University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Works of Christina Rossetti
This site provides the text to "Goblin Market" and "Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme" written by Christina Rossetti.
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Ron: Analysis Interminable in the Other Wordsworth
A psychoanalytical look at Wordsworth, with comparision to Freud, using his writings. A very detailed exploration of this topic.
English Club
English Club: What Is English?: History of the English Language
A brief history of the development of the English language including a timeline.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Other Commonly Misspelled Words
This Washington State University page lists the correct spelling for hundreds of commonly misspelled words. The list is in paragraph form and does not provide correlated misspellings.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Compound Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used as a center or class lesson to practice making compound words.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Hot or Cold
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains 10 phrases that should have either the word hot or cold in it. The students should use the Activotes to vote if they think the missing word is hot or cold. Space is there for...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Jeopardy Hs English
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is in Jeopardy format and reviews major concepts in high school English. It includes questions on Six Traits Writing, Capitalization, Punctuation, parts of speech, kinds of sentences and...
Braingle
Braingle: Language Brain Teasers
"Manipulate words and letters" with these "language brain teasers" that ask you to think about letters, anagrams, syllables, consonants, rhymes, and other topics that you talk about in English class. Try the brain teasers presented here,...
Quia
Quia: Prefix Skills
Learn prefix skills by taking the quiz using "Matching, Concentration, Flashcards, or Word Search."
Baertracks
Creative Quotations: Ben Jonson
This site from Creative Quotations contains quotations from Ben Jonson, who was an English poet and dramatist. Quotations said by Jonson are listed.
Ancestry
Richard Lovelace: Chronology of His L Ife
A timeline of events in Richard Lovelace's life and two of his poems can be found here.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Marlowe and Kyd
This site, which is provided for by Bartelby.com, is a biographical sketch of Marlowe's life with notes.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Marlowe and Kyd
This site is provided for by Bartelby.com. Marlowe's characteristics of style, as critics put it, is the use of the persistent hyperbole, weak construction, no woman limitation, humourless.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Sports/hobbies
Great tool from Ingles Mundial for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Sports and Hobbies. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material...
Other
Esl Verbs: Present Progressive Forms
Examples, common mistakes are discussed at this ESL website. Some basic information that gives the student a good starting point.
Other
Meat, Meet, Mete at homophone.com
This short reference page provides clarification for the homophones meat, meet, and mete. The basic definition of the word homophone is also provided.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Genre
Brief definition of the literary term.
Vernet -Virtual Education Resources Network
Salon Hogar: 66 Essential Phrasal Verbs/66 Verbos
This is a list of commonly used English phrasal verbs given in English and Spanish. Examples of proper usage of the verbs are provided in English (a few use British terms or word choices).
Better English Lessons
Better English: Adjectives With Ing and Ed
A quiz on adjectives with -ing and -ed endings is to be found at this site. Choose the right word from the drop down list provided. Check your answers by clicking on the box at the bottom of the page.
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Shared Visions: Adjectives
A nice, but brief introduction to adjectives along with a few examples. Links are provided for other useful information, including comparative and superlative adjectives.
Other
Esl Blue(s): Troubleshooting: There Is vs. There Are
Examples are given that help the student understand when to use "there is" and when to use "there are."
Other
Adverbs That Modify Adjectives
This tutorial shows how adverbs modify adjectives and other adverbs. It also has a 10-question printout quiz.