TEAM TEACHING

Team teaching is a strategy that has been around for years, but creating teams, whether in response to district expectations or as a way of dealing with changes in teaching practice, needs careful thought in order to succeed. While teaming means the partners must reconfigure much of their teaching lives, it can be done successfully.
Alan Engle, ITC Executive Director, has many years of successful team teaching experience. Through this experience he has compiled a checklist to review when considering establishing teaching teams or looking for a teaching partner.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

I was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706. With no formal education beyond the age of 10 years, I was celebrated throughout Europe, welcomed in any Royal Court, sought out by every prestigious society. When the reputations of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson had yet to be sorted out, I was worshipped wherever my name was known.
I attended grammar school at age eight, but was put to work at ten. I apprenticed as a printer to my brother James, who printed the New England Courant, at age twelve, and published his first article there, anonymously, in 1721. As a youngster, I was an avid reader, inquisitive and skeptical. Through my satirical articles, I poked fun at the people of Boston and soon wore out my welcome, both with my brother and with the city. I ran away to New York and then on to Philadelphia at the age of 16, looking for work as a printer. I managed a commission to Europe for the purpose of buying supplies to establish a new printing house in Philadelphia, but found myself abandoned when I stepped off ship. Through hard work and frugality I bought my fare back to Philadelphia in 1732 and set up shop as a printer. I was appointed clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1736, and as Postmaster the following year. In 1741 I began publishing Poor Richard's Almanac, a very popular and influential magazine. I was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1751 and served as an agent for Pennsylvania (and ultimately for three other colonies) to England, France, and several other European powers. I was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775, where I played a crucial role in the rebellion against Gr. Britain, including service to Jefferson in editing the Declaration of Independence. Being independently wealthy and retired from publishing by this time, I continued to serve an important role in government both local and national. I was the United States first Postmaster General, Minister to the French Court, Treaty agent and signer to the peace with Gr. Britain, and Celebrated Member of the Constitutional convention. Known as a businessman, writer, publisher, scientist, diplomat, legislator, and social activist, I was one of the earliest and strongest advocates for the abolition of Slavery, and for the protection of the rights of American aboriginal peoples. I died on the 17th of April in 1790. On that day I was still one of the most celebrated characters in America. So should I always be.

ALICIA KEYS

Parts of speech

Noun: A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, feelings, places and ideas. Nouns can be a subject or an object of a verb, can be modified by an adjective and can take a determiner.

Example: Take a look in the mirror and cry

Pronouns: A pronoun is a word that that substitutes one or more than one noun, usually to avoid repetition. It may stand for a person, place, thing, or idea. The noun, called the antecedent, gives the pronoun its meaning.

Example: Can anybody find me somebody to love?

Adjectives: An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying it. It usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies by adding information that answers any of four questions about the noun or pronoun. What kind? Which one? How many? and how much?

Example: My hard earned pay all on my own.

Adverbs: Adverbs can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb can indicate manner, place, time, frequency, certainty, degree, focus,question, and conjunction of two sentences.

Example: I just keep losing my beat.

Verbs: A verb represents the subject's action or state of being and expresses time while showing an action, a condition, or the fact that something exists. The verb is the critical element of the predicate of a sentence.

Example: I have spent all my years in believing you.

Prepositions: The word preposition (place before) obviously indicates a word preceding another word (or words), usually a noun, noun phrase, gerund, gerund phrase or pronoun. It describes the relationship between other words in a sentence. Alone, prepositions are rather meaningless, and they are nearly always combined with other words.

Example: I work hard every day of my life

Conjunctions: A conjunction is a word that links words, phrases, or clauses. Conjunctions are classified in four groups: Coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and conjunctive adverbs.

Example: I work till (until) I ache my bones.

Interjections: An interjection, sometimes called a filled pause, is a part of speech that usually has no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence and simply expresses emotion on the part of the speaker, although most interjections have clear definitions.

Example: Find me somebody to love! Woah woah!

ME

Hi my good friends!
I'm going to introduce myself:

Talking about my experience learning and studying English, it is important to say that I've been studying and practicing it for about 3 years. I started studying at CELEX in ESIME Culhuacán and I finished the advanced levels there. I've also had some experience tutoring my cousins who attend junior high school.

What I consider my weak sides are my naivety and my laziness jeje. Oh! and I sometimes can be a little grumpy

Some of my strong sides are my friendly attitude and my cheerfulness towards life. Also, whenever I do something I like to do it putting all my heart into it.

What I like to do is going shopping, skating, spending time with my boyfriend and dancing. I also enjoy decorating places like my bedroom.

About my skills... well I guess that I'm good at understanding listenings but I'm not very good at reading or writing.

I have many friends and I like spending time with them as well going places with them. For example: going to the cinema or to the mall.

Well I guess that's pretty much it. I'll see you at school everybody! Bye!

Hi guys!
Here are some websites that I think are really interesting, not only because they contain great info on the Cambridge certifications, but also because you can practice all the skills. Well, take care everyone!
Here they are:

http://www.englishspeaker.com/index%20-%20FCE.html

http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evr_english_grammar.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/first+certificate+in+english.html