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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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Writing LCC - An Anthology of Student Writings
The writings in this book were collected from students and their professors at Lansing Community College. The requirement...
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Integrating ICT into English
This website provides many activites to integrate ICT into English curriculum of reading and writing.
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Draft Course Design.pdf
This document is a draft of a Business Writing course design for fall 2020. Its goal is to map out a possible delivery...
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Research for College Students
Presents the research process for lower-level undergraduate students: developing topics, understanding sources,...
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Composition 150: Rhetoric and Research
This is a collection of readings for Composition 150: Rhetoric and Research, which introduces students to the discipline...
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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...
New Members
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Gabriella TallmadgeMount San Jacinto College -
David HoneySupplement Tips
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LAURA BARRERAGARLAND ISD
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Rachael ArredondoFriends Academy
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Yadira Alma Hadassa HernándezNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
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Elissa RouthState Fair Community College
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Maria HopperRaymond E Shaw Elementary School
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Lauren MarlattGwinnett Technical College
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Gwen Livingstone PokoraBlack Hawk College
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Nancy YaegerTidewater Community/Technical College
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Titilayo AkankeMorgan State University
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Ellen WanoArlington Heights SD25
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Cassandra RobertsGlasgow High School
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Makrand WakdeMSS's Arts, science and Commerce College Ambad, dist. Jalna
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Sarah WadleighManchester High School Central
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Christine McAllasterShivela Middle School
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Renee KuhlesNone
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Jyothsna KMAICTE
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Viktoria ModestaCompetitive Life Settlement
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Dan VillegasUVM
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Diane SanchezLone Star college
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Angela HoganWaukee High School
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Fiona CohenNone
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Susan NylanderBarstow Community/Technical College
Materials by Discipline
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English on the Web
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Fulton Street Books & Coffee aims to open minds through literature, community
Aug 08, 2020 10:37 PM PDT
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UP MLA, wife, son booked for grabbing house, threats
Aug 08, 2020 10:03 PM PDT
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Eat your statement or face the music: Muminul Aowal to MLA Shiladitya Dev
Aug 08, 2020 07:26 PM PDT
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TMC MLA tests positive; Salim stable in Kolkata
Aug 08, 2020 06:30 PM PDT
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School poetry, Donne but not forgotten
Aug 08, 2020 05:22 PM PDT
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Bhadohi police book Gyanpur MLA Vijay Mishra, family
Aug 08, 2020 04:03 PM PDT
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AAP MLA says amenities are inadequate in Patiala hospital
Aug 08, 2020 03:41 PM PDT
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Poems in a pandemic
Aug 08, 2020 03:18 PM PDT
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Press conference by Ex MLA of Thivim Kiran Kandolkar
Aug 08, 2020 01:26 PM PDT
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Cuncolim MLA discharged
Aug 08, 2020 01:15 PM PDT
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Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival 2021
Aug 08, 2020 12:36 PM PDT
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Act against accused in Anvay Naik abetment to suicide case: Shiv Sena MLA writes to Maharashtra ...
Aug 08, 2020 11:46 AM PDT
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AIUDF MLA tests covid-positive, ninth legislator to be infected in Assam
Aug 08, 2020 11:22 AM PDT
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Halsey Teases What Fans Can Expect From Her Poetry Collection
Aug 08, 2020 09:41 AM PDT
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L'Esprit créateur: Édouard Glissant's Thought in Literature and Culture
Aug 08, 2020 09:26 AM PDT
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Cumbrian poetry group publishes an anthology
Aug 08, 2020 08:56 AM PDT
English on Twitter
- "We teach students to analyze. Perhaps what we have neglected to analyze is the way we center our students in our s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…7 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- Lea David traces the emergence of the ‘dealing with the past’ agenda which entered the public sphere from the 1970s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…21 hours ago | ModLangOpen
- Since 1949, @NCTE_CCCC has provided a forum for all those responsible for teaching composition and communication sk… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NCTE_CCCC
- On @Medium, @ACLS1919 President @Joyclassicist argues that there are “six concrete actions that can be taken at the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- If you missed presenting your poster at a conference or defended your thesis or dissertation online, consider submi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- Should you use the word “picnic”? Although people may not realize it, the term “picnic” is associated with racial v… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day 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…1 day ago | NatComm
- 'Whither Politics, Whither Memory?' by Cristian Cercel addresses the multifaceted process of the memory boom and in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | ModLangOpen
- "How do we maintain a connection with students during a pandemic? First, by showing students that we’re listening."… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NCTE_CCCC
- The Democratic and Republican National Conventions will be held virtually because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm