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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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OSLIS :: MLA Citation Maker :: Middle and High School
citation generator
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Guide to Teaching with Alfre Woodard's Sourjourner Truth Reading
Lesson plan for using a live video of Alfre Woodard reading "Ain't I a Woman" in order to teach rhetorical appeals.
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Writing Ninjas: How To Write A Strong Thesis Statement
The "writing ninjas" of inkwellscholars.org teach the secret formula for writing strong thesis statements.
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Kerry Washington reads Sojourner Truth
Actress Kerry Washington reads the 1851 speech of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. Part of a reading from Voices of a...
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Discourses of Suffering | The blog of the book, Pain, Pleasure and Perversity: Discourses of Suffering in Seventeenth-Century England
This blog focuses on issues relating to early modern perceptions of suffering. This is a major topic in the history of...
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ANO SENSEI! EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
The "Ano sensei!" channel contains videos on various topics relating to (mainly) English literature and language. It now...
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John Wilson's Pages for Students of English Literature
These pages contain the courses (classes and lectures), both active and archived, that I am currently teaching or have...
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Ano sensei! Educational videos (English literature, language, history, etc.)
Open-access online educational videos on (mainly) English literature, language and history.
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International Journal of Open Educational Resources
The International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER) is a bi-annual, open access, double-blind peer-reviewed...
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A Guide to First Year Composition
OER Composition Book
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You, Writing! A Guide to College Composition
Composition Textbook
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Successful College Composition
Composition Textbook
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First Year Writing
This is an Introductory Writing Course developed through the Ohio Department of Higher Education OER Innovation Grant....
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Cengage OpenNow English Composition 2 Reading & Learning Objectives
Students build on what they learned in Comp I and practice critical reading, deepen knowledge about and how to use...
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www.innovativeteaching.que.ed
A noun names everything. A phrase is a small group of words that forms a meaningful unit within a clause. A noun phrase...
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English Composition
This is a course reader for a beginning composition class. The reader covers: Allegory of the Cave By Plato Civil...
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An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication: A Primer on Communication Studies
By its very nature communication is not a skill we are born with. If lucky, we are born with the senses necessary to...
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Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Given the demands for good communication skills in the civic realm and in the workplace, a course in public speaking is...
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Problems in Argument Analysis and Evaluation
This is the WSIA edition of Trudy’s Govier’s seminal volume, Problems in Argument Analysis and Evaluation. Originally...
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Essentials of Linguistics
This Open Educational Resource (OER) brings together Open Access content from around the web and enhances it with dynamic...
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What, Why and How? Mastering 15 Concepts to Become a Better Writer
First off, rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the ability of writers and speakers to inform,...
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Style for Students: A Writing Guide
Suppose you have never believed that you are a good writer, and you seriously doubt that you can improve your style. Or...
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Thematic Reading Anthology
Although classified as a course, this can be used as a textbook. This anthology is a curated collection of openly...
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Fresh English - 1st edition
This open textbook exists as a free alternative to commercial textbooks. The book explains composition theory concretely...
New Members
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Sheri EdwardsFlorida Atlantic University -
Kathleen McAlisterCypress College
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Ryan LambertCommunity/Technical College of Denver
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Julie WilsonDe Anza College
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MARIA TERESA GRIMALDICOMPRENSIVO POLO 3
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John Yamamoto-WilsonSophia University
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Mohamed SamunnDyslexia Association of Singapore
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Susan LumUniversity of Hawaii - Leeward Community/Technical College
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Jesus ValleAmerican River College
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LUIZ FELIPE DIAS RIEIROLUIZ FELIPE DIAS RIBEIRO
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Anh NguyenSouthwest Tennessee Community College
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Olivia TurnerKarma
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Caitlyn ElliottSelf
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Steve WylieYuba Community/Technical College District - Woodland Community/Technical College
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Stephen FonashState University of New York System - College of Technology at Alfred
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Jessica UlmerMidlands Technical College
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Nicole HouserSaint Peter`s College
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Sarah RomeoHudson Valley Community/Technical College
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Cheryl BlevensIndiana State University
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Maia MattseyIndiana State University
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Amy LathamSan Francisco State University
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Trudy Krkoskaprivate language schools
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Brandon WhitbyInTech Collegiate High School
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Cheryl AschenbachLassen College
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- The NCA National Office is closed today for the President's Day holiday. We will return tomorrow.14 hours ago | NatComm
- In this video from the SWR series, Steve Parks talks about his role as editor of the Studies in Writing & Rhetoric… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…15 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
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