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Past vs. Passed??
Ah, homophones...."What is a homophone?" you may ask. The stem "homo" means "same," and the stem "phone" means "sound," so homophones are different words that sound the same. And two particularly tricky ones are "past" and "passed." If you are confused, join the club....
The Man who moved a mountain
Over the summer the students in our Writing Boot Camp worked on their writing skills and read a novel based on a true story set in Southwest Virginia. The book is the life story of Revered Bob Childress, a preacher who went in to teach Christianity in what was then an...
A Main Take-Away
Recently a friend send me this blog post about leadership: "Thoughts about Leadership" My friend also invited us to respond with one major "take-away" from the article. (A "take away" is the main idea or lesson you take from reading or hearing something new.)...
We can help you too! (Before & After Writing Sample)
Here is a book report that a student of ours, a middle schooler at the National Experimental High School in Hsinchu, Taiwan wrote. He read the book in English and wrote this all by himself! This is the student's "before" copy, his original draft. The Boxcar...
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