English Companion Ning Group

"7 New Tools for Mind Maps" How does Richard do it? These are all new to me and I can't wait to check them out.

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

great source of apps for the ipad tablet that correlate to Bloom's

great article for you (and your students) from Altucher on how to succeed

Great video--a bit PG-13.

I love it! I use it, too. It is a little racy here and there, but nothing over the top.

ideas page

QuickDiff is an interesting tool that analyses differences in two very similar texts. It was actually developed for examining programming code, but could be a really useful tool to use with students to get them to look more closely at the texts they write and notice the mistakes and corrections and differences in the text.

QuickDiff is an interesting tool that analyses differences in two very similar texts. It was actually developed for examining programming code, but could be a really useful tool to use with students to get them to look more closely at the texts they write and notice the mistakes and corrections and differences in the text.

Weird Al helps us see the difference between "less" and "fewer."

NPR story on Julie Andrew's latest book, co-authored with her daughter

Great collection of Language Arts grammar PowerPoints, worksheets, online activities, and games for grades 3-5

Great collection of Language Arts grammar PowerPoints, worksheets, online activities, and games for grades 3-5

Famous authors narrate the funny pages.

Incredible photo essay!

"It's almost a New Year, and once again it's your one-day-only opportunity to rummage through Comicraft's remainder bin and snap up Comicrazy for a mere twenty dollars and ten cents rather than $395! And, yes, yes, yes, and thrice YES, ALL of our fonts will be on sale for $20.10, even the ones that usually cost $19! We're THAT crazy! Those of you who have enjoyed our sale in previous years know that it begins at midnight December 31st and ends midnight January 1st wherever you are in the world, so technically New Year's at Comicraft is a 36 hour day! Maybe longer, I didn't look it up or anything."

Great deal on custom comic fonts (some costing hundreds of dollars) on January 1st, only. All fonts are $20. Discerning Powerpoint presenters use these.

Excellent idea for next year's 50 yr anniversary

The Guardian's series on the great Romantic poets with poems, excerpts from their letters, discussions, and podcasts.

Enacting literature with students to motivate reading Wilhelm describes action strategies

Using "action strategies" invigorates the English class