Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The King's English: 18th Century Language
This article about the language spoken in the 18th century comes from the teacher newsletter for Colonial Williamsburg. Forms of address, greeting, and farewells are covered in detail.
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The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson
Students and teachers will benefit from these examples of quotes from Lord Alfred Tennyson. This site offers only a handful of examples. Don't miss out.
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Japanese online.com
This is a free learning service for people who wish to study the Japanese language. Japanese learners can find and talk to one another and form language exchange relationships with native Japanese speakers. You'll also find four Beginner...
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Aces: The American Copy Editors Society
This newsletter-style home page for The American Copy Editors Society offers everything from articles and advice to surveys and seminars. Tidy layout and solid organization make this a pleasure to navigate.
Read Works
Read Works: What Did You Say?
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Claire who had to learn some new words when she went to visit her British cousins. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Culture of Palestine, West Bank, and Gaza Strip
Provides an overview of the culture of Palestine, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Gives basic information on topics such as geography, ethnic makeup, languages, symbolism, economy, food, customs, social stratification, family life,...
Braingle
Braingle: Mentalrobics Vocabulary
Find new words to exercise your brain and expand your vocabulary. This website provides a "word of the day," complete with definition and example sentence.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Text Talk (Read Aloud)
This online instructional activity supports the language development and reading comprehension of kindergarten through second graders. Through the use of an innovative "Text talk," strategy, students will explain, develop, and expand...
CNN
Cnn Money: Body Language Savvy
What one gesture means in one part of the world may be totally different in another part! Here's some good advice on what to watch out for when traveling as well as a lesson on the different cultures of the world.
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Tv Cultura: Alo Escola Nossa Lingua Portuguesa
This is a great resource for students and speakers of Portuguese. Tackling common mistakes and confusions, the resource offers grammatic explanations for each question.
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Nwrl: Teaching Math and Science to English Language Learners [Pdf]
This resource guide gives a wealth of information and strategies for teaching math and science to ELLs. Special attention is given to techniques for integrating language and content instruction for these disciplines.
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El Diario Informacion General De Bolivia
This site is a reference to vital statistics and other data about the country of Bolivia. General information on the history, government, environment, and tourism of Bolivia are also provided. Illiteracy rate, average number of years of...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Understanding Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis
The principle of linguistic relativity looks at the connection between language and thought processes. This resource provides an explanation of linguistic relativity, its historical context, different types of research approaches, how it...
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Spanish Flashcards
This selection of flashcards for Spanish grammar and vocabulary--often with scoring and self-correcting capabilities--are correlated to commonly used Spanish textbooks such as "Ven Conmigo" and "En Espanol." Includes many other features...
Organization for Community Networks
Ofcn: Horrid Homonyms
This site features a lesson plan for homonyms. Learners and teachers will benefit in their speech and writing skills after tackling this activity.
TES Global
Tes: Languages and the Olympics
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this three week Olympics unit, primary young scholars will pair with secondary students. Young scholars will learn basic French and Spanish vocabulary through music and physical education...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Psychology of Accents
This Braincraft video, along with this lesson, are intended to get you thinking about why and how accents exist within languages.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Arthur: Supermarket Scavenger Hunt
This page features an alphabet scavenger hunt activity for young students. Using markers, paper and other materials, students will have an opportunity to work on an alphabetical shopping list.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes: Pictures in Words
This is a great and informative site. This lesson uses Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Noyes's "The Highwayman" to teach vivid imagery and figurative language. Don't miss out.
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The Phrase Finder: Home Page
"A professional writers' resource from The Phrase Finder for generating ideas for headlines, advertising copy, song lyrics, etc." Just type your word and the phrase finder will find a phrase to match it. L.9-10.4c References, L.9-10.4d...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
Death narrates a poignant tale of collecting lives and stories through Nazi Germany while constantly circling back to Liesel, who survives because of the love she shares and her love of language. Selected (6) reading passages (grades...
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Simply Psychology: Language Acquisition
Provides an overview of the theories of language acquisition put forward by B.F. Skinner and Noam Chomsky. Includes two videos.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "Elements of Drama" [Pdf]
This two-page PDF provides a list and brief explanation of the "Elements of Drama" based on the structure of Greek Drama as outlined by Aristotle. These include: Thought, Theme, Ideas; Action, Plot; Characters, Language, Music, and...