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Writing Longer Sentences: Web Resources

A Short Movie on Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, & Adverbs

http://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/partsofspeech/

Identify the Adverbs in These Games

http://www.quia.com/rr/62022.html

http://www.quia.com/ba/8086.html

Adjectives Activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/spelling/18_act.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gigaquiz?path=ks2revisewise/rw_eng18&infile=rw_eng18##

Is it an adjective or an adverb?

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/esladjadvEX1.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/esladjadvEX2.html

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Summer Opportunities

  • Adler Planaterium Volunteering
  • After School Matters Teen Programs
  • Chicago Botanic Gardens
  • Depaul Summer
  • Discovering Healthcare Careers through Lurie Children's Hospital
  • Fermilab Target Program
  • Field Museum Internships
  • National Museum of Mexican Art--YolloCalli
  • Open Books Publishing Academy
  • UIC Chance Program
  • University of Chicago Summer Session
  • Youmedia at Chicago Public Library

Chapter 12: Tag Questions

  • Tag Questions: British Council
  • VOA: You Want to Learn About Tag Questions, Don't You?
  • Question Tags Exercise 1
  • Tag Questions 2
  • Tag Questions 1
  • Tag Questions "Fun Grammar"
  • Brain Pop Tag Questions

Chapter 11: Modals and Phrasal Modals of Advice, Necessity, and Prohibition

  • Had Better/Had Better Not
  • Modal Verbs Exercise 5
  • Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission - Exercise 2
  • Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission - Exercise 1
  • Modals of Advice 2 - Should, Ought to, Had better
  • Modals of Advice 1
  • Should / Must / Could / May / Need

Modals of Request, Permission, Desire, and Preference

  • would rather, had better
  • Would Rather or Would Prefer to
  • Modals of Preference Exercise 2
  • Modals of Preference Exercise
  • Modals of Preference
  • Modals of Permission and Request Exercise
  • Modal Verbs of Permission #2
  • Modals of Permission: Explanation and Exercises

Modals of Ability and Possibility

  • Can Could Be Able To
  • Video with exercises
  • Notes on Modals
  • Modals of Ability 2
  • Modal Verbs of Ability Exercise
  • Modal Verbs of Ability Exercise 1
  • Modals of Ability 2 - Can, Could, Be able to, May, Might
  • Modals of Ability 1 - Can, Could, Be able to, May, Might
  • Future Possibility and Probability Modals - Exercise 2
  • May be or maybe?

Future Time Clauses and If Clauses

  • A powerpoint review of future time clauses and if clauses
  • Time Clauses: Pick the answer
  • Time Clauses: Pick the answer 2
  • If Clauses: Choose the Answer
  • If Clauses: Type the answer

Future Time: Be Going To, Will, & Present Continuous

  • Notes: Future Time
  • VOA Will/Be Going To Video
  • Will/Be Going To - Choose the Correct Answer
  • Will / Be Going To -- Fill In the blank
  • Will / Be Going To - Fill In the Blank
  • Making Present Continuous for Future
  • Present Continuous For Future Flashcards
  • Exercise: going to/will/present continuous Fill In the blank
  • Game: Will, Going To, Present Continuous
  • WILL / GOING TO / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Vocabulary and Learning English

  • Connect With English
  • Duolingo - the basics in any language!
  • ESL Pod
  • Lingvist
  • Prefix and Suffix Vocabulary (Communications)
  • Randall's ESL Cyberlistening
  • The Word Within The Word Morpheme Presentation Organizer
  • The Word Within The Word Vocabulary Lists
  • Tu Inglés!
  • USA Learns

The Paragraph (MEL-Con)

  • A.W.E.--When do you quote and how do you do it?
  • Basic Paragraph Bubble Outline
  • Choosing Evidence, Citing, Attributing, Quotation Marks
  • Citefast--make your citations and references
  • Elaborations and Returns
  • Main Ideas
  • MEL-Con Basics
  • MEL-Con Outline
  • MEL-Con Reminders Powerpoint
  • Sample Paragraphs Basic to MEL-Con
  • Support Sentences
  • Transitions & How to Say it
  • Typical MEL-Con Problems

Past Continuous (Past Progressive)

  • Past Continuous Flashcards
  • Past Continuous
  • Past Progressive, Past Continuous, Past Simple, Verb Tenses, ESL Grammar
  • Past simple and past continuous
  • Past Simple or Past Continuous Exercise
  • Simple Past or Past Continuous

The Essay

  • Body Paragraphs
  • Conclusion Outline
  • Conclusions
  • Essay Review
  • Introduction
  • Introduction Outline
  • Thesis Statement
  • Transitions Between Paragraphs
  • What is an Essay?

Literature and Literary Analysis

  • Character Traits List
  • Characterization
  • Literature Terms Powerpoint
  • Personification and Hyperbole
  • Poetry Terms
  • Theme-What is it? How do you find it?
  • Tone and Mood

Research

  • CPS Databases (available at school only)
  • Foreman Library
  • Google News
  • InstaGrok
  • Wikipedia

Grammar Links

  • Colons and Semicolons
  • Comma with Introductory Elements
  • Comparatives and Superlatives 16-19
  • Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
  • Homophones, Contractions, Apostrophes
  • Introductory Elements
  • Items in Series
  • No Red Ink
  • Nonessentials
  • Parentheses and Dash
  • Quotation Marks & Ellipses
  • Sentence Structure

Strategies, Notes, Organizers

  • Blooms & Costas Taxonomy
  • Cornell Notes
  • Cornell Notes: How To Take Them
  • DIDLS For Identifying Tone
  • GIST Presentation
  • Inferences
  • Main Idea and Supporting Details
  • OPTIC-Analyzing Visual Texts
  • Reading Strategies Powerpoint
  • SIFT Method of Literary Analysis
  • SOAPStone--For Analyzing Non-Fiction
  • STEAL Characterization Chart
  • Socratic Seminar Powerpoint
  • TP-CASTT

Reading and Writing Activities

  • Newsela
  • How to Read an Article
  • California Distance Learning
  • U.S.A. Learns
  • TV 411

Speech Resources

  • Annotating
  • Another School's Speech Website
  • Attention Getter Video
  • Conclusions Video 1
  • Conclusions Video 2
  • Creating and Using Presentation Note Cards
  • Elaborating
  • Giving The Perfect Presentation from KIS
  • Giving The Perfect Presentation from KIS
  • Six Ways to Control Stage Fright
  • Speech Vocabulary
  • The Poetry Foundation
  • What not to do video

College

  • College.gov
  • Financial Aid--FAFSA

Syllabi and other Administrative

  • REACH Performance Tasks

Simple Past and Used To

  • Irregular Verbs Game
  • Irregular Verbs Game 2
  • Irregular Verbs: Play Speed Words
  • Negative Sentences in Simple Past
  • Past Simple or Used to
  • Positive Statements in Simple Past
  • Questions in the Simple Past

Present Perfect

  • Video Explanation: VOA Everyday Grammar
  • Present Perfect Notes
  • Learn Your Irregular Past Participles
  • Practice Making the Present Perfect - Choose the right form
  • Practice Making the Present Perfect
  • Present Perfect with For and Since
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect -Choose the correct form
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect 1
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect 2
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect 3

Vocabulary

  • Quizlet
  • Vocabulary Spelling City
  • Vocabulary.com

Teaching Resources

  • Learn Zillions
  • knowmia.com
  • Share My Lesson
  • The Teaching Channel

Race

  • Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
  • The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America
  • Museum of the African Diaspora
  • African Race
  • Black Hispanic and Latino Americans
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