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Welcome to the MERLOT English Portal, an educational resource for teachers and learners of English at any level. You are invited to join MERLOT – it’s free – and contribute to this growing community of English instructors. Feel free to submit your own modules and assignments for evaluation, build collections of content specific to your teaching, and participate in a wonderful community of scholars.
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The visitor will find a collection of links to Internet sites dealing especially with English and American literature. Users can search by single word or by several categories. A list of links to General Sources is also provided.
Literary Resources on the Net in MERLOT
New Materials
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A Digital Workbook for Beginning ESOL
This book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning students of ESOL...
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Open Research Library: Open Access Books
The Open Research Library (ORL) will eventually contain a scholarly collection of 20,000+ Open Access books available to...
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Writing Conclusion Paragraphs
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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Writing Topic Sentences
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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Student Opinion: NYTIMES
Daily questions inspired by Times content from across sections. Join the conversation!
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Teaching Poetry Online | Poetry Foundation Archive
The Poetry Foundation Archive contains thousands of poems and poetry-related features. Among its collections is "Teaching...
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A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences
A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new...
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Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction
Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction addresses the questions and decisions that administrators and...
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News Literacy Lessons - NCTE
This web page is adapted from a blog from the News and Information Literacy Professional Learning Community on the...
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Expression and Inquiry
Users of Expressions and Inquiry will note that it has three major sections—Section One which primarily focuses on the...
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Thesis Statement & Plagiarism - Writing and Reasoning
Project Description The Writing and Reasoning learning object is part of a series of self-paced digital resources...
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Hobson's Choice
By close reference to the play, Hobson's Choice, answer the following question based on the clip provided.
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Open English @ SLCC
Open English @ SLCC originated from a shared desire to offer affordable, responsive, accessible instructional resources...
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Smithsonian Open Access: Create. Imagine. Discover
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian's images right...
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EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology
EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student...
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Kiddynomics: An Economics Curriculum for Young Learners
Kiddynomics: An Economics Curriculum for Young Learners is a set of lessons designed to introduce young children to the...
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Worth!
Students participate in a banking role play in which they portray roles based on characters in the book Worth! by A....
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African-American barber who, despite significant setbacks,...
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Tortilla Factory
Students observe the teacher produce a paper taco and then produce their own paper tacos. Students learn about the...
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The Pickle Patch Bathtub
Students learn about opportunity cost, saving, savings goals and a savings plan by reading The Pickle Patch Bathtub....
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The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Students learn about consumers and producers and give examples from the book The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. They...
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The Goat in the Rug
Students listen to the book The Goat in the Rug, about a Navajo weaver who uses a number of resources and intermediate...
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The Case of the Shrunken Allowance
Students listen to a story about P.B. who thinks money is missing from the peanut butter jar on his window ledge. In...
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The Berenstain Bears: Old Hat New Hat
In this lesson, students make a choice about what they want to eat for dinner, but then they are asked to trade with a...
New Members
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Sophia RomanicWestcliff University -
Kevin Sheridan,Westcliff University
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Grace HuaNone
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Payungsak Kaenchanmahidol university
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Michelle BuscherPasadena City College
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Kathleen ReimanYavapai College
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Jennifer ScheidtPalo Alto College
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Tal LevyRuppin Academic College
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Catharine Tabernerinternational School, Tabuk
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Mary O'ConnorCity College of San Francisco
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Ann-Marie Lopez-EsquivelMcMurry University
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Debra MochidomeEl Camino College
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Lin GillPasadena City College
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Pedro Argolo Caldas SampaioUniversidade Federal De São João del Rei
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Paulette Koubek-YaoPasadena City College
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Deborah HandelmanUniversity System of Georgia - Albany State University
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Marlene AcevedoColegio
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Joseph CotiSouthwestern Michigan College
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catherine LamasEast Los Angeles College
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Karnalius BasumataryAction for Social Advancement
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Tania PerezN/A
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Tania ChiaroLink English Projects
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Tara MurphyFullerton College
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Elizabeth KuipersUniversity System of Georgia - Albany State University
Materials by Discipline
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English on the Web
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Kishwar's undying poetry
Jul 08, 2020 06:52 PM PDT
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SAD MLA booked for 'flouting norms', holding gatherings
Jul 08, 2020 06:33 PM PDT
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Premier denies appointment of ex-MLA to Houston trade job is patronage
Jul 08, 2020 03:40 PM PDT
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Larry Doke ready for final months as MLA
Jul 08, 2020 02:33 PM PDT
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THE BROAD STAGE AT HOME Presents Red Hen Press Poetry Hour
Jul 08, 2020 01:37 PM PDT
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Does This Poem Bring You Joy? A Conversation With Arianne True
Jul 08, 2020 01:19 PM PDT
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Local artists encouraged to prepare for Filley show
Jul 08, 2020 01:03 PM PDT
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ESL students losing ground during pandemic, educators fear
Jul 08, 2020 12:52 PM PDT
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MLA Sharat Bachche Gowda tests positive
Jul 08, 2020 12:52 PM PDT
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Five Latina poets that should be on your radar
Jul 08, 2020 12:22 PM PDT
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MLA & NIH director inspect Golbhatta area
Jul 08, 2020 11:56 AM PDT
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Current Issue Archives - CLELE JOURNAL - children´s literature in english language ...
Jul 08, 2020 11:44 AM PDT
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Poetry sessions ensure mental health amidst Covid-19
Jul 08, 2020 11:22 AM PDT
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AAA7 features virtual Art, Essay and Poetry Showcase on website during July
Jul 08, 2020 10:37 AM PDT
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MLA starts mental health centre to combat Corona stress in Jodhpur
Jul 08, 2020 09:53 AM PDT
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'Life Twice Grown': La Jollan publishes memoirs as poetry
Jul 08, 2020 09:52 AM PDT
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Independent MLA tests positive for coronavirus in Karnataka
Jul 08, 2020 09:41 AM PDT
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets finds poetry at the bottom of a glass
Jul 08, 2020 09:07 AM PDT
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Maha: BJP MLA tests COVID-19 positive in Latur
Jul 08, 2020 08:41 AM PDT
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'Red Clover' and more poetry
Jul 08, 2020 08:33 AM PDT
English on Twitter
- The deadline for the NEW CCCC Outstanding Teaching Award has been extended to July 22. Submit your application whil… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- NCA has signed on to a @MLAnews letter asking ICE to “reinstate the temporary visa exemptions for international stu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8 hours ago | NatComm
- Communication Professor @S_M_Underhill, @marshallu, writes that “Police brutality has a long history of being prot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…11 hours ago | NatComm
- In response to national conversations about systemic racism, NCA has developed a resource bank that provides materi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…12 hours ago | NatComm
- Associate Professor of Communication @amberldavisson, @KeeneState_, weighs in on the ways that videoconferencing is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…15 hours ago | NatComm
- 'Relational Subjectivity: Sasha Marianna Salzmann’s Novel Außer Sich' by Annette Buehler-Dietrich explores how Sash… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…20 hours ago | ModLangOpen
- Featuring 3 #4C20 award winners, our July webinar focuses on activist transnational rhetorics, the influence of lan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NCTE_CCCC
- Trump’s steady stream of tweets may far outnumber Biden’s, but the effectiveness of campaign messaging isn’t just a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- In light of NCA’s summer event cancellations, NCA developed a special online speaker series. Seminar videos and rea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- During the pandemic, people are craving human touch. @UArizonaComm Professor @KoryFloyd says young adults and the e… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm