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Onestopenglish: Number one for English language teachers - 94 views
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A great site which has a vast amount of English language resources for both native and learners of English as a second language. Sections include business English, grammar, games and more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language
Boarding card and landing card by @PrimaryLessons - 29 views
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"This idea has been developed from an idea in Talk-Less Teaching by Isabella Wallace and Leah Kirkman. I used it in the context of a SPAG lesson where Y6 pupils were answering test questions in preparation for the SATs test."
Gramatica Espanola - Gramatica Espanola/0 - 21 views
Grammaropolis - 112 views
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Site where kids can practice parts of speech.
Reed-Kellogg Diagrammer - 47 views
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I tried a variety of sentences with this tool, and did not find it to be very helpful. It does not allow for a long sentence, and it repeatedly told me "Could not find utterance" when I created a compound-complex sentence.
Check Grammar, spelling and citation quickly and easily with Grammarly - StumbleUpon - 34 views
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Proof reader and plagiarism checker
Daily Writing Tips - 125 views
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A useful blog with a new daily writing idea to try out in your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
On Capitalizing "Mom" and "Dad" and "Graet-Aunt Betty" - 9 views
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Finally, a clear explanation of how to capitalize titles and kinship terms!
Word Invasion - 136 views
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A great English game where players shoot the correct word when given the word class, such as noun, verb, adjective etc. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
Teaching English with Technology - 180 views
Writing - Writing - The Arthur Holt Library at Trinity Grammar School - 5 views
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Writing resources
Foreign Language Vocabulary, Grammar, and Readings - 5 views
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A wonderful project to build interactive resources with audio to help learn a range of languages from around the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages%2C+Culture+%26+International+Projects
Nominalizations Are Zombie Nouns - NYTimes.com - 52 views
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a great article about how to avoid putting your reader to sleep with abstract language
Why American Students Can't Write - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities - 1 views
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But good writers don't just do stuff. They know stuff. They have knowledge of the world that enlivens their prose and provides the ability to create examples and analogies. They have big vocabularies and solid command of the conventions of language and grammar. And if this is not explicitly taught, it will rarely develop by osmosis among children who do not grow up in language-rich homes.
Representations of Global Capital - 17 views
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Social grammar
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The Grammarphobia Blog - 45 views
The Elements of Style: Twitter Edition - 39 views
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William Strunk, Jr., or E.B. White for that matter, couldn’t have predicted so much communication would take place via 140 character short messages. While The Elements of Style has stood the test of time, there is a new set of rules (which I’ve completely made up) you should keep in mind for Twitter.
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This advice only helps you if you actually want your tweets to be represented as good writing.
When to use i.e. in a sentence - The Oatmeal - 80 views
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The Oatmeal has some great posters relevant for English teachers! I have the "How to Use a Semicolon" poster in my class!
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The Oatmeal has some great posters relevant for English teachers! I have the "How to Use a Semicolon" poster in my class!
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