English Language & Literacy Education
She sells sea shells on the sea shore
This is a very famous tongue-twister about Mary Anning, the famous fossil hunter of Lyme Regis. Thanks to Google’s Gemini for this weird cartoon version: Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
Mythology is everywhere again
Thanks to Nolan’s movie adaptation of Homer’s The Oddessy, mythology is all over the media. I know there are many Mushroomer students who are deeply interested in mythology so I would like to share a website created by an academic I know for the benefit of his students: https://tellmeohmuse.com/
Shakespeare’s London House
Well, well, well. Here I am preparing for your school’s Shakespeare Day tomorrow and what do I find, only that researchers have just identified exactly where the Bard’s London house used to be situated. Here is the BBC news report: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedeenvdwgxo
Tintin Teaches English Idioms on WeChat
I found a great account on WeChat that shares short Tintin comic strips teaching the meaning of common idioms in English. Hope this link works: Tintin teaches idioms on WeChat 😀
Testing the Shroom Coder Uploader
If this update is successful, you should see a Scratch project below and will be able to enjoy a game of Fat Pigeon (use the arrow keys to eat caterpillars and mushrooms and watch yourself grow or shrink). This is an example using Scratch but you can upload other coding projects too. How to do … Read more
Cyberdile the Dalegator
Ok, here it comes – the long awaited back story of Cyberdile the Dalegator (or Dalegator the Cyberdile). First, a full size image of this mixed up thing of beauty: The story starts with a curious Green Gatordile who was born and raised in the fetid swamps of the emerald planet Verdanta. Not all … Read more
🎄 🎁 Getting Christmassy 🎄 🎁
We’ve been a bit late getting the Christmas season started at home this year, but here’s last year’s seasonal painting: I’ll be painting a cheeky new picture this year and will share once it’s completed.
Analysis Practice
This is for my current G7 ELL class but welcome anybody else to join in too. We are studying World War I poetry and the link below will take you to a poem by Siegfried Sassoon that is a little too long to study in class. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57220/counter-attack
Another Gator Artwork
This art was inspired by an old pizza delivery box that I used to protect the floor during a previous painting project. Since the bulk of the pigment that had bled onto the box was GREEN, I thought it might make a nice background for a GREEN GATORS artwork. Twenty minutes later, the crudely sketched … Read more