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My Bookmarks - 54 views

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  • James Miscavish
     
    Yeah, I'm adding all my ELA appropriate bookmarks, then going back through and fixing the titles. Should be quite helpful for all of us!


    Jim Burke wrote:
    > My plan is to revise all my bookmarks so they have better tags and a lead like this : Type: Source, TItle (e.g., Lecture: Philip Pullman, "The Isis Lecture" so it is clear from just the subject on ECN what it is...THen I will do this with each new bookmark I add.
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    > Great addition and new direction for ECN! Thanks again for your leadership and initiative, Meredith.
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
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Resources for Vocabulary Study - 1 views

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    his is vocabulary material for 131 novels or short stories. Vocabulary words listed for each literary selection appear in the selection and are on The Shakespeare List . Tests and exercises are included for each selection. Anytime a teacher has students r
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Web English Teacher - 0 views

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    Lesson plans for K-12 English/Language Arts teachers
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Writing exercises are a great way to both increase your skill as a writer and to genera... - 0 views

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    # Record five minutes of a talk radio show. Write down the dialogue and add narrative descriptions of the speakers and actions as if you were writing a scene. # Write a 500-word biography of your life. # Write your obituary. List all of your life's acco
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Threat for Big Media: Guerrilla Video Sites - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Mr. Martinez read aloud an email from a YouTVpc user saying that the link to the film "Old School" didn't work anymore. He said he would track down a working link. Another user wrote, "I want to know whether this service is legal or not," and asked whethe
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Character Analysis - 0 views

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    this looks good - check it out tomorrow
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