Discovering Literature - this is a fascinating site from the British Library. There are 5 modules covering English literature from the medieval period to the 20th century. In addition to essays on literature, it has pictures of original items in the British Library collection. Your students may see a page from Beowulf, and Virginia Woolf's hand written pages of Mrs. Dalloway.
Teach with Movies - lesson plans for using movies in the classroom. If you have considered using film adaptations of literary works, this site will be a big help.
Media Literacy - Teaching ideas from the National Council of Teachers of English
Why is Internet and Social Media Literacy so Important - If students spend a lot of time reading social media they should at least learn how to do it in an intelligent manner. An article by Niall McNutly, Nov. 24, 2021
Learner.org - Professional development and teaching resources. Videos marked VoD may be watched online. This site is by the Annenberg Foundation.
Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book - This
excellent site takes you step by step through the creation of the book Zoom Upstream, written by
Tim Wynn-Jones and illustrated by Eric Beddows. The site visitor will learn how the author got his
ideas, how the illustrator drew the pictures, and how the publishing company prepared the
manuscript for publication. By the National Library of Canada.
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