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We Throw Up

The right mindset, the correct spirit, of the video work we are doing, that has been spearheaded in the past week by Angela and Drew, is letting go of the need to be perfect. We

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John Piazza PQA Strategy

Hi Ben, I wanted to share something that I used successfully in my class today, and which I hope can be of use to other teachers. John Student Surveys as a TPRS strategy for “circling”

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The Little Words

I got these excellent observations from Naomi: Dear Ben, On the ACTFL listserv someone listed this today as an interesting article on the “little words” – pronouns, articles, etc. – which, it ends up, are

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