These are links to exceptional lesson or information sites. The list will grow as time goes on. If you would like a link to a site, e-mail me but keep in mind that there are several restrictions. This page is for links to lesson plans or lesson ideas, and the material must be free, of reasonably high quality, and aimed at an intermediate or senior level (grade 7 and up).
The venerable British institution has a plethora of links and lesson plans.
Breaking News English
Sean Banville's site contains current events lesson plans. The topics and lessons could be a tremendous resource for discussion and writing topics. The lesson plans are current and contain a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises. Classroom handouts are reproducible in Word and PDF.
If a student is truly going to understand and appreciate Shakespeare, it is mandatory that the student understands medieval society. This site by the Annenberg/CPB Project has informative and very interesting information about all aspects of medieval society. One of its highlights is the interactive part of the medical page where you can pretend to be a medieval doctor and cure your patients of the usual scourges of the middle ages.
If you're looking for some inspiration or model poems for your students, then take a look at Marinela's impressive site featuring numerous poems written by the young and creative Marinela.
This is a very impressive, and large site, by Carla Beard, which includes just about "something for everyone" who teaches English.
This is a site was suggested by a student, Anna, as some important information for any young writers who are interested in becoming published writers one day. Understanding the concept of ownership of a creative work has become very important in the era of the internet, when many people feel that anything online is freely available for use, regardless of copyright or ownership.
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