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This page contains Mr. B-G's English class handouts and links to a variety of resources for English students and teachers.
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Mr. B-G's Journalism Blog. To visit my personal blog on the teaching of English, click on
Mr. B-G's English Blog. For a new page dedicated to student blogging, visit
Mr. B-G's Blog Exemplar. Educators looking to use my original assignments in their classrooms are welcome, so long as they credit the work to Mr. B-G, bgenglish.blogspot.com. I may be reached by e-mail
here with comments, questions, or feedback.
Students looking for class handouts should check with Mr. B-G to make sure the latest versions are posted here, as many are updated each year.
Here are some nifty websites I've discovered that might help you with your vocabulary posters:
Shahi - A visual dictionary that searches Flickr, Yahoo, & Google for images
Visuwords - A graphical dictionary that shows how words and their meanings are linked together
Brainyflix - A website with words and videos of common SAT words. Great fun!
Wordle - Create a cool word cloud from your blog or any piece of writing
FreeRice - Addictive SAT word quiz website. Get correct answers and win rice for people in need.
Flocabulary - SAT words put to hip-hop
This site's Wordle image:
The Ripway server is now working again. The website said they were experiencing a "denial of attack," tech jargon for computer hackery. I wish the folks at Ripway well. I don't want to upload all my files again... nor do I want to change all the hyperlinks in my prior blog posts!
I discovered today that the Ripway file hosting site I used to upload all my handouts and assignments is down. I don't know if this is a temporary or permanent situation. I have e-mailed the folks at Ripway inquiring as to what is going on.
If it turns out the site is dead, I will need to upload all of my files again to a new server. I don't know when everything will be back up, as if your lives are like mine, it seems that on some days I barely have enough time to eat three square meals.
Ah the joys of teaching... and technology!
If anyone knows of a free and reliable file hosting site that allows direct links, please let me know.
