This is a link to a site full of teaching resources. Anything that I do not know I can find here. It has examples from a multitude of sources that provide explanation to the most challenging questions. For students who are struggling with their writing techniques. It is not a very interactive site, and looks like it is from the Stone Age, but the information is what is important about this website. Any questions that I have about format or templates, I refer to this site for answers.
Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary
Want to improve your vocabulary and pronunciation of words? Reading and need to look up a word really quick? This website provides learners with the ability to learn a word of the day, practice using words, and look up definition and pronunciation all in one place. Improving vocabulary is a must for students if they want to be able to read and comprehend high readability literature. This website is a must for a developing reader. (Even I use it to look up words!)
Oral English Assessments and ESL speaking English Activities
For our ESL learners, this site is built for teachers to help these students learn. Many ESL students will find the activities that teachers use from this site very helpful as they learn a new language. With vowel and consonant sounds, pronunciation, to whatever an ESL learner needs is on this site. There are rules and appropriate words for all sorts of everyday and business speaking. This website will help students learn English as well as give teachers a variety of activities to keep class interesting.
Fun English Games for Kids – Free Teaching Resources
This site is meant for younger kids. There are games that students can play to help make learning fun. These are not just for entertainment; they make the player think about reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and words as they play their way to learning more and more about English language arts. Along with the games, there are activities, worksheets, videos, and other interactive fun that can be used in the classroom.
Literary Terms and Definitions
This is the ultimate glossary for literary terms and definitions. A professor from Carson-Newman University by the name of Dr. L. Kip Wheeler put together this wonderful list. Never again should there be a question of a literary term definition if students are aware of this website.
OneLook Dictionary Search
This site provides students an opportunity to look up words that they have questions about. The search bar will take students to a page that will give them multiple sources to find a definition. Students can search for different uses of a word as well. Students will also find synonyms and antonyms of words. This site would come in handy to look up a quick definition of a troubling word.
Interactive Websites - Reading and Language Arts
Students have the opportunity to play these educational games. Learning sentence structure, grammar, and vocabulary can be dry, but these games help make the learning fun. Learning grammar and vocabulary takes a lot of time and patience, but with these games, students can make the learning more interesting.
High School English
This site offers a place for students to practice grammar, spelling, composition, and access certain literature. This site is a gateway for interactive student learning, in and out of the classroom. With access to important literature, students can expand their reading horizons, and appreciate the classics. Students can keep active with all the interactive software that the site provides.
Purdue Online Writing Guide
If there is a question of citation, this site will provide students with answers to all their questions. If students are at home and cannot reach a teacher, or anyone who can answer their question, this website will help them out. College professors across the nation send their students to this site for help with citations.
This website will help students come up with citations. MLA and APA citations are available for free. This citation tool may help students come up with citations, but it is just a start. Students would be advised that the citations may be a little off and fine tuning may be needed. Although this may be the case, students will still be learning what to look for in order to write a citation. Knowing what to look for is the first building block to learning how to cite properly.
Grammar with Interactive Games
This website offers students an opportunity to review the rules of grammar. It also offers students a “quiz” section to test their abilities concerning the rules of grammar. These quizzes offer an explanation if a wrong answer is given to cue the student towards the correct response. It is important to practice the rules of grammar to keep them sharp and this site offers students plenty of opportunity for that practice.