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New blog by teachers about writing.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine, 1910 by Unknown
Who says you cannot read on the Internet? I am reading through this little gem from an unknown author from 1910 called "The Laying of the Monster" -- I'm not through it yet, but the initial piece is just beautiful. Literature teachers, there is a wealth of material out there to use and teach in terms of literary terms such as metaphor.
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Dorothea reposed with her shoulders in the shade of the bulkhead
and her bare feet burrowing in the sun-warmed sand. Beneath her
shoulder blades was a bulky and disheveled volume--a bound year
of Godey's Lady Book of the vintage of the early seventies.
Having survived the handling of three generations, this seemed to
take naturally to being drenched with rain and warped by sun, or,
as at the present moment, serving its owner either as a
sand-pillow or as a receptacle for divers scribbled verses on its
fly-leaves and margins.
Smithsonian Education - Educators
Government organizations like the smithsonian are reaching out to educators and others with an online presence. This cool site has lesson plans and lots of great information for arts, science and technology, history and culture, and language arts.
Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
This website allows you to "mash up" shakespeare and mix lines from various sonnets.
A Collection on "Shakespeare" (english,shakespeare) | Diigo
A diigo list that Kristin Hokanson is creating for teachers of shakespeare. Many of us are experimenting with diigo because of several useful features. It imports and exports from delicious and posts to twitter automatically too.
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