Link for later - http://www.livingblind.com/home.html

Living with blindness -

Listen to This Story Involving Blindess

Listen to this amazing radio story about blindness. The part I want you to listen to starts in the middle. So, click the triangle to play, then use the scroll bar and move ahead to 22:36.

Post your comments below. If you want to read the story as you listen to it, click here for a transcript.

Homework for "A Man Who Had No Eyes"

Watch the videos and post a comment about it. Your comments will not be visible until I approve them. But, I will be able to tell if you posted.

Experiments with Gum - At Home Only

This homework assignment requires gum. So before you begin, go get piece and put it in your mouth. Then, watch this video, read the text below the video, and answer these questions by commenting below.

1. Which chewing gum flavors do you like best? 
2. Which kinds of gum have flavors that last the longest? 
3. If you could invent a new flavor of chewing gum, what would it be?

Extra Credit:  Use a stopwatch or a timer to measure how long the flavor of each type of gum lasts and write about it in your comment.

Homework - Abbott and Costello

Watch this video of commedians Abbott and Costello. Then write a comment about a time you tricked someone - or they tricked you. Your comment should be at least a paragraph long. Spelling, grammar and Standard English count.

Homework - Thursday, March 8, 2012

Watch this video of commedians Abbott and Costello Then write a comment about a time you tricked someone - or they tricked you.

Creating Idiom Flashcards

You will work in partners today to create a class set of flashcards that we will use to learn idioms.

1. Log into one partner's mymail account
2. click this link to access today's document
3. Close this page.