Pingo Lingo

Category: Pingo Lingo

  • 2009-10 Courses Underway: “Out of the frying pan and into the Lab”

    After two days the Grade 8, 9a and 9b classes have created a blog, changed their Profile password, started their Blogroll, and been introduced to a general pattern for a new post: start with a good idea 3-5 paragraphs 3-5 links, and an image. It looks like it’ll take a period or two just to…

  • I haven’t made my first spreadsheet on my BlackBerry yet

    What are the most amazing mobile apps out there? I bet nothing on any other mobile phone platform compares to the iPhone, though.

  • The nature of our humanness: a ’55 punch bug, a turtle, and rhizobia

    After reading The Bean Trees, making some notes, and writing the exam, choose a focus questions for your essay. Try one of these questions as written by your classmates: [polldaddy poll=1621292] Pingback your essay ASAP.

  • Poetry Contest for Grades 9 and 10

    A while back I received the following invitation: “A Panacea of Poetry East Central is having a poetry contest! It will be positively poetic and panoptic! The first phase we undertook in Grades 9 and 10 was to explore Ladders to the Dark. The first poem was published, April 21, 2009. And today 38 students…

  • Story Generator I Dig

    Tonight I was “surfing the net while sitting on the couch” again and I stumbled upon a terrific site for generating random ideas for writing short stories. “Tropes are storytelling devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members’ minds and expectations.” Here’s one And another ……

  • Crossword Puzzle: “Who Am I?”

    Create a “Who Am I?” crossword puzzle for your group/class. get every person’s name to fit somewhere get at least one descriptive adverb or adjective for each person in the group get at least one favorite activity listed for each person Example clues: Across: a friendly boy, when he’s not playing basketball Bob’s favorite sport…

  • Teen Book Recommendations Needed

    There is an increasing appetite among STJ bloggers for fresh books to read. At the STJ Library blog the list of books read and reviewed keeps increasing, however, I fear the lack of choice in our current library stacks may soon inhibit this momentum. So, I’d like to try something to abate/assuage my fears. In…

  • Second Semester Underway

    English 30: reading these, making these, writing these, discussing these Religious Studies 25: reading, writing, discussing these English 10: reading these, writing these, making these English 9: reading these, writing these, and making these

  • “Speak Out” Alberta Students

    Found this today. http://www.speakout.alberta.ca/ Alberta Ed “Speak Out” website invites students to be interactive with blogs/forums. Follow “Council” link and minister wants applications for Student as Advisors from 22 “zones”. Fine print: “As your rank grows from Newbie to Member to Advanced Member with your posts, our Speak Out Team will add it all up…

  • Precious Gifts: The Consequences of Reading in Grade 10

    A student asked me today, “When are we going to start that Poetry unit?” I have more than once looked at the cardboard box of Grade 10 poetry textbooks and asked the same question. The box sits neglected in an my otherwise abandoned classroom as I have spent the entire semester teaching in the library…