ExC-ELL: Instructional Obsession

When was the last time you felt like exploding because of a new instructional practice?

For me, it has been about a month and the fire has only built up since then.

Would you? Conditional Tense Video

I'm mostly posting this for my future reference...

A safe and easy resource to help find G-rated versions of popular songs to help me teach my kids is Radio Disney. I was jamming to that sugary, poppy stuff the other day and came across R. City's "Locked Away." This could be an introduction or a close study of if statements and the conditional tense using the word would. I'll let you know if I come up with a firmer version of a plan using this song.

Passive Voice for ELLs - Webinar Share

"Don't use passive voice!" teachers of yore would repeat.

However, it seemed as if no teacher from my past could explain the writing no-no beyond giving an example. On top of that, when I realized how many times passive voice is used (muhaha! You can stop me!) in daily conversation and academic language, I understood that my teachers were really just trying to kill the fun.

...except not really because passive voice is a weak writing tool...

I signed up for a webinar through the impressive Off2Class, but was unable to make it in time to watch it live. The good people over there helped us out and posted the recorded webinar on their blog! Check it out!