Resources for English Teachers
This page provides links to a broad array of resources for you and your students. Peruse through the categories to see what you can use for your classes. Be sure to check out the 2013 English Teacher's Handbook (pdf) as well as "Ten Quick Ideas for a Livelier Classroom" and Bob Dickerson's suggestions for student writing.
Techniques for Livelier and More Effective Teaching
- Keys to Great Teaching
- Thinking Outside the Tradition: Peer Response - Alternatives
- Guidelines for Using Pairs and Small Groups for Collaborative Learning
- Effectively Responding to Student Writing
- Techniques for Catalyzing Critical Thinking
- Great Ways to Incorporate Technology into your classes
