English

=English= 
 * [|Wordia] **
 * is a free visual, video dictionary, features a selection of user-submitted and professionally created videos explaining the meaning of a word. **


 * [|Visuwords] **
 * uses a web design to show users the definitions of words and the connections between words. **
 * For someone learning the English language, particularly the American version of English, idioms can be difficult to understand. **


 * [|Idiom Dictionary] **
 * was created to help people understand the meanings of more than five thousand English idioms. **


 * [|Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project] **
 * has an outstanding interactive resource that everyone who teaches lessons on Romeo and Juliet should bookmark. **


 * [|22 Frames] **
 * is a new service that provides a central location for locating captioned videos for learning English and for Internet users who have hearing impairments. **


 * [|Bubbl.us] **
 * Mind mapping or creating webs can help students develop a story outline. There are many good mind mapping tools online, one that I really like is Bubbl.us. **


 * [|Books Should Be Free] **
 * is a provider of free audio books. The site hosts hundreds of free audio books in a wide range of genres. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Thumb Scribes] **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">is a platform for collaboratively creating poems and short stories. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|AdLit] **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">is a website that one of my colleagues who teaches reading shared with me. AdLit.org is all about adolescent literature. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|60 Second Recap] **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">provides book summaries in sixty second video segments. There is a sixty second summary of each chapter of each book. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Book Rags **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Research Anything: over 5.7 million page of summaries, literature study guides, biographies, criticisms and essays. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bartleby.com **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Thousands of free online classics of reference, literature and nonfiction. Book and quote search as well as additional references. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Portrayl **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Portrayl is the new and fun website for lovers of literature. Our novel method of collaborative writing allows a community to build stories. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lalisio Literature **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Find new and used books, open access documents and newspaper articles. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Scopus **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The largest abstract and citation database of research literature with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shmoop **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary, notes, guides, and analysis of themes and characters for English Literature homework. **