The team from The Literature Network, an online community of literature lovers, created a nice infographic that visualizes a timeline of literary periods and movements. Click on the image to see it…
“Not even Snape could Severus apart.”
When listening to an English conversation, you are very likely to come across the use of a pun at one time or another. This is also the case with written text
From Aldous Huxley to Steven Pinker, read a list of Israeli intellectual and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari's favorite book recommmendations.
Plenty of us loves to read. Or say that we do. But finding the time to do so is, more often than not, much more difficult than we’d like. After a hard day at work or school, instead of snuggling up with a doggo, a steaming mug of hot cocoa, and a good novel, we usually end up being couch potatoes in front of the TV or computer screen.
I am ready for our summer trip to PEI. I’ve got my packing list, my annotated maps and guides, my camera gear and sunscreen. What else do you really need for an awesome, epic beach vacation? Reading material, of course!
Call them what you may: literature circles, book clubs, literature study, etc., getting students in a small group of their peers to discuss a book that they're all reading is one of the most enjoyable
Plenty of us loves to read. Or say that we do. But finding the time to do so is, more often than not, much more difficult than we’d like. After a hard day at work or school, instead of snuggling up with a doggo, a steaming mug of hot cocoa, and a good novel, we usually end up being couch potatoes in front of the TV or computer screen.
This is a great freebie: 7 free study guides, about 40 pages each, on the Shakespeare plays of MacBeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, MidSummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Othello,&…
You might have heard the term epiphany and wondered what it means. In this piece, we are going to be taking a look at the meaning of an epiphany as well as
Plenty of us loves to read. Or say that we do. But finding the time to do so is, more often than not, much more difficult than we’d like. After a hard day at work or school, instead of snuggling up with a doggo, a steaming mug of hot cocoa, and a good novel, we usually end up being couch potatoes in front of the TV or computer screen.
Source for comic: Wrong Hands by John Atkinson Buy a copy of John Atkinson’s book: Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn’t
Nineteen Delightful Literary Comics For The Intellectuals - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.
If you would like to nominate Incidental Comics as a "Best Webcomic of 2011," you can go here to voice your support. No pressure! Thanks to all my high school English teachers for providing the deeply ingrained knowledge behind this comic. And a very special thanks to my proofreaders at the Kansas City Star, who put up with my three consecutive misspellings of "Onomatopoeia." And finally: English teachers and students, past and current - you can get a poster of this comic for your classroom or reading nook here.
Aaaand we're finally done with Twelfth Night ! In case you missed the last four months of comics, and don't have time to go back and read them all, here's what happened:
Dear reader, Shakespeare has “shaken” my “sphere” (Earth, because it’s a sphere, and Earth = world). (Bad pun.) I used to hate reading Shakespeare because I found it t…
I am definitely one or more of these! HT: Joel Watts.
THE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID TO BE She speaks to me fondly of passions and talents, guitars and stars then stops short and apologise for speaking at all.
Your students will groan, but also secretly love these punchlines.
This smart comic by Grant Snider, which is available in his shop as a poster, breaks down the archetypal conflicts in literature… although he did leave out man vs. computerized wolf god.
SO MUCH PROJECT HAIL MARY DOODLES! Top left: doodle of Ryland and Rocky on Erid. Rocky wants to name his kid after Ryland because Eridians do it + Rocky knows Ryland will die much much much sooner t…
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“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.” Artist Wendy MacNaughton captures Sontag’s most private meditations on love.
Read Crocodile's Toothache poem by Shel Silverstein written. Crocodile's Toothache poem is from Shel Silverstein poems. Crocodile's Toothache poem summary, analysis and comments.
Get ready to read your way across the globe with PLANET YA! First stop? Canada and Greenland! A few weeks...
Plenty of us loves to read. Or say that we do. But finding the time to do so is, more often than not, much more difficult than we’d like. After a hard day at work or school, instead of snuggling up with a doggo, a steaming mug of hot cocoa, and a good novel, we usually end up being couch potatoes in front of the TV or computer screen.
Get back into the habit of reading with this simple Yearly Reading Plan. I’ve had a really productive couple of days in this New Year including figuring out this Yearly Reading Plan. Yes I know you can’t cook it! But I am a big reader. Actually the majority of my reading these days is spent...
“So much of her time spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite saying them.”
