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Monday, August 25, 2014

8-25-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:







“Personal Writing Based on The Times’s Sunday Routine Series” Is A Nice Idea From The Learning Network
Reader Idea | Personal Writing Based on The Times’s Sunday Routine Series is a very useful post at The New York Times Learning Network. It’s a simple teacher-suggested lesson plan that includes some very useful student hand-outs that is particularly timely at the beginning of the school year. I obviously didn’t write it but, for now (until I create another “Best” list), I’ll be adding it to My Be


“Leap.it” Could Be A Useful Search Engine For English Language Learners
Leap.it is a new search engine that portrays search results in a visually attractive way (see the above image and compare it to the image below from Google searching the same topic: Christopher Columbus). I don’t really understand how — apart from the display — that it’s different from Google or Bing, but TechCruch explains it in this post, though after reading it I still don’t have a clue what t
The 51st Anniversary Of The March On Washington Is Thursday– Here Are Related Resources
© 2013 John Flannery, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio August 28th is the anniversary of the March On Washington. You might be interested in The Best Resources About The March On Washington.


Just Sent-Out Free Email Newsletter
I’ve just mailed out the June issue of my simple free monthly email newsletter. It has over 2,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here.
August’s “The Best” Lists — There Are Now 1,341 Of Them!
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,341 of them categorized here): The Best Resources For World Humanitarian Day The Best Resources For Learning About The Rosetta Mission “The Best Advice On Engaging Parents At The Beginning Of The School Year” “My Best Posts On ‘Conditional Cash Transfers’” How Many Of Our Students Feel This Way? (Resources
August’s Best Posts From This Blog
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here). Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this pas


8-24-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Friday & Sat. (2nd Wk) Tweets About #Ferguson #MichaelBrown[View the story "Friday & Sat. (2nd Wk) Tweets About #Ferguson #MichaelBrown" on Storify]by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 8-23-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL