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"Where is it? In a middleclass neighborhood; I'm not sure yet where it is.\nWhen is it? Wintertime in the evening, during an era when it was still common to see driving horses-maybe the late 1800s.\nWhat is the weather like? Cold, and the night falls early.\nWhat are the social conditions? In this neighborhood it seems people mostly stay inside in the evening; the narrator is aware of "rough tribes from the cottages" nearby-probably members of a lower social class.\nWhat is the landscape or environment like? Dark and quiet, with a sense of heaviness that contrasts with the narrator's shouting and playing.\nWhat special details make the setting vivid? Sensory details: the violet color of the sky, the dim lanterns, the stinging cold, the ashpits' odors, the music of the horse's harness."

Wordcounter ranks the most frequently used words in any given body of text. Use this to see what words you overuse (is everything a "solution" for you?) or maybe just to find some keywords from a document. Wordcounter is useful for writers, editors, students, and anyone who thinks that they might be speaking redundantly or repetitively -- and it's free! Eventually, I'm going to expand it so that you can upload documents, but not yet.

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Where readers read most. Reality check for online writers and hardcopy writers.

Useful as tutorial for students who are over enthusiastic about using colours and fonts in PowerPoints.

Want to win a bar bet? Ask your friends if they can name the bestselling writers of all times. Can you?

Timeline of activities related to MGRPs

Use Jing to make comments on a screen capture of a student's paper

I used this video (without crediting you in the least) in class tonight. This is about as close to a one-and-one student-teacher writing conference as you can get. I'd like to see more of these types of models available to preservice teachers. Thanks for posting!

English Skills Worksheets for Grades 5-8

Around 50 complete and free essays by George Orwell are available on this page. Site hosted in Canada where Orwell's work is in the public domain.

Phonetic punctuation -- a great hook for a lesson on punctuation!

Neat video that discusses rhyme in the context of pop songs and culture. Internal rhyme, family rhyme, masculine/feminine rhyme, etc.

Edgar allan Poe's - The Philosophy of Composition

Handy guide to English verb tenses that shows a progression in time from the past to the future.

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.

Famous authors narrate the funny pages.

Solid handout on... "Avoiding Plagiarism and Properly Documenting Sources.doc"