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Leslie Healey

Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? - By Ben Y... - 13 views

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punctuation

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  • Leslie Healey on 17 May 11
     
    Ben YAGODA, UD prof, on logical punctuation in Slate magazine. Everything we talk about in class is undone the minute they hit the web!
Dennis OConnor

Beyond Words: Meaning in Motion | Digital Is ... - 13 views

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visual literacy words meaning

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  • Watching text in motion is nothing new for readers of all levels. We watch words travel across screens of various shapes and sizes, and we set words in motions as we move throughout our daily lives reading text in various places and contexts. What happens, then, when we become more deliberate in our thinking about placing text in motion and the direction suggested by the text itself? How does motion affect meaning and our interpretative process?
Dana Huff

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

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english teaching style writing composition

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  • Dana Huff on 08 Jun 11
     
    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.
aunt tammie

Don't kill the Oxford comma! - Grammar - Salon.com - 14 views

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grammar comma

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  • aunt tammie on 01 Jul 11
     
    funny bit about the "Oxford comma."
Leslie Healey

Harold Bloom on Literary Criticism | FiveBooks | The Browser - 13 views

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LITCRIT AP reading

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  • Leslie Healey on 21 Aug 11
     
    Interview bloom: his 5 fave litcrit books. At the end: nice bit about why we must read
Dennis OConnor

Memrise vocabulary learning and memorable dictionary - 13 views

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language vocabulary foreign language flashcards edtech spanish esl ell tesol english

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  • Ready to grow yourvocabulary?
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Tom Cornell

In Iraq, 'Romeo and Juliet' Portrays Montague and Capulet as Shiite and Sunni - NYTimes... - 15 views

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  • Tom Cornell on 29 Apr 12
     
    NY Times article connects Shakespeare with current events.
  • Tom Cornell on 29 Apr 12
     
    Great resource to connect Shakespeare to current events.
Mark Smith

It's Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider | The Nation - 9 views

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fox

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  • According to a new study by Farleigh Dickinson University, Fox viewers are the least knowledgeable audience of any outlet, and they know even less about politics and current events than people who watch no news at all.
C Reed

Easy Street Prompts - 14 views

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writing prompts writing prompts

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  • C Reed on 04 Jul 12
     
    Easy Street Prompt story starters from Writers Digest Mag
Grace Lin

Shakespeares Words - 12 views

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shakespeare literature language words

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  • Shakespeare's Words, the online version of the best-selling glossary and language companion.The site integrates the full text of the plays and poems with the entire Glossary database, allowing you to search for any word or phrase in Shakespeare's works, and in particular to find all instances of all words that can pose a difficulty to the modern reader.
  • Grace Lin on 06 Nov 09
     
    Exploring Shakespeare's words in plays, poems, and glossary
Grace Lin

Portfolios (Authentic Assessment Toolbox) - 12 views

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portfolios assessment rubric

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  • Susan Payne on 04 Nov 09
     
    Helpful overview for implementing a portfolio system.
  • Grace Lin on 06 Nov 09
     
    Portfolio assessment toolbox
Meredith Stewart

The Stacks for Kids | Scholastic.com - 12 views

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books reviews reading

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  • Meredith Stewart on 27 Nov 09
     
    Create profile page and share book reviews
Mary Worrell

Open Culture - 12 views

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education open_source podcasts audiobooks lessons

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  • Mary Worrell on 16 Sep 10
     
    All sorts of free stuff here! Free podcats, foreign language lessons, etc.
  • Mary Worrell on 16 Sep 10
     
    All sorts of free stuff here! Free podcats, foreign language lessons, etc. I haven't sifted through everything, but I found it through a tweet by @todbaker - there might be some good lesson ideas or resources in here.
Dennis OConnor

Praising, Questioning, Wishing: An Approach to Responding to Writing - National Writing... - 12 views

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writing nwp 6-traits

shared by Dennis OConnor on 20 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Summary: Responding to another's writing is always a challenging task. As a member of the E-Team behind NWP's E-Anthology, Brian Slusher discovered an effective response strategy: Praise, Question, and Wish.
Dana Huff

Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit Nine | Literary Device Bag Resources - 12 views

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literature english education reading reference

shared by Dana Huff on 03 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 03 Jan 10
     
    Fun ways to teach literary devices.
andrew bendelow

gladwell dot com - cocksure - 12 views

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  • andrew bendelow on 23 Jan 10
     
    TKAM supplement; Kinda throws a rock in the church of St. Atticus; my soph's can probably read at this level
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