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a good source for a quick writing task in writing journals

wow - this blog is fascinating for Orwell lovers. Since 9th August 2008, we have been blogging George Orwell's diaries from 1938 in real time, 70 years to the day since each entry was originally written. The diaries start as Orwell heads to Morocco (with his wife Eileen) to recuperate from injury and illness, and end in 1942 (or 2012) as the Second World War rages.

an article on the success of using PechaKucha style for presentations

Writing Fix (online resource) Here's an interesting free resource for anyone involved in teaching or learning writing skills. This site has been put together by the writers, teachers and students of the Northern Nevada Writing Project to support the development of writing skills with the Six Trait Model. The site hosts an extensive collection of lessons, activities and other resources. (The Writing Fix is one of 190 web sites sponsored by the National Writing Project in the US.) Featured prominently at the Writing Fix are two separate "prompt generators". One is called the "Interactive Instant Plot Creator". You press separate buttons to bring up random suggestions for setting, character, and conflict. To go along with this idea generator, there is a downloadable "pre-writing worksheet" as well as a "rough draft worksheet". The other generator is called the "Random Prompt Generator for Writers". This second prompt generator consists of 470 prompts, each of which begins with a question that is followed by a suggested writing task.

short 60 second video - took some time to load at home but would make a good support for discussion of prepositions in class as many students make errors with these.

In spite of disparaging remarks about twitter I hear at school it is my second most favourite application for gaining access to shared teaching resources and inspiration on the web. perhaps some of these links may open the eyes of the naysayers in our college.

We've all been there before-sitting in Mrs. Thompson's (or whoever's) high school English class-getting grilled about proper grammar for essay writing:"Never use first or second person.""Never start a sentence with but or and.""Never end a sentence with a preposition.""And never, ever write a paragraph that's only one sentence long."What's the problem with these rules?

Tracks are pages with links to websites according to a central topic or idea - there are lots here supporting English, literature and ESL - take a peek