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Who says using computers is not good for kids writing skills? These apps will certainly help get rid of that myth.
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Video from The Guardian. Great for point of view and social media discussions.
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Close reading means starting up close and then pulling back to the larger meaning (words to sentences to full text). Tim Shanahan summarizes it well; he says that close reading “is an intensive analysis of a text in order to come to terms with what it says, how it says it, and what it means.” Via Andrea Zeitz
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Can Steven Poole decode the arcane puzzle of the bestselling author Dan Brown's latest novel in just 48 hours?
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It seems reviewers can't resist lampooning Dan Brown! After all, it is probably too easy to poke one at a writer who uses adjectives in the way that Brown does. This makes for some amusing,snarky, reading. Delete the scoop?
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Brielleariana: "Transmedia is such a new concept that I had to physically add it to my Word document dictionary to avoid the stupid red lines" ... Via The Digital Rocking Chair
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A great way to teach using trains edit storytelling. 
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May 5, 11:41 PM
This is a fascinating post, coming as it does, from a fan's perspective. Darceny is a website that acts as both a book and viewing club: "the place to discuss Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and its modern day adaptation, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries." 
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May 6, 10:15 AM
I love Word dictionary updates as tiny markers of substantive change--I had to add 'cocreation' and 'cocreator' to mine along with transmedia. Interestingly, it already knew 'prosumer.'
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May 6, 10:32 AM
I love Word dictionary updates as tiny markers of substantive change--I had to add 'cocreation' and 'cocreator' to mine along with transmedia. Interestingly, it already knew 'prosumer.' Delete the scoop?
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Sarah Swann loves to insult her students - just as long as it is in the words of the Bard
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Is the Bard really so far away from Modern English? One teachers makes links between Shakespeare and modern teen slang insults. 
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April 26, 7:20 PM
Great post with helpful links to resources. Resonates with how I love to introduce kids to Shakespeare. The insults hook them in and give them a chance to play with the language before diving deeper into text and themes. Thanks for the scoop, Louise! Delete the scoop?
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Those children's books sitting on your shelf are like plane tickets waiting just for you. Here's a dozen ways to learn about traveling using them!
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The Globe Theatre past and present
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A Pinterest board with pins on Shakespeare and his plays. Delete the scoop?
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A useful site with hundreds of newspaper front pages from around the world, including the UK's Times and Guardian. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental Via ICTmagic
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Great for teaching media and persuasive language. Delete the scoop?
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An act of kindness catapults Richard from his ordinary life into a subterranean world.
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Some great web resources for teaching all of the stages of writing. Delete the scoop?
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This site contains some great infographics for classroom display. Delete the scoop?
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Premiers' Reading Challenge
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It's on again and a great way to promote reading in schools. Delete the scoop?
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Make the effort to read the books you are studying- more than once. The key here is understanding so if there is anything you don't get...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book stands as the supreme achievement of his career. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. This 1920s tale has been acclaimed by generations of readers.
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A Learning.st board on The Great Gatsby. Great resource. Delete the scoop?
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Amelia Earhart To commemorate her daughter Emma's fifth birthday, and to provide her with strong role models, photographer Jaime Moore took portraits of the girl dressed as five great women from hi...
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Shameless self promotion! Presenting at VATE. Delete the scoop?
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A free webinar coming up in June. Delete the scoop?
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Report by schools inspectorate criticises firms 'that subvert standard spellings and syntax' in trade names and slogans
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Are we moving away from spelling conventions? Delete the scoop?
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Lately it seems like a lot of the freshest genre works are mash-ups of well-worn ideas. Whether it's "police procedural with elves" or "superhero movie with Cold War intrigue." But why do some genre mashups rule, while others fail horribly?
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Was talking about this with a super media teacher the other day. It's a great way of teaching genre. Understanding conventions. Delete the scoop?
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"When I’m immersed in fantasy, a trance envelopes me. There’s something about great fantasy storytelling that trumps all other genres in drawing me into the world and story.
Call me crazy, but I think I’m onto something here. And that something is the recipe for the domination of the imagination. Much like The Hero with a Thousand Faces, I think epic storytelling has a certain formula that can produce a killer product." Via Gregg Morris
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The key elements of story. 
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April 10, 8:34 AM
I think these could hold true for any storytelling. Sure, world-building is something fantasy and sci-fi writers talk about, but building a unique realistic world can be equally engrossing. That world would be internal or personal, but still.... Delete the scoop?
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Think grammar isn’t important in the world of IT? That misconception could cost you a job.
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Grammar is important. Delete the scoop?
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Some great classroom displays here for inspiring young writers. Delete the scoop?
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Sme great tips on teaching writing. 
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April 8, 3:58 PM
Encouraging writing through storytelling. Everyone has a story! Delete the scoop?
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“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Bruce Lee When I was a young boy I dreamt of being like Bruce Lee. He had compl...
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Simply repeating something is not practice. Refining and repeating in order to learn is. Delete the scoop?
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Make the effort to read the books you are studying- more than once. The key here is understanding so if there is anything you don't get...
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Final copy of my flyer for my VCE classes this year at BGS. Delete the scoop?
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You don't have to be a mind reader to understand poetry, proves English teacher Jamie Warner-Lynn with his favourite word cloud inspired lesson
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Tis wonderful lesson plan is guaranteed to be fun, inspiring and challenging and will make teaching and learning poetry much more engaging. Delete the scoop?
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A very nice collection of tech tools to help writing teachers