I get it. Writing Curriculum all seems to have been done before, but has it? I have looked through curriculum after curriculum claiming to prepare students for college writing. However, the curriculum is filled with text after text of comprehension questions that, in all honesty, are a waste of time. Comprehension questions, once students are …
Everyone uses rhetoric. Rhetoric is the way that we talk to convince people of what we want them to believe. Rhetoric is not only a formal persuasive speech. Each day we live, every moment we communicate we are attempting to convince others to believe us. We try to convince them to believe that we are …
You’ll notice quickly that I do not create lessons or activities that do not require some sort of inquiry or critical thinking process. Throughout my years of teaching students have always said things like, “Ms. Moody, why don’t you just give me the answer?” It makes me laugh because I realize that no I don’t …
when you think you can’t. My skill is teaching people who think they can’t write how to write. Give me a classroom full of gang members and kids just out of juvenile hall to give me the challenge of getting them to write. The thing about most English teachers with “regular” kids is that they …
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Whether you are the one who wants to increase the depth of your intellectual conversations or you want to teach your students or children, there are things you need to know: Learn to have an intellectual conversation. You can use a resource like the conversation place mat or use some of the free resources I …
I struggle with wanting to help everyone with any need they have. I know that at the core of my being is a person who just wants to help drive others to success. Not in the pushy way, but in the way that is like, “What can I do to help you succeed?” way. As …
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Another morning, another idea… or five. But what about that money making idea that you had last week that you know would be big and you are 75% done? That’s just not as exciting anymore… THIS ONE will be it!! THIS ONE will make me big!! Each time that I’m writing or creating, I have …
There is a huge trend in self-improvement education with webinars that offer detailed and expert information for free, but then offer paid consulting or paid further education opportunities. Creating a webinar is an amazing way to build your trio of expert knowledge (Trio post is in progress). This is an opportunity for all experts in …
“Anything that You Can Place into Your Imagination Can Harden into a Reality.” by Dr. Wayne Dyer Successful people have a mission statement. They “know in [their] heart what [they] are here for, what [they] came to do.” Listen more on the Quote of the Day Show. I have finally defined what it is I’m on …
As I have mentioned many times, I have gone through this process over the past year of realizing that I am capable of doing and achieving so much more than I am right now. I feel like I am Indiana Jones right before he takes the first step across the Leap of Faith. I don’t …