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CREATE AND EXPAND ON A SIMPLE STORY

By |2025-07-10T10:40:26-06:00July 10th, 2025|

An expanded version of this lesson is available here. This is an activity that can be done as a follow-up to a short story between week 2 and 3 of a Spanish 1 class. The Bell Ringer/Do Now assignment, called the Repasito, is displayed below.  In the example, the Repasito [...]

CLASSROOM JOBS & MOBY DICK

By |2025-07-04T16:02:34-06:00July 4th, 2025|

Classroom jobs let you do your job. In Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick there is a short chapter entitled The Dart that correlates with teachers' need to assign classroom jobs. The chapter talks about the role of the harpooner on a whale hunt. The role of the teacher in the classroom [...]

DARMOK: The Power of Metaphor & Cultural Stories

By |2025-06-11T13:28:17-06:00June 9th, 2025|

I've been teaching Latin almost exclusively with Roman myths for the last three years - with very positive results. I shared this Darmok activity some time ago. Since teaching with mythology is working so well, talking about Darmok bears repeating. Download the updated Darmok classroom activity here. If you love [...]

KIND PASSWORDS (or Well, Excuse Me!)

By |2025-05-13T16:10:37-06:00May 13th, 2025|

Think about adding these expressions for "Excuse me" and this class activity to your repertoire. Stick it in your beginning of the school year folder so you'll be ready in the fall. Here is this article in a a one-page pdf printable format. I find that these courteous expressions [...]

Picasso on Artificial Intelligence

By |2025-05-07T20:29:05-06:00May 7th, 2025|

Here's a prescient quote about computers from Pablo Picasso: “Los ordenadores son inútiles. Solo pueden darnos respuestas.”     "Computers are useless. They can only give us answers." —Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Picasso died while the computer age was in its infancy. He did not experience laptop computers, the internet, or artificial intelligence, [...]

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