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Since I teach 9th grade English, my students often know and hear a lot about my animals. (And they even know that Winkie is my favorite dog at the shelter... I talk to them often about my love for animals! ha.) With "The Odyssey," there is a section when Odysseus has finally returned home from Ithaca after being away for 20 years (10 at the Trojan … read more

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Please read!!! > > > > If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a 'dangerous > > > > breed' category and you also have a small child please take > > > > this as a warning. Don't leave your dog with the child > > > > unattended under any circumstances. > > > > Only a little moment was enough for the following to happen. > > > > See t… read more

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It seems as though most of my anecdotes in my classroom are about my animals... For example, when I teach positive/comparative/superlative adjectives, I tell my students they can only use the double superlative when they are talking about how cute, sweet, or cuddly my dogs are. Daisy is the most cutest, Lily is the most sweetest, and both are the m… read more

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Does any one else personify their animals? For example, my dogs can sing, dance, talk, etc. ;) I use these examples of personification in my English classroom... lol, I think my students think I am crazy, but at least they learn a lesson about "giving human qualities to something non-human" (though I could argue that point! ha). Daisy can "raise th… read more

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Well, I know it has been awhile since I have been to the shelter because I am out of "material." I was so bummed the last time I went because my camera didn't work. And too bad that the Sunday shifts have been canceled... and I won't be able to make it next Sunday. I miss my pup friends! :( read more