Salvador Dali was a Spanish surrealist from the 20th century. The Persistence of Memory is probably his most famous painting. An interesting anecdote about him was that he used to pay for his meals in restaurants by cheque. He would draw a picture on the back of the cheque and …
Write a response to Grumpy Cat’s treatment of your writing. A time I was criticized or treated unfairly. Things I have eaten that disagreed with me.
Absolutely! Trade Pages…Read….Talk It is important that students read each other’s writing. For one thing, it can inspire greater effort in order to at least be “in the middle.” But, most importantly, we all try harder when we know that we will have an audience – a reason to write …
200 years ago, the daughter of Lord and Lady Byron, Ada Lovelace, wrote the first computer program – before there was electricity or a computer to make it work. Working with Thomas Babbage on what they called the Analytical Engine, she wrote a step-by-step for how Bernoulli numbers could be …
Times when I have taken a chance – that turned out well, or didn’t. A cute story of what happened before this and why this penguin is doing what he/she is doing and what will happen next. What are all the noises in my life? – for good and for …
It’s demoralizing to lower students. Game designers are always interested in what keeps players in the game on the screen – because it’s eyes on the screen that matters. They have found that in a game with a “leaderboard”, it is only an incentive to continue to play if you …
