Hyperlinked Bloom’s Taxonomy with Tools
This chart includes Web 2.0 tools to be used with each level of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and hyperlinked to the the tools’ websites.
A variety of graphic organizers for various subjects.
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This book reviews Jane Austen sequels, fan fiction, and paraliterature.
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Top 10 Fast Food Recipes You Can Make at Home
Healthier, fresher fast food through recipes. Yum!
What I Ask of SLA Teachers – Practical Theory
Chris Lehmann describes 10 things he asks of SLA teachers that all teachers and administrators should ask of each other.
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Make review games for your interactive white board with Stu’s Quiz Boxes.
Currency converter | The National Archives
Currency converter that figures out what historical prices compare to in today’s terms and how today’s prices compare to historical prices. Great for teaching British literature, such as Jane Austen.
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10 Ways to Celebrate Banned Books Week With The New York Times – NYTimes.com
Held annually during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of intellectual freedom and draws attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States, including books commonly taught in secondary schools.
Here are ideas for celebrating Banned Books Week –- with your students, your children and anyone who believes in having “the freedom to read.”
Zoho Writer – Choosing the Extended Essay2007
St. Columba’s College English department’s transition year extended essay assignment is a great project.
Gene Weingarten – Goodbye, cruel words: English. It’s dead to me.
The English language, which arose from humble Anglo-Saxon roots to become the lingua franca of 600 million people worldwide and the dominant lexicon of international discourse, is dead. It succumbed last month at the age of 1,617 after a long illness. It is survived by an ignominiously diminished form of itself.
George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” 1946
Orwell’s advice to writers.
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A giant collection of Web 2.0 tools.
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A great collection of LiveBinders.
BookLamp.org matches readers to books through an analysis of writing styles, similar to the way that Pandora.com matches music lovers to new music.
Grand Theft Auto: The Emily Dickinson Edition. This cartoon from xkcd made me laugh. Enjoy!
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Fun for students learning about Anglo-Saxons, Old English, or the history of English.
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Langwitches Blog » What does it Mean to be Literate?
Our definition of literacy is changing. Are we ready? Are our students?
Great TED Talks for English Teachers « In For Good
Meredith Stewart pulls together some TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference) that might provoke good discussion in the English classroom.
Sunday Funnies: Hamlet Paraphrased by Chickens | Mad Shakespeare
Hamlet by Savage Chickens.
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Tracking Independent Reading in high school
Jeff Utecht describes how you can use Goodreads to track students’ independent reading.
The Big Read | A Farewell to Arms
The Big Read/NEA’s Reader’s and Teacher’s Guide for Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. Excellent radio show.
Ask Jane Austen: Best and wisest advice from Regency England’s wittiest writer.
“AskJaneAusten.com offers sensible advice culled from Jane Austen’s letters and novels, including Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. While this site doesn’t proport to offer more than entertainment, often times Miss Austen’s advice is remarkably appropriate for the situation at hand — whether these concerns be love relationships, friendship repair, or of a sensitive financial nature. After all, human nature hasn’t changed much in several centuries.”
Old School by Tobias Wolff Annotated
Mike LoMonico shared this excerpt from “Old School” by Tobias Wolff which explains why English teachers are awesome.
Law.com – In the Case of the Billion-Dollar ERISA Typo, 7th Circuit Upholds Win for Verizon
This article would be great for teaching the importance of proofreading.
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