Blog #8 - due Wednesday, April 27

Dear students,

Thank you for your excellent comments on the last blog. This last one will also be about Curious Incident, and will also give you some practice with past modals. Here is the question:

It is clear to all of us that Christopher's parents made many mistakes, both with him and with each other. They probably have many regrets. In your opinion, what could or should they have done differently? What do you think they wish they had or had not done?

As usual, please respond to these questions and to each other's answers as well.

Thanks,
Diana

Blog #7 - Due on Monday, April 18

Dear students,

This time I would like to combine several themes from both classes, namely, conditional sentences, your knowledge of American education, and your Curious Incident reading. Here is my question:  If you had an autistic child ( that is, someone like Christopher)...(1) What kind of education would you arrange for him/her? (2) What kinds of extracurricular activities would you encourage him/her to participate in? and (3) What else would you do to help him/her feel more comfortable socially and emotionally?

Please react to this very hypothetical situation, and react to each other's comments also.

Good luck,
Diana