRC tutorial: Forgotten Passwords.
Feb 20
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Putting Pen to Paper Anew sings the praises of my cute little notebook :) I got a Moleskine Pocket Diary for Christmas, and I love it. It’s helped me keep track of the various projects, which really helps when I’m doing content reports and trying to catch up on entries that I haven’t written. Beyond all of that, I love the feel of my words on a page. There’s something about handwritten words that never compares to typed or printed words.
Feb 20
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Can’t Remember Who Whacked Whom? Just Check the Map on the Web Site – New York Times—Potential lesson plan idea here. Obviously not about The Sopranos. Would be useful though to create a map of a community or whatever in a reading that students had done and have them plot out the places on the map where significant things happen in the story. Many books are around with maps for the events, from Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Woods to the fly leaf maps in The Lord of the Rings. After looking at those examples, students could create their own maps as a book report alternative or perhaps a literature circle project students could complete and then share with the class.
