Archive for January, 2003



#35 Valentines Activities (with no materials)

Published on January 31, 2003

Here are three Valentine-related activities that don’t require much from the teacher. They require your students to do work and have fun, and that’s what we want, isn’t it?


Getting the ‘final answer’ is a real team effort

Published on January 22, 2003

My father, Mac McCaughey, was appearing on the daytime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, now called simply Millionaire. As one of his three “lifelines,” he was allowed to make a call to a friend for help.


#34 Hot Stuff & What Was the ARA?

Published on January 14, 2003

“Hot!” Such a common word! Common words often have several meanings. Take the test below. There are 5 sentences. In each, you can replace “hot”
with another word. Try it. (Answers below)