http://madameenglish.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:11:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My Pep Peeves   I really do not like when you…   Ø      Never keep there word Ø      Complain to much Ø      Ask for money and do not want to give it Ø      Stuck up people (people who think they are better then everybody else) Ø      People who do not care about how they look Ø      People who call ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/04/18/my-pep-peeves/ If I were to create a questionaire for my students concerning the use of Ebooks in the class, and whether they would prefer this method over the usual hardback book, majority would probably agree that its use would be a strong acceptance.  My students would see the use of an Ebook ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/11/ebooks-in-my-class/ I try not to, but I can not help but feel the frustration and chaos around me at this moment. It's only two days into the new week and already I have allowed the advancement of technology to take its monstrous hands and grab hold of my nerves.  Whew!  I ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/05/can-you-scream-frustration/ Are standards important when seeking to measure a goal?  Are they neccessary to achieve the goals that one seeks to achieve?  Well, when teaching, one must be able to follow a guideline that may assist with teacher gain and student achievement.  After browsing through the Alabama Technology Standards for teachers ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/importance-of-standards/ Ummmmm?  Please wait as I think...now as I browse.... After extensive and tedious research, though helpful, I was able to distinguish between the various desktops, notebooks and even the latest software available.  The process of browsing many pages and reading "blah, blah" of so many sites who are fortunate to have ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/purchasing-computer-ware/ Why do we write? Is it to satisfy our emotions, or to heal our pain? Is it to express our hidden innards? Can we really mend our broken-hearts with what we desire? Or do we hold it in and let it burn us like fire? From where do we get ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/why-write/   The standards and objectives for the Alabama High School Graduation Exam, Standford Compendium Supplement, PACE, Alabama Course of Study and English Language Arts standards, are not the sole objectives to determining my long range goals and objectives for my English 9 and 11 students.  I rely on these sources, ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/my-classroom-observation/   Wanting to be born on October 1,1990, but I unfortunately I was born on July 6,1993. Hoping to be greeted and born to Mrs. Bill Gates, instead I got smacked on the butt and sent to this clear box were these giant smiling people (Wonder and Freddie Spivey) were ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/f-spiveys-wish/ Psycho-analysis~All About Me              My being is more than the flesh the shrouds my body. I am a spiritual being who is clashing with that flesh for a higher calling than temporary fulfillment, short-term accomplishments and mortal acceptance.             There is more to my April 4, 1990 conception than me, Frank E. ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/franks-psycho-analysis/   Many People cry at great milestones, and I did so at the greatest of them all, my birth. I know that all babies cry, but I cried for a completely different reason. I cried because I knew that this was the beginning of never-ending endeavor of greatness. I cried ... http://madameenglish.edublogs.org/2008/02/03/tims-essence/