Plural Words, A Silent "B," and the History of English

English is a tricky language. Silent letters and quirky rules about plural and possessive words will trip up native speakers as well as ESL ...

engVid - 500+ Free English Video Lessons

engVid is a free service that has produced more than 500 video lessons to help viewers learn to speak and write English. Eight instructors ...

What Did Shakespeare Really Sound Like?

For much longer than I've been alive Shakespeare's works have been read and performed in schools. But do we don't really know ho...

Film English - Film Activities for English Teachers

Last night Film English won the 2011 Edublog Award for Best Individual Blog. I had not heard of this blog before so I spent a bit of time ...

Great Interview Questions List Generator

Last night I had the pleasure of interview Wesley Fryer about his new ebook Playing With Media (full disclosure he gave me free access for ...

The History of English - Entertaining and Informative

The History of English is a series of ten short videos providing an overview of the history of the English language. Each animated video co...

ESOL Courses - Free Online English Lesson Activities

ESOL Courses is a good source of free online activities for English language learners. ESOL Courses provides activities for everyone from ...

Museum Webquests, Sites and Apps for Using iPods or Laptops in Your Classroom

As I attended the Iowa 1:1 Technology Conference this past week, it has become apparent, now more than ever, that technology is vastly chang...

Phrays - Word of the Day Writing Prompts

Phrays is a simple site that publishes a new word of the day everyday. Each word is published with its definition and part of speech. Visit...

Magnetic Poetry for Kids

Walk into any gift shop or toy shop and you're likely to find a set of magnetic words for sale. Slap them on your refrigerator and soon ...

Video - The Animated Tell Tale Heart

Today marks the 161st anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's death. To mark the day Open Culture posted the animated short film The Tell Tal...

Snappy Words - A Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus

Snappy Words is a free visual dictionary and thesaurus. Enter any word or phrase into the Snappy Words search box and it will create a web...

A Letter from Upton Sinclair to Theodore Roosevelt

Yesterday's document of the day from the National Archives was a letter sent by Upton Sinclair to President Theodore Roosevelt . In the ...

Interactive from Annenburg - Elements of a Story

Annenburg Media's Learner.org offers hundreds of lesson plans and online activities you can use in your classroom. One such resource th...

LitCharts - 10 Page Outlines of Classic Literature

LitCharts is a service that provides condensed outlines and summaries of classic literature. The outlines and summaries are far shorter tha...

Many Things - Lots of Things for ESL Students

Many Things is a website offering ESL students and teachers an extensive collection of games, quizzes, and other online learning activities...