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Friday, February 27, 2015
Toss and Turn or Toss the Ball?
Today I was reading "The Princess and the Pea" with one of my ESL
students from China and she got to a part where the girl "tossed and
turned" all night. She stopped reading when she came to "tossed" and
looked at me to make sure she was reading the right word. I'm sure she
was picturing the girl tossing a ball all night long.
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Funny! Thanks, Faith! "It's a toss-up," "Toss your hat in the ring," - so many expressions that we come up with in English to confuse our ELLs!
ReplyDeleteHow about "Toss your cookies"?
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