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by C. F. Navarro
Nov 5, 2002
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Free no-frills supplementary materials on line. Designed
to keep students constructively challenged for 20 +
minutes. Click on titles for samples. I am currently
formatting new materials on math, English Grammar, and
Spanish.
[link removed]
by Gail Kervatt
Nov 30, 2002
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Selective mutism is a complex psychological disorder caused
by anxiety. Average onset is 3.7 years of age. Generally,
selective mutism is called shyness for several years until
a child enters school and does not function verbally in
school and most social situations outside of school.
Parents and teacher...See More/blockquote>
Selective mutism is a complex psychological disorder caused
by anxiety. Average onset is 3.7 years of age. Generally,
selective mutism is called shyness for several years until
a child enters school and does not function verbally in
school and most social situations outside of school.
Parents and teachers become very concerned and seek further
assistance and diagnosis. These children have the ability
to speak and understand language, develop age appropriate
skills, and function normally at home with most family
members and are, therefore, often misdiagnosed. If this
nonverbal behavior outside of the home lasts for a period
of time, it becomes a learned pattern and is quite
difficult to overcome, because the longer a child is
silent, the more entrenched the behavior becomes.
Most school personnel do not have the expertise or
experience to deal with a child having this disorder which
is caused by anxiety and avoidance. The numbers of children
identified who are suffering with the disorder have risen
sharply in the past few years.
School interventions have proven to be difficult partially
due to teacher and administrator lack of knowledge and
materials, fear, and inexperience. Selectively mute
children quickly learn to use avoidance techniques, as do
their teachers, and to use the school environment to
accommodate this debilitating condition. Thus,
nonsupportive schools who avoid an intervention begin to do
unjust harm to these children.
It is evident that teachers who discover a selectively mute
child in their classroom do want to help. However, it
appears, they have a very difficult time finding research
based strategies and a format that can be used in a
sequential order within the school setting. They do exist.
I hope that I have given you some needed information so
that these children do not continue to suffer in silence.
__________________
Gail Kervatt
[link removed]
by by Donna Garner
Dec 2, 2002
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"The Lost Art of Research-Paper Writing"
by Donna Garner
November 22, 2002
Students no longer need the excuse "The dog ate my
research paper" because in a large majority of our
nation's schools, there are no research papers for the dog
to eat! Many high-school teachers around the count...See More/blockquote>
"The Lost Art of Research-Paper Writing"
by Donna Garner
November 22, 2002
Students no longer need the excuse "The dog ate my
research paper" because in a large majority of our
nation's schools, there are no research papers for the dog
to eat! Many high-school teachers around the country have
quit teaching research-paper writing because they simply
do not know how to keep their students from plagiarizing
off the Internet. Rather than facing the problems which
arise when students cheat, many teachers are backing away
from teaching a full-fledged research paper at all.
Meanwhile, businesses are clamoring for employees who can
do quality research and who can then write up their
research in such a way that there is no chance of
litigation being filed against their companies.
Colleges and university professors are complaining because
their students no longer know how to do independent
research. When papers are assigned, many college students
are taking the easy way out by plagiarizing because they
really do not know a systematic way to go through the
research process.
After teaching in the public schools for over 27 years, I
have spent several years in a private, Christian school
where we have required our students to research both
contemporary and literary topics using the fifth edition
of Joseph Gibaldi's MLA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH
PAPERS (ISBN 0-87352-975-8, c. 1999). We have developed
two research-paper packets -- one for English I - II and
another for English III - IV. The process which we have
devised is very explicit and sequential. Students are
monitored at each step in the research process and during
the writing of their papers. We believe we have found a
way to make sure students do their own independent
research.
We want to offer our research packets (plus an important
document entitled "Steps to Research Paper") free-for-the-
taking to anyone who wants to use them. For that reason,
the packets have been mounted on our school's website
([link removed].
