Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard - Resear... - 2 views
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Dana Huff on 06 Feb 11Harvard explains critical reading. Via Jim Burke.
Quote Integration - 1 views
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practice saving link to diigo
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: willslist. - 1 views
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Shakespeare meets Craigslist.
Teaching 'The Great Gatsby' With The New York Times - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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The New York Times' collection of resources for teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
The Big Read | A Farewell to Arms - 1 views
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The Big Read/NEA's Reader's and Teacher's Guide for Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. Excellent radio show.
Additional Step-by-Step Method of Thoroughly Explicating a Poem - 1 views
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Helpful information about poem explication.
Presentations in the High School English Classroom - 1 views
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Utecht provides great guidelines, tools, and models for student-created presentations.
Old English Translator - 1 views
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Fun for students learning about Anglo-Saxons, Old English, or the history of English.
The Thomas Gray Archive : Primary Texts : Poems : "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyar... - 0 views
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Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" with explanatory notes and references.
Massive List of Phrases That Shakespeare Created That We Still Use Today | Anglotopia -... - 0 views
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Shakespeare coined a lot of phrases and words we still commonly use today.
Nota : Casual Collaboration - 0 views
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"Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki. Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and enjoy an interactive chat with more than 50 friends."
Rappaccini's Daughter - 0 views
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Dawn Hogue's text of Hawthorne's short story provides guiding questions and vocabulary.
Dante's Fourfold Method: The Interpretation of Symbol and Allegory - 0 views
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Word document that explains Dante's fourfold method of interpretation. Via Jim Burke
The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. - 0 views
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Great comprehensive site where you can learn about poetry.
Dickens daren't tell the truth about the real Oliver Twist workhouses | Mail Online - 0 views
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This article describes conditions in workhouses for the poor in Victorian England. It would be great to pair with Oliver Twist or with Blake's two "Chimney Sweep" poems.
Your English Class » Blog Archive » Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness - 0 views
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Great introduction and resources for teaching Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
Fakebook: Create a fake profile! - 0 views
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Fakebook allows you to create Facebook profiles for school projects.
Books That Shaped America - National Book Festival (Library of Congress) - 0 views
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The Library of Congress shares an exhibition of "Books that Shaped America." Librarian of Congress James H. Billington says that the list is "intended to spark a national conversation on books written by Americans that have influenced our lives, whether they appear on this initial list or not."
SideVibe - 0 views
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"A simple way to place useful, formative classroom lessons over any Web page. "
Mr. Palmer Discusses His Fellow Minor Characters « Jane Austen's World - 0 views
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This blog post would be fun to turn into a writing assignment: Have minor characters in a novel your students are studying discuss the other minor characters in the manner of Mr. Palmer.