English Companion Ning Group

NPR story on Julie Andrew's latest book, co-authored with her daughter

Weird Al helps us see the difference between "less" and "fewer."

Buffy shares tons of information and insights into pairing literature circles with research.

English links and tools.

Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.

Short video clips review classic works of literature

"Twurdy is actually based on Google, but it analyses Google results for readability, so it can help you to find more lower level texts for learners without you having to read through every result from Google to see if it's simple enough. "

Twurdy is actually based on Google, but it analyses Google results for readability, so it can help you to find more lower level texts for learners without you having to read through every result from Google to see if it's simple enough.

Handy guide to English verb tenses that shows a progression in time from the past to the future.

Great for quick surveys. Can do invitations as well, but would be interesting to survey students.

Create flashcard that students can study. Make your own or use some that have been created.

Wow. Great free site where you can create polls and online quizes. They can be embedded into your website and voting can be restricted to one vote per person. Lots of great possibilities.

WordMagnets is a simple tool that allows you to paste text into a field and then click a couple of times to change the text into word tiles a little like fridge magnets that you can drag and rearrange.