Donna Garner
by Thistlebritches
Dec 5, 2002
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Just a note to let you know I have more than fifty classic
short stories at my site. These are public domain stories
for you to use as you like and include many classics for
teenagers ("The Scarlet Ibis" and several by Poe.) I also
have lots of writing prompts. Hope the site is useful to
you.
by Alan Waldron
Dec 8, 2002
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Nothing but Free, Simple Academic Information.
by bluejoan/ne
Dec 30, 2002
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Please read all of these to the end...it will be its own reward.
@ +70 degrees Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal
underwear.
People in Nebraska go swimming in the rivers.
@ +60 degree North Carolinians try to turn on the heat.
People in Nebraska plant gardens.
@ +50 degrees Californians s...See More/blockquote>
Please read all of these to the end...it will be its own reward.
@ +70 degrees Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal
underwear.
People in Nebraska go swimming in the rivers.
@ +60 degree North Carolinians try to turn on the heat.
People in Nebraska plant gardens.
@ +50 degrees Californians shiver uncontrollably.
People in Nebraska sunbathe.
@ +40 degrees Italian & English cars won't start.
People in Nebraska drive with the windows down.
@ +32 degrees Distilled water freezes.
Platte River water gets thicker.
@ +20 degrees Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves,
and woolly hats.
People in Nebraska throw on a flannel shirt.
@ +15 degrees Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat.
People in Nebraska have the last cookout before it gets cold.
@ +10 degrees People in Miami all die...
Nebraskans lick the flagpole.
@ -20 degrees Californians fly away to Mexico.
People in Nebraska get out their winter coats.
Many *might* start wearing jeans instead of shorts..
@ -40 degrees Hollywood disintegrates.
The Girl Scouts in Nebraska are selling cookies door to door.
@ -60 degrees Polar bears begin to evacuate the Artic.
Nebraska Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough
@ -80 degrees
Mt. St. Helens freezes.
People in Nebraska rent some videos.
@ -100 degrees Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
Nebraskans get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg.
@ -297 degrees Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products.
Cows in Nebraska complain about farmers with cold hands.
@ -460 degrees ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero in the Kelvin scale).
People in Nebraska start saying, "Cold 'nuff for ya?"
@ -500 degrees Hell freezes over.
Nebraska Football Coach Frank Solich leads the Cornhuskers to another National Title.
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i would be interested in information on how to developes
units involving wars or multicultural units. perhaps learn
traditions, games, meals etc, maybe put together as a
fair.. any ideas welcomed thank you
by Ayelet Hines
Feb 11, 2003
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The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth is a new public
health project at Georgetown University funded by The Pew
Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
We're focusing attention and action on alcohol industry
marketing practices that jeopardize the health and safety of
youth, and hope to ...See More/blockquote>
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth is a new public
health project at Georgetown University funded by The Pew
Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
We're focusing attention and action on alcohol industry
marketing practices that jeopardize the health and safety of
youth, and hope to be active in Nebraska. The information we
produce is often troubling to teachers and parents, since
the alcohol industry places ads where adults are less likely
to see them.
Some of our findings to date are:
* Youth ages 12-20 saw 45% more beer magazine ads and 27%
more hard liquor magazine ads in 2001 than people over 21.
That same age group saw 95 percent more beer magazine ads
than people over age 35. Yet youth saw 58% fewer magazine
ads for wine.
* Youth saw 60% more magazine ads for "malternatives," or
sweet low-alcohol refreshers like Smirnoff Ice and Mike's
Hard Lemonade, than adults.
* Youth saw more television commercials for beer and ale
than for fruit juice, gum, chips, sneakers or jeans in 2001.
* One quarter of alcohol advertising on television in 2001
was more likely to be seen by youth than adults.
Please contact me if you'd like brochures, newsletter
articles, reports, sample letters, a Power Point
presentation or other resources. For more information about
the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, including tools
parents can use to gauge their children's exposure to
alcohol ads, please visit [link removed].
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