Another in the irregular series of round-ups of interesting English links from our recent Twitter stream :-
- Storytelling about different cultures, in cartoon form: Somalis in Norway.
- Updated list of our Articles of the Week - lots of interesting discussion for class.
- And plenty more in the Guardian's look at what teenagers are up to online.
- The wonderful new Emily Dickinson manuscript archive.
- An entertaining look back at the origins of Twitter. How wrong could he have been ...
- Draftin.com - worth trying out for collaborative writing.
- An entertaining article on English words in German, such as 'Handy', and how they aren't 'really' English.
- A starter for class: the new Lego ad (above). Bless.
- Writers and their advice: great for classroom posters.
- Books: two which sound particularly interesting a) John Self on Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-formed Thing ('this writing becomes a way of thinking'), b) For fans of Vienna, I was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia as reviewed by Eileen Battersby in the Irish Times.
- Enda Donlon's list of English teachers in Ireland who are on Twitter.
- The always readable John Tomsett on 'truly great teaching'.
- Vivid NYC photographs by Brandon Stanton: lots of writing prompts.
- An impressive post by Alex Quigley of Hunting English on 'Teacher Coaching and Improving CPD'
- A Storify selection of tweets and resources from the INOTE English teachers' conference in Kilkenny.
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