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THis twitter feed is from Mr. Teach, throughout his daily posts, though they are funny, they give a more realistic sense of what being in the class room is like

This is from a production of the play "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged", which aside from being hysterically funny would be a good way of making Shakespeare more accessible. There are at least references to every work in the canon throughout the play, and most of the big names have a "summary" in the show. There are more clips from it on youtube, this is just a favorite.

Although this is sometimes a little inappropriate (as always with Taylor Mali) it hits on a very important topic that we will look at as English Teachers - Proofreading. Pretty much all of Taylor Mali's poems has relevancy and maybe you've seen this or others, but I definitely think it's worth checking out again!

Taylor Mali is funny and edgy as always but he targets a very important topic for English teachers: proofreading.

Pretty funny, illustrated explanation of when to actually use semicolons.

This quick and easy comic shows us how easy we can incorporate comics into the classroom as a fun and inventive way for students to express themselves.

I like this example because it makes comic strips seem easy, something I always thought would be a challenge. This could be a great activity for high school or middle school students.