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Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Printable Handbooks - 15 views

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater has printable handbooks for many of Shakespeare's plays. "Each of our entirely original teacher handbooks includes active, engaging teaching activities, 400 years of critical thinking, synopses, and much more. Teaching activities-all aligned with the Common Core State Standards-are designed to draw upon some of the same practices and techniques that actors use in the rehearsal process to break open Shakespeare's challenging language."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Chicago Shakespeare Theater has printable handbooks for many of Shakespeare's plays. "Each of our entirely original teacher handbooks includes active, engaging teaching activities, 400 years of critical thinking, synopses, and much more. Teaching activities-all aligned with the Common Core State Standards-are designed to draw upon some of the same practices and techniques that actors use in the rehearsal process to break open Shakespeare's challenging language."</div>

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Free Online Grammar Check, Spelling, and More | PaperRater - 11 views

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Free online tool that checks spelling and grammar and plagiarism and offers writing suggestions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Free online tool that checks spelling and grammar and plagiarism and offers writing suggestions.</div>

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The Readability Test Tool - 5 views

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Test readability of a page by URL or direct text input. Includes Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, and ARI.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Test readability of a page by URL or direct text input. Includes Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, and ARI.</div>

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Readability-Score.com - Free Online Readability Calculator - Flesch Kincaid, Gunning Fo... - 5 views

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Checks writing for readability levels, including Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, SMOG Index, and Automated Readability Index.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Checks writing for readability levels, including Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, SMOG Index, and Automated Readability Index.</div>

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Book Drum - 16 views

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Book Drum is the perfect companion to the books we love, bringing them to life with immersive pictures, videos, maps and music.

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Books That Shaped America - National Book Festival (Library of Congress) - 5 views

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The Library of Congress shares an exhibition of "Books that Shaped America." Librarian of Congress James H. Billington says that the list is "intended to spark a national conversation on books written by Americans that have influenced our lives, whether they appear on this initial list or not."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Library of Congress shares an exhibition of "Books that Shaped America." Librarian of Congress James H. Billington says that the list is "intended to spark a national conversation on books written by Americans that have influenced our lives, whether they appear on this initial list or not."</div>

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Evernote as Portfolio | The story of using Evernote as a portfolio in my k-12 school - 14 views

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This blog explores the option of using Evernote as a portfolio tool. Worth checking into.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This blog explores the option of using Evernote as a portfolio tool. Worth checking into.</div>

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Why fiction is good for you - Ideas - The Boston Globe - 9 views

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"Is fiction good for us? We spend huge chunks of our lives immersed in novels, films, TV shows, and other forms of fiction. Some see this as a positive thing, arguing that made-up stories cultivate our mental and moral development. But others have argued that fiction is mentally and ethically corrosive. It's an ancient question: Does fiction build the morality of individuals and societies, or does it break it down?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Is fiction good for us? We spend huge chunks of our lives immersed in novels, films, TV shows, and other forms of fiction. Some see this as a positive thing, arguing that made-up stories cultivate our mental and moral development. But others have argued that fiction is mentally and ethically corrosive. It's an ancient question: Does fiction build the morality of individuals and societies, or does it break it down?"</div>

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SideVibe - 12 views

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"A simple way to place useful, formative classroom lessons over any Web page. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A simple way to place useful, formative classroom lessons over any Web page. "</div>

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"The Lord of the Rings," "Twilight," and Young-Adult Fantasy Books : The New Yorker - 6 views

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Adam Gopnik discusses the appeal of high fantasy in YA. He misses the mark, I think, in not discussing Joseph Campbell's influence in all of this, and he's condescending throughout much of the piece, but it's an interesting analysis aside from these two admittedly major issues.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Adam Gopnik discusses the appeal of high fantasy in YA. He misses the mark, I think, in not discussing Joseph Campbell's influence in all of this, and he's condescending throughout much of the piece, but it's an interesting analysis aside from these two admittedly major issues.</div>

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Mr. Palmer Discusses His Fellow Minor Characters « Jane Austen's World - 6 views

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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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Put Poor Students to Work - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 14 views

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Sent to me just now via a my blog. Would be a great piece to pair with "A Modest Proposal."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Sent to me just now via a my blog. Would be a great piece to pair with "A Modest Proposal."</div>

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Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature - Home - 10 views

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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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Evolving English Teacher: "How to Forge a Jane Austen Manuscript": Teaching Students Au... - 13 views

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Glenda teaches us how to teach students to mimic one of the masters of prose-Jane Austen. Mimicry is often a great writing exercise for students who need to examine style.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Glenda teaches us how to teach students to mimic one of the masters of prose-Jane Austen. Mimicry is often a great writing exercise for students who need to examine style.</div>

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YouTube - theproselytizer's Channel - 1 views

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Robbing the Bard: The story of how a stolen Shakespeare First Folio appeared in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Narrated by David Tennant.

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Why Shakespeare never fails to get brains buzzing | Books | The Observer - 9 views

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Reading Shakespeare makes you smarter!

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King Lear and Medicare Politics - 2 views

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This article on the blog Better Living Through Beowulf might be an interesting way to connect King Lear to modern politics.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article on the blog Better Living Through Beowulf might be an interesting way to connect King Lear to modern politics.</div>

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Flash cards, vocabulary memorization, and study games | Quizlet - 6 views

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My students told me about this site where they make study guides and flash cards for themselves. It's free, and it would be particularly good for studying information that you have to memorize.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">My students told me about this site where they make study guides and flash cards for themselves. It's free, and it would be particularly good for studying information that you have to memorize.</div>

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Evolving English Teacher: #engchat: Out of the Desk & Into the Text: Using Performance ... - 5 views

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Glenda Funk shares some performance pedagogy techniques designed to get students out of their desk and on their feet.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Glenda Funk shares some performance pedagogy techniques designed to get students out of their desk and on their feet.</div>

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Fakebook: Create a fake profile! - 2 views

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Fakebook allows you to create Facebook profiles for school projects.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fakebook allows you to create Facebook profiles for school projects.</div>

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