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Mark Smith

Philip Larkin, the Impossible Man - Magazine - The Atlantic - 3 views

www.theatlantic.com/...8439

poetry orwell larkin

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  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
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  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • In somewhat different ways, Orwell and Larkin were phlegmatically pessimistic and at times almost misanthropic, not to say misogynistic. Both also originated from dire family backgrounds that inculcated prejudice against Jews, the colored subjects of the British Empire, and the working class.
  • This is the world of wretched, tasteless food and watery drinks, dreary and crowded lodgings, outrageous plumbing, surly cynicism, long queues, shocking hygiene, and dismal, rain-lashed holidays, continually punctuated by rudeness and philistinism. In Orwell’s early fiction, all this is most graphically distilled in Keep the Aspidistra Flying, but it is an essential element of the texture of Nineteen Eighty-Four, and was quarried from the “down and out” journalism of which he produced so much
Suzanne Rogers

A Key to the Lock - 3 views

people.umass.edu/...keylock.html

Keytothelock Therapeofthelock aplit

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  • Suzanne Rogers on 17 Apr 11
     
    Written in 1715 by Pope (using the pseudonym Esdras Barnivelt), this humorous interpretation of The Rape of the Lock serves as a warning to critics not to take the poem too seriously. In the Key Pope exposes his own poem as a dangerous political allegory (Belinda represents Great Britain, the Lock represents the Barrier Treaty...). 
Vanessa Alander

http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/PDFS/co21003/rigor_not.pdf - 3 views

www.smallschoolsproject.org/...rigor_not.pdf

rigor managment

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      Vanessa Alander on 08 May 11
       
      Rigor is not... it is helping students develop complex ambiguous provocative challenging material in and out of the classroom
Adam Babcock

The Failure of American Schools - Magazine - The Atlantic - 3 views

www.theatlantic.com/...8497

education politics

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  • recalcitrant
  • From 1960 to 1980, our supply of college graduates increased at almost 4 percent a year; since then, the increase has been about half as fast. The net effect is that we’re rapidly moving toward two Americas—a wealthy elite, and an increasingly large underclass that lacks the skills to succeed.
  • in education, despite massive increases in expenditure, we don’t see improved results
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  • That leads too many people to suspect that poverty is destiny, that schools can make only a small difference, and that therefore we’re unable to fix this problem, regardless of its seriousness. So why try?
  • That Kafkaesque outcome demonstrates precisely the way the system is run: for the adults. The school system doesn’t want to change, because it serves the needs of the adult stakeholders quite well, both politically and financially.
  • “Listen, they’re trying to get rid of a principal in my district who runs a Democratic club for us. If you protect him, you’ll never have a problem with me.” This kind of encounter was not rare.
  • President Obama was on to something in 2008 when he said: “The single most important factor in determining [student] achievement is not the color of [students’] skin or where they come from. It’s not who their parents are or how much money they have. It’s who their teacher is.” Yet, rather than create a system that attracts and rewards excellent teachers—and that imposes consequences for ineffective or lazy ones—we treat all teachers as if they were identical widgets and their performance didn’t matter.
  • The result: too few effective math and science teachers in high-poverty schools.
  • Many have candidly told me they are burned out, but they can’t afford to leave until their pension fully vests. So they go through the motions until they can retire with the total package.
  • And why give all teachers making $80,000, or more, a 10 percent raise? They’re not going to leave, since they’re close to vesting their lifetime pensions. By contrast, increasing starting salaries by $8,000 (rather than $4,000) would help attract and retain better new teachers.
Suzanne Rogers

The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712 (William Byrd) - 3 views

www.westga.edu/...WilliamByrdII0001.pdf

aplang americanliterature

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  • Suzanne Rogers on 23 Jun 11
     
    Listed in Common Core mapping project
Suzanne Rogers

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

nexuslearning.net/...speech_virginia.htm

aplang americanliterature commoncorestandards

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  • Suzanne Rogers on 23 Jun 11
     
    common core mapping project
Mrs. Lenker

http://www.classtools.net/QR/index.php - 3 views

www.classtools.net/index.php

qrcodes mobile

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  • Mrs. Lenker on 25 Jul 11
     
    Treasure hunt with QR Codes
Dennis OConnor

Education Week: E-Learning for Special Populations - 3 views

www.edweek.org/...index.html

E-Learning special populations ell special education online at risk online

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  • This special report, another installment in Education Week's series on virtual education, examines the growing e-learning opportunities for students with disabilities, English-language learners, gifted and talented students, and those at risk of failing in school. It shows the barriers that exist for greater participation among special populations, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of this approach. It also looks at the funding tactics schools are using to build virtual education programs for special populations and the evolving professional-development needs for these efforts.
  • Download the interactive PDF version of the report, E-Learning for Special Populations.
Berylaube 00

Awesome Stories - 4 views

awesomestories.com/

stories exceptional primary sources visualization images audio videos history art sports biography Disaster philosophy trials lessonplans

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  • Berylaube 00 on 15 Jul 12
     
    TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE AwesomeStories is large resource filled with primary-source information. Its purpose is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. The site is very easy to use and is would be helpful to use with many projects across the curriculum.
Berylaube 00

CliffsNotes Films - 3 views

www.cliffsnotes.com/CliffsNotes-Films.html

literature notes guides Shakespeare videos

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  • Berylaube 00 on 15 Jul 12
     
    Join Cliff and experience some of Shakespeare's classics as you have never seen before. Mark Burnett, Coalition Films, Josh Faure-Brac and Cambio will be bringing you Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth, and more. Click here to see them all now!
Berylaube 00

Community Club Home Listen and Read - Non-fiction Read Along Activities Scholastic - 3 views

teacher.scholastic.com/...index.htm

stories non-fiction Free Technology for Teachers audio Text images

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  • Berylaube 00 on 16 Jul 12
     
    From Richard Byrne Free Technology for teacher, quoted below:Listen and Read - Non-fiction Read Along Activities Listen and Read is a set of 54 non-fiction stories from Scholastic for K-2 students. The stories are feature pictures and short passages of text that students can read on their own or have read to them by each story's narrator. The collection of stories is divided into eight categories: social studies, science, plants and flowers, environmental stories, civics and government, animals, American history, and community. Applications for Education Listen and Read looks to be a great resource for social studies lessons and reading practice in general. At the end of each book there is a short review of the new words that students were introduced to in the book. Students can hear these words pronounced as many times as they like. Listen and Read books worked on my computer and on my Android tablet. Scholastic implies that the books also work on iPads and IWBs"
Adam Babcock

Google Lit Trips - 2 views

www.googlelittrips.org

literature edtech lessonplan

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  • Meredith Stewart on 13 Jul 09
     
    Combines mapping skills and English texts. Browse lit trips others have made or create your own.
James Miscavish

Grammar Ninja - 2 views

www.kwarp.com/...grammarninja.html

grammar interactive game english smartboard languagearts tool literacy

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  • James Miscavish on 16 Jul 09
     
    seeing what happens if I duplicate bookmarks
anonymous

Langwitches » Blogging - 2 views

langwitches.org/...blogging

technology media web20 writing blogging

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  • anonymous on 15 Jul 09
     
    Collection of tips and curriclum for blogging in the classroom with students.
anonymous

Reading: MADMAN, ARCHITECT, CARPENTER, JUDGE: ROLES AND THE WRITING PROCESS - 2 views

webspace.utexas.edu/...b_flowers.html

writing AP

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  • anonymous on 15 Jul 09
     
    By Betty Sue Flowers. A friend uses this in his law school writing class. Kids in my AP class have found it very helpful.
anonymous

100 Twitter Feeds to Sharpen Your Writing Skills | Online Colleges - 2 views

www.onlinecolleges.net/...to-sharpen-your-writing-skills

writing

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  • anonymous on 26 Aug 09
     
    Awesome collection of Twitter users who tweet about teaching writing and issues related to writing.
Clifford Baker

Back to School: 15 Essential Web Tools for Students - 2 views

mashable.com/...web-apps-students

tools students organization web2.0

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  • Clifford Baker on 05 Sep 09
     
    The good news for students is that even though that means waking up early and doing homework, there are a number of web-based and social tools to help you get through the school year. From staying organized to improving study habits to making sure you reference your research sources properly, the web can help you be a better student.
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