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Clifford Baker

Weblogg-ed » The Obama Speech - 0 views

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    In the midst of all of the "uproar" over the President's planned speech to school kids on Tuesday, I keep thinking about what all of this says about schools, about what they are for, and about the perception that a lot of people in this country have of them.
James Miscavish

Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis - Definitions and Examples of Figures of Speech - 17 views

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    Brief definitions of 130 figures of speech and other rhetorical terms with links to expanded discussions and examples.
Jenny Gilbert

YouTube - Ai Weiwei detained. Here is his TED film - 1 views

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    excellent video for yr 10's Mao's last dancer - and yr 12 encountering conflict. gives insight into China today, use of social media and the ways people go about gaining freedom of speech.
James Miscavish

George Orwell: 12 Writing Tips - 0 views

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    # Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. # Never use a long word where a short one will do. # If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. # Never use the passive where you can use the act
anonymous

Lecture: Philip Pullman, "The Isis Lecture" - 0 views

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    The Isis Lecture Pullman gave which focuses on his thoughts about education and literature. A remarkable speech.
The0d0re Shatagin

Signing, Singing, Speaking: How Language Evolved : NPR - 5 views

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    Article, Voice, and Transcript on the Origin of Language / Speech - emphasis on sign language and singing
The0d0re Shatagin

A Visual Word Puzzle From Radiolab : NPR - 9 views

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    Companion Visual Puzzle to NPR's story on the Origin of Language / Speech
Dana Huff

YouTube - Unraku School: Monster Shakespeare - 9 views

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    Shakespeare speeches delivered by puppets. Really awesome.
Leslie Healey

Video Games Are Ruled Protected Speech, Now What? - 2 views

    • Leslie Healey
       
      this is true! why gaming is legitimately a path fro educators to formulate learning strategies
    • Leslie Healey
       
      also--they ask why there are not more erudite games, just as there is "classic" literature--I think games are still a new art form. And aren't there are many fluff books as there are fluff or violent games
  • More important than that historic ruling is the reminder by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice that video games, like books, plays and movies, communicate ideas.
  • Reading Dante is unquestionably more cultured and intellectually edifying than playing Mortal Kombat," Scalia wrote. "But these cultural and intellectual differences are not constitutional." It raises the question, what video games live up to that legacy of great literary works? And why aren't there more of them?
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  • Now that this distraction is out of the way, lets see the creation of more games like Bioshock, like Shadow of the Colossus, like Flower, games that make you think, that explore new ideas, that shake up preconceived notions.
Suzanne Rogers

2aImpressionist Does Shakespeare in Celebrity Voices 2c 0f - YouTube - 7 views

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    Jim Meskimen performs Clarence's speech from William Shakespeare's Richard III as a number of different celebrities, from George Clooney to Droopy Dog.
Suzanne Rogers

Speech to the Virginia Convention Patrick Henry-text of speech - 3 views

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    common core mapping project
Jane Lofton

Read The Words - 0 views

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    This site looks like a good option for allowing students to listen to text.
Teresa Ilgunas

My Home - Practice speaking English while you watch great videos - EnglishCentral.com - 4 views

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    Wonderful video clips where students can record and practice their speaking. Good for improving literacy as well as English speaking skills. Any student who does not like reading aloud would enjoy! Latest: a clip from Despicable Me!
Kristin Bergsagel

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com - 3 views

  • if different languages influence our minds in different ways, this is not because of what our language allows us to think but rather because of what it habitually obliges us to think about.
  • When your language routinely obliges you to specify certain types of information, it forces you to be attentive to certain details in the world and to certain aspects of experience that speakers of other languages may not be required to think about all the time. And since such habits of speech are cultivated from the earliest age, it is only natural that they can settle into habits of mind that go beyond language itself, affecting your experiences, perceptions, associations, feelings, memories and orientation in the world.
Caroline Bachmann

Abiator's Worksheets Vault - 8 views

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    English Skills Worksheets for Grades 5-8
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