In my English classes we do this thing called “reading for gist,” which is where you’re not supposed to read every word for detail but instead read the entire article quickly to get a sense of the thing. (Incidentally, my students hate this.) This is going to be “gist writing,” because I have exactly 20 [...]
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the gist
Posted in descriptive, regular, winter, year 1, tagged big decision, Bologna, Campania, food, friends, Herculaneum, Mom, Napoli, New Year's, parties, pasta, snow, trips, visits on Monday 28 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Slovenija!
Posted in descriptive, photographic, winter, year 1, tagged Christmas, cold, food, Ljubljana, roommates, Slovenia, snow, students, TEFL, trips, work on Friday 28 December, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I have a lot to catch up on in these past few frenetic weeks, beginning with our weekend trip to Slovenia! Julia and I finished work on Thursday the 20th. The last week of teaching was nice–most of my classes had tests, and instead of normal lessons I had them do Christmas-themed word finds, [...]
