Weekly Challenge in Three Parts:
Article – Busy Life Syndrome
Song – El Paso (country and western song)
TED Talk – What We’re Learning from Online Education
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Category: Listening
This category is for posts that will help a student’s listening skills.
Book Club – Harry Potter I – Chapter 17
This is Chapter 17, The Man with Two Faces
Book Club – Harry Potter I – Chapter 16
This is Chapter 16, Through the Trapdoor
Book Club – Harry Potter I – Chapter 15
This is Chapter 15, The Forbidden Forest
English Challenge 16
Weekly Challenge in Three Parts:
Article – You Don’t Control the Outcomes of Your Life. Principles Do.
Song – Summer Wine
TED Talk – Why You Think You’re Right Even When You’re Wrong
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Book Club – Harry Potter I – Chapter 14
This is Chapter 14, Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
English Challenge 15
Weekly Challenge in Three Parts:
Article – Stop “Thinking” So Much
Song – Waltzing Matilda (an Australian Song)
TED Talk – The Four Ways That Sound Affects Us
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Insights into Story Writing
Introduction A good story writer will “play with your mind”. He will make you look at an “O” in such a way that your mind might perceive it as an “O”, a “0”, or the Greek letter “θ” (theta). Why on earth would he do that? Why write in such
English Challenge 14
Weekly Challenge in Three Parts:
Article – Death by Scrabble (A short, short story)
Song – The Unicorn Song (by the Irish Rovers)
TED Talk – Would You Sacrifice One Person to Save Five?
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Book Club – Harry Potter I – Chapter 13
This is Chapter 13, Nicolas Flamel
Book Club – Harry Potter I – Chapter 12
This is Chapter 12, The Mirror of Erised
English Challenge 13
Weekly Challenge in Three Parts:
Article – Why Attitude Is More Important Than Intelligence
Song – Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina
TED Talk – Why Thinking You’re Ugly Is Bad for You
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