Shaved and Aching (Not What It Sounds Like)

Here’s the new stuff in my life… 1. After a few botches at the local hair shop I sometimes go to, I told the hair shop girl to just go ahead and shave off my hair, including my precious sideburns. (No worries, they’ll grow back.) So I’m now at 12mm of scalp hair. I like it. The kids in my classes told me I look like a crazy man, but the adults’ reviews have been a little more mixed, from “Oh, I liked it better the other way,” to “You look like very healthy man now!” So… anyway, it’s cooler …

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Description Exercise

This document is an exercise for description. The first part is for dealing with physical description. The teacher has students ask him questions about some specific person (I usually say his best friend). As he answers the questions, he draws a picture of the person on the board, element by element, only drawing what is known from his answers. Students must ask more questions, about specific elements, until the picture is complete. The second half of the document includes some material for questioning one’s partner about the best friend’s character. (No picture is necessary here, but students should be asked …

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