Peanuts (Charlie Brown)

Welcome Back Students!

Well...it's time to come back to school after having some rest at home or after traveling to a different place far from our same old spot. I am happy to see everybody again ready to start over. I hope you are also happy to see me again, too! I am sure we will have a great semester, full of new jokes, stories, discussions, ideias and ...English! So...see you around! And don't forget to give me a UPAAAA when you see me, ok?

:)

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Protection?

O cone do aprendizado!

Você se esquece daquilo que escuta, se lembra daquilo que vê e entende aquilo que faz. Hoje ao navegar pelo blog FatorW encontrei a explicação científica para esse famoso ditado. A teoria que deu origem ao ditado foi criada pelo educador Edgar Dale na década de 1960 e se chama “Cone of Experience”, em bom Português, Cone do Aprendizado.

Em seu trabalho, Dale apresenta o conceito de que quanto mais próximos da prática maior será a capacidade de absorção do conhecimento. Veja abaixo a representação gráfica:

Algumas pessoas questionam a exatidão dos percentuais apresentados na imagem acima. Mas uma coisa é certa, nada melhor do que a prática (doing the real thing) para aprender efetivamente!

See you people!

Source: http://www.englishexperts.com.br/2008/01/11/o-cone-do-aprendizado/

Easter around the English-Speaking world!

Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Some Christians celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday. The chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between AD 26 and 36, traditionally 33. Traditionally the Easter Season lasted for the forty days from Easter Day until Ascension Day. The first week of the Easter Season is known as Easter Week or the Octave of Easter. The week from Palm Sunday to Easter is known as Holy Week. Easter also marks the end of Lent, a season of fasting, prayer, and penance. Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. It occurs during the spring, in and around the month of April. Secular customs, such as the Easter Bunny and Easter egg hunts, have become part of the holiday's modern celebrations and are often observed by Christians and non-Christians alike. There are also some Christian denominations who do not celebrate Easter. (See section below.) Throughout the English-speaking world, many Easter traditions are similar with only minor differences. For example, Saturday is traditionally spent decorating Easter eggs and hunting for them with children on Sunday morning, by which time they have been mysteriously hidden all over the house and garden. Other traditions involve parents telling their children that eggs and other treats such as chocolate eggs or rabbits, and marshmallow chicks (Peeps), have been delivered by the Easter Bunny in an Easter basket, which children find waiting for them when they wake up. Many families observe the religious aspects of Easter by attending Sunday Mass or services in the morning and then participating in a feast or party in the afternoon. Some families have a traditional Sunday roast, often of either roast lamb or ham. Easter breads such as Simnel cake, a fruit cake with eleven marzipan balls representing the eleven faithful apostles, or nut breads such as potica are traditionally served. Hot cross buns, spiced buns with a cross on top, are traditionally associated with Good Friday, but today are often eaten well before and after. In Scotland, the north of England, and Northern Ireland, the traditions of rolling decorated eggs down steep hills and pace egging are still adhered to. In Louisiana, USA, egg tapping is known as egg knocking. Marksville, Louisiana claims to host the oldest egg-knocking competition in the US, dating back to the 1950s. Competitors pair up on the steps of the courthouse on Easter Sunday and knock the tips of two eggs together. If the shell of your egg cracks you have to forfeit it, a process that continues until just one egg remains.