Monthly Archives: June 2022

• ESL Students Can Increase Positive Emotions in Readers/Teachers with This Writing Technique

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(This posting includes a handout which you are welcome to use with your students.)

After reading Curry’s essays, I often came away feeling especially good. This kind of surprised me because she wasn’t among the top writers in my class. Her grammar tended to breakdown at times, and her sentence style could be a bit simple. And yet, there was something special about her papers.

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• 9th Free Reading Unit.  Surprising Research About How Friendships Are Made.

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(This posting includes handouts which you are welcome to use with your students.)

See  Reading Units: Reading for Insights (Introduction)  for an introduction to these reading units.

Article & Study Guide for Proximity: The Most Important Factor in Making a Friendship is How Close You Are Physically (and excerpts)

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