Mr. Tallman's English Supplies Shopping List Students in my English classes need to have the following supplies:

• Size A4 Journal Notebook
  This should be a spiral or staple bound notebook. It must be size A4. The skinniest size (usually 50 sheets) is fine, but the pages should have lines; please do not buy the kind with square or graph pages. The pages can be any color, and the cover can have any design.



• Size A4 Ring Notebook
  Again, the skinniest size is fine; there is no need to buy a fat one. A popular size has about a 3.5 cm thick spine. I prefer 4 rings to 2, but either one is okay.



• Lined Notebook Paper
  A 100-sheet pack will do at first. Part of the paper goes into the writing folder that stays in class; the rest goes into the notebook.



• Plastic Sleeves
  You know, the kind with holes punched in them, to fit in the ring notebook. Class handouts get slipped inside. It's very important that the notebook have these inside. Start with a package of 100.
  
  
• Dividers
  Any pack of dividers, as long as they fit in the ring notebook. Standard packs have six, eight, or ten dividers. Six is fine. If you can find them, the best ones would be the kind that stick out further than the plastic sleeves in the notebook.



• Pens & Pencils
  Students will need to write in class nearly every day. A well-stocked pencil case is an essential part of the student tool kit. Why not throw a pencil sharpener in there, while you're at it?

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New to Geneva? There are lots of places to buy school supplies in and around Geneva.
In the city itself, I recommend the big Manor store in the area called Placette. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MAP.)
Most of the local stationery chains (such as Wolfe Papeterie) I find understocked and overpriced. I like the M-Office store in the big M-Parc in Carouge (MAP), and other locations, though. Cheap supplies, but not as big a selection, can be found at the EPA discount store, rue de la Croix-d-Or (MAP), the closest thing Geneva has to a K-Mart. If you haven't been spending enough money lately, you can try the fancy stationery and paper goods at Brachard. (MAP)

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What NOT to buy: White-Out, Tipp-Ex, Liquid Paper, or any other kind of correction fluid. Room 1 is a NO WHITE-OUT ZONE. I can't look inside your head to see if you're learning, but you can show me by letting me see your mistakes. Repeat after me: When I'm working in class, crossing out is GOOD.