Wondering how to respond to the age-old question when will I ever use this? The answer is very simple when discussing technical writing. Teachers and administrators gain an understanding of using technical writing in the classroom....

The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...

Are video games sports? Pupils investigate this question as well as various nonfiction selections to learn more about claims and the support that defines them. All of the selections mimic the rigor on state tests and encourage close...

The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...

How have educational standards evolved? Educators of adults examine expectations in the 10th workshop out of 15 to better determine how standards have grown. Participants respond to a variety of sample questions to determine how they...

Interactive timeline breaks the history of the English language into ten periods. For each period, you can learn some history, hear a sample of the language spoken as it would have sounded at the time, learn how the language was changing...

Provided by the Medieval Sourcebook, this site offers a modern English translation of the "Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation," Books 1 through 5.

English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...

Resources and articles aimed at helping teachers use technology with English language learners.

This tutorial focuses on the historical development of the English Language; it provides an historical account of the effects of conquerors and immigrants on the English language beginning with the Celts in 500 BCE and continuing until...

Article reports on a unique approach to learning English in Philadelphia.

Read about the first English settlements in America, the differences between the Chesapeake Bay colonies and the New England colonies, the wars between native inhabitants and English colonists, and the role of Bacon's Rebellion in the...

Homepage with links to resources and activities to help support English language learners. Links are organized into vocabulary, listening, grammar and other categories. Some activities are theme-based, focusing on animals, color/shapes,...

This lesson focuses on cognates, or words from other languages that have similar spellings, pronunciations, and meanings. This means that if you know, or are studying, another language, you may recognize an English word simply because...

A series of 41 videos lessons focusing on English pronunciation. Videos vary in length.

There are multiple activities for students who are at an introductory level to English as a second language. Students can Sign and Learn - Going into town (part 1 and 2), Look at the picture to see which statements are correct, Look and...

There are multiple activities for students who are at an introductory level to English as a second language. Students can Look and find the correct number to answer the question, Choose from pictures of clothes to answer questions, Look...

Introductory material for a survey of sixteenth-century English literature offering information on the period, its major figures, and influences.

From a chapter on "The English Empire" read this section to identify the causes of the Glorious Revolution and explain the outcomes.

To ensure that the implementation of RTI strategies effectively addresses the needs of all students, this informational brief provides guidelines for organizing and implementing a school leadership team that focuses on the needs of...

A list of books and essays by Thomas Aquinas. There are links to some of his works in English.

In this lesson you'll learn about different types of cognates, words that sound or look alike from one language to the next. You'll learn how leveraging cognate knowledge helps you figure out unfamiliar words in English. When you combine...

This is a unit including six different lessons on on English II Writing: Revision Strategies including the following: Polish Tone, Style, and Figurative Language, Strengthen Sentence Variety, Parallelism, Evaluating and Revising a...

This collection uses primary sources to explore the encounter between the Powhatan people and English at Jamestown.