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Gene Weingarten - Goodbye, cruel words: English. It's dead to me. - 0 views

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  • Dana Huff on 22 Sep 10
     
    The English language, which arose from humble Anglo-Saxon roots to become the lingua franca of 600 million people worldwide and the dominant lexicon of international discourse, is dead. It succumbed last month at the age of 1,617 after a long illness. It is survived by an ignominiously diminished form of itself.
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George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946 - 0 views

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    Orwell's advice to writers.
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Beta.BookLamp.org - 0 views

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    BookLamp.org matches readers to books through an analysis of writing styles, similar to the way that Pandora.com matches music lovers to new music.
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xkcd: The Carriage - 0 views

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  • Dana Huff on 07 Sep 10
     
    Grand Theft Auto: The Emily Dickinson Edition. This cartoon from xkcd made me laugh. Enjoy!
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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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Langwitches Blog » What does it Mean to be Literate? - 0 views

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    Our definition of literacy is changing. Are we ready? Are our students?
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Great TED Talks for English Teachers « In For Good - 0 views

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  • Dana Huff on 28 Aug 10
     
    Meredith Stewart pulls together some TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference) that might provoke good discussion in the English classroom.
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Sunday Funnies: Hamlet Paraphrased by Chickens | Mad Shakespeare - 0 views

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    Hamlet by Savage Chickens.
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Tracking Independent Reading in high school - 0 views

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    Jeff Utecht describes how you can use Goodreads to track students' independent reading.
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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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Old School by Tobias Wolff - 0 views

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  • Dana Huff on 18 Aug 10
     
    Mike LoMonico shared this excerpt from "Old School" by Tobias Wolff which explains why English teachers are awesome.
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Law.com - In the Case of the Billion-Dollar ERISA Typo, 7th Circuit Upholds Win for Ver... - 0 views

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    This article would be great for teaching the importance of proofreading.
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Free Technology for Teachers: How To Do 11 Techy Things In the New School Year - 0 views

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    A quick-start guide for teachers who want to try something new in the 2010-2011 school year.
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A Dozen of Literature's Greatest Jerks :: Blogs :: List of the Day :: Paste - 0 views

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  • Dana Huff on 09 Aug 10
     
    Paste compiles a list of some of literature's biggest jerks. You know you love to hate them.
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