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"These kits contain a variety of resources, from text and tasks to illustrations, flashcards and presentations, for you to download and use in your classroom." || I've also included 3 cartoon parodies of Little Red Riding Hood (blog article link). Via Scoopingaddress 
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Is adapting Shakespeare to modern English a good way to engage students and audiences with these classic texts? Via Scoopingaddress
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Roald Dahl is one of the most successful children’s writers in the world, famous for his rich descriptions, humour and unusual language. Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on 13 September (the author’s birthday), so don’t be a Twit, be... Via Scoopingaddress
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An exclusive extract from the new novel by Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, published on 14 July Via Scoopingaddress
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July 12, 2015 3:23 PM
Audio file > oral comprehension First chapter > text / written comprehension ______________ The Guardian's review :
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4113UuBTio As much as any contemporary writer of literary fiction ever does, Junot Díaz has become something of a household name in the years since his debut novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao appeared in... Via Shona Whyte
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A list of the top 101 websites for English & Language Arts (ELA) chosen by real teachers from prominent LinkedIn groups. ...
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David Deubelbeiss's comment,
September 16, 2012 6:59 PM
Sorry but got to say I'm really saddened by teachers sharing these types of posts without knowledge of the implications. Unfortunately, you are all being used as a tool. and I reject that.
Ana Cristina Pratas's comment,
September 16, 2012 10:35 PM
Hi David, Thank you for taking time to pass by and share your thoughts. I'm afraid, however, I don't quite understand what posts you are referring to. I am certain that educators will know which tool to use according to their context.
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March 5, 2013 5:47 AM
Absolutely excellent to stimulate the creativity of our students |
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Shakespeare's reputation as dramatist and poet actor is unique and he is considered by many to be the greatest playwright of all time, although many of the... Via Dace Prauliņš, David M
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Here are a few animations we might use to study 'Little Red Riding Hood' parodies with our pupils.
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April 2, 2013 6:52 PM
Parodies are an interesting way of working on traditional and classic literary works : school textbooks now have taken over the English teachers' suggestions and the web offers loads of documents that parody various tales. "Little Red Riding Hood" is one of the most commonly studied in France -yet, many others are also worked on... |
-http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/little-red-riding-hood
A few years ago, I gathered a few cartoon tale parodies (Tex Avery, Betty Boop, and Rocky & Bullwinkle Show's) :
- http://anglais.over-blog.org/article-fairy-tales-parodies-videos-116761257.html
"Jack and the Beanstalk"
- http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/jack-beanstalk
These two pages are loaded with activities and exercises you might use to build up lessons on the 2 tales.
You'll get :
* Activities: a collection of activities related to the story
* Chants: a collection of spoken drill type activities
* Flashcards: to help you to build up vocabulary and support understanding
* Play: to help you to use the materials to produce a short play
* Story: to help you to tell the story