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Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard - Resear... - 2 views

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    Harvard explains critical reading. Via Jim Burke.
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Quote Integration - 1 views

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    practice saving link to diigo
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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: willslist. - 1 views

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    Shakespeare meets Craigslist.
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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.
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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.
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Additional Step-by-Step Method of Thoroughly Explicating a Poem - 1 views

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    Helpful information about poem explication.
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Presentations in the High School English Classroom - 1 views

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    Utecht provides great guidelines, tools, and models for student-created presentations.
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Old English Translator - 1 views

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    Fun for students learning about Anglo-Saxons, Old English, or the history of English.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Rappaccini's Daughter - 0 views

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    Dawn Hogue's text of Hawthorne's short story provides guiding questions and vocabulary.
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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
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The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. - 0 views

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    Great comprehensive site where you can learn about poetry.
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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.
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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.
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Fakebook: Create a fake profile! - 0 views

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    Fakebook allows you to create Facebook profiles for school projects.
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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."
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SideVibe - 0 views

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    "A simple way to place useful, formative classroom lessons over any Web page. "
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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.
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