From: "Editor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: What's new at Web English Teacher?
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:06:47 -0500
What's new at Web English Teacher?
August 28, 2002
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Many schools in North America are starting a new year about now.
Here's to the joys and challenges that lie ahead for all of us!
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Table of Contents
1. New Sites
2. Freebies
3. J. K. Who?
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Five New Sites:
* Zora Neale Hurston
http://webenglishteacher.com/hurston.html
Ideas for teaching Their Eyes were Watching God.
* Six-Trait and 6+1 Writing
http://webenglishteacher.com/6trait.html
This is a popular approach to helping students improve their writing.
* Bulletin Boards
http://webenglishteacher.com/bulletinboards.html
We can all use help finding great bulletin board ideas. Here are some
that teachers have shared.
* E. B. White
http://webenglishteacher.com/white.html
Links for teaching Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the
Swan.
* James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
http://webenglishteacher.com/collier.html
Links for teaching Newberry Award winner My Brother Sam is Dead.
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Freebies
These sites offer free resources for teachers.
Crayola Centennial Celebration
http://crayola.com/colorfullearning/
Teachers in the US, Canada, and Australia can register at this site to
receive free crayons and a commemorative pin from the Crayola crayon
company. Scroll down to find an assortment of lesson ideas in literacy,
social studies, science, and math.
The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/npm/KitOrder.cfm
Each year the Academy of American Poets sponsors National Poetry Month in
April. At this page teachers can request up to 5 posters for this April free
of charge. Posters will not be available until January; supplies are
limited.
Print-A-Poster.com
http://www.print-a-poster.com/
Free 5x7 color posters you can print out for your classroom. Educational,
motivational, inspirational, workplace, and famous sayings: you'll find a
variety here!
Free Things for Educators!
http://www.freethings4educators.com/
This site offers a variety of freebies broken down by grade level. The site
is updated frequently. Don't miss the link to a weekly motivational poster.
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J. K. Who?
"J. K. Rowling, in Czech translation, has the appropriate feminine suffix
added to her name: thus Harry Potter titles spotted in Prague bookshops are,
rather strikingly, by J. K. Rowlingova."
-- David Langford, "Ansible" (newsletter), quoted by Michael Quinion in
World Wide Words (newsletter). World Wide Words is copyright (c) Michael
Quinion 2002. All rights reserved. The Words Web site is at
<http://www.worldwidewords.org>.
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Carla Beard
Web English Teacher
http://webenglishteacher.com
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This newsletter is copyright 2002, Web English Teacher. Permission is
granted to forward it as long as the copyright notice is included.
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