https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs en-us 2018-07-11 11:54:26 UTC 2024-05-29 07:38:03 UTC hello@padlet.com ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269940185 Dear English Major is a exploratory sight that contains information on English careers, resources for Graduate students, internships, job searches, and testimonies/stories from real life English majors who have found good careers. 

For students: Go to Dear English Major and click the link Careers. 

Explore these links and find all the different things English majors potentially make for work.

Brainstorm an something you could make that shows that you've read the text and have grappled with it. 

Be prepared to present, discuss, and critique each other's ideas in class.  ]]> 2018-07-11 12:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269940185 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269940530 Crash Course is a video series created by John and Hank Green. This particular series explores many topics such as "Why we read" and then goes on to explore and discuss many famous stories such as Romeo and Juliet, Moby-Dick, and more. This resource will help students learn the material in other ways than just reading the text. It also delves into writing papers and other skills needed by English students. 

For students: Watch Crash Course Lit #1 and then scroll through the playlist. Pick a text that interests you. 

Check it the school library has it. 

Read the text and watch the video. ]]> 2018-07-11 12:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269940530 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269940940 The Purdue Lab contains information about writing, grammar conventions, and many citation styles. Once students have watched Crash Course: Literature they can use this site to help them write their papers. 

For students: Be sure to cite your work! ]]> 2018-07-11 12:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269940940 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269941902 Lauren Fairweather is an artist and creator who does English Language Arts crafts and writes music in the genre of Wizard Rock so I wanted to share some music from non-traditional writing ideas like fiction. This one's about Ginny Weasley from Harry Potter.

For students: This is an example of a non-traditional response one could do. ]]> 2018-07-11 12:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269941902 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269942111 Lauren Fairweather is an artist and creator who does English Language Arts crafts and writes music in the genre of Wizard Rock so I wanted to share some music from non-traditional writing ideas like fiction. This one is simply about being an artist in a world where people value the art but not the people creating it so much. ]]> 2018-07-11 12:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269942111 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269942347 This site contains links to English Language Arts themed video games, as well as printable ones for classrooms, and online reading comprehension resources.]]> 2018-07-11 12:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/269942347 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/271522335 An Erasure poem is when you take a found text and then remove words from it to create something new. The link is an example of Stoker's: Dracula being made into a new text. This is another idea of something students can do. ]]> 2018-07-31 04:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/271522335 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/271522656 A Found poem is when you take another person's words to create a new poem. Attached are examples, explanations. This is another way students can show that they've engaged with the texts. ]]> 2018-07-31 04:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/271522656 ianbrunn https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/271522925 This is an example of something I created after reading Shakespeare's: The Tempest. ]]> 2018-07-31 04:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ianbrunn/ngyg9o3euobs/wish/271522925