Previously, I had posted about using The New York Times Blog, but after thoroughly exploring it, I can really recommend it to anyone teaching current events and wishing to teach genres like autobiography, biography, journalism, op/ed pieces, or just getting to know the ins and outs of non-fiction. According to recent studies, many students have trouble with non-fiction as many schools can't afford a school-wide (or often even a class-wide) newspaper subscription or choose to focus their budget funds on fiction texts. The NYT Blog is a great way to circumvent this by incorporating your SmartBoards and the blog itself...
If you look on the right hand pane in the image below, you'll see there are actual lesson plans for your use, quick quizzes for students and places for them to share their ideas, pretty of-and-in-the-moment ideas for essays, and even actual lesson plans for some of the most frequently taught Shakespeare plays.
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