Every day I have students work on their editing skills by finding and correcting mistakes in a paragraph. Today one of the sentences was: In September 1846, a german astronomer Johann Galle became the first to observe the planet Neptune. One of my students wanted to make this change: In September 1846, a german astronomer …
Category Archive: Humor
May
01
Meaningful meetings?
A little levity, a little truth.
Feb
23
Spam anyone? I’m sharing.
I get a lot of comment spam on this blog. To date, Askimet, my spam filter, has captured 9,277 incidents of spam. This amazes me. I wonder who these spammers are and why they think what they’re doing is the least bit affective. I mean, I can’t imagine clicking over on a random list of …
Feb
04
Kinda Funny Vocabulary Test Answers
Almost every day, my students get a vocabulary word. Then, every ten days or so, they have a quiz. There are three parts to this quiz: Matching Fill in the blank, and Using in a sentence. I’m correcting just such a test right now and thought I’d share a few of the more interesting sentences …
Feb
01
From the mouths of middle schoolers
I like sugar in my coffee and was stirring a hot cup this morning when the question came. She’s a sweet girl, really. “Mr. Wondra, can we eat fresh fruit in here?” “Yes.” “Can I go get my apple?” “Sure.” A few minutes passed. “Mr. Wondra, do you have a knife?” “No.” “Of any kind?” …
Jan
04
Remember your first time?
I know my timing may be a little off here, but is it ever too early to start talking about this? . . .What?
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