Writing their own blog posts can open up a whole new world for your students. Most likely it will be the first time that the readers of their work will be someone other than their teacher and possibly their parent.
This article appears in the Holt Elements of Literature Sixth Course: Essentials of British and World Literature text alongside Beowulf and an excerpt from John Gardner's Grendel. It is a good companion piece for Beowulf.
This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!
"The Center for Digital Storytelling is an international not-for-profit community arts organization rooted in the craft of personal storytelling. We assist youth and adults around the world in using media tools to share, record, and value stories from their lives, in ways that promote artistic expression, health and well being, and justice."
Reflective Protocols for Literary Artifacts
"# What do you see here? Describe the document/artifact in terms of content, without being interpretive.
# What do you think you know about this document based on reading it and any previous knowledge?
# What do you think the document reveals about its era/ What kinds of information can be learned from the document? (There might be more than one kind of information).
# What don't you know about the document? What questions would you ask about it?
# If you were going to do further research on this document on the World Wide Web or in the library, how would you go about it?
# What knowledge or skills are you bringing to this course from other learning experiences you've had that help you make sense of these documents?"
"A Different Way to Read Great Literature! This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!"
The Shakespeare Standard is a news, feature, and blog hub for Shakespeare-related news on the web. They publish news items from around the world on a regular basis while featuring reports, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts from our editorial staff and community contributors.
This exhibition looks at the world from which Mary Shelley came, at how popular culture has embraced the Frankenstein story, and at how Shelley's creation continues to illuminate the blurred, uncertain boundaries of what we consider "acceptable" science.
Explore a world of publications by people and publishers alike. Collect, share and publish in a format designed to make your documents look their very best.
BMW X5 limo is an elegant and stylish limousine in the world. A limo will definitely add glamour to your occasions like parties, school proms, wedding, and Surprise parties.
Teaching Business English has become a very popular career option in recent times. Most industries like the IT and BPOs operating on an international level, require its' employees to communicate with co-workers and clients all over the world. Hence, they regularly recruit Business English teachers to train the employees.
Teaching English is a very popular career option in today's globalized world. Those aspiring to take up a career teaching ESL (English as Second Language) must be fluent in English, with a sound educational background and must have completed a certified English teacher training course. There are plenty of online teacher training courses for those...
This blog post would be fun to turn into a writing assignment: Have minor characters in a novel your students are studying discuss the other minor characters in the manner of Mr. Palmer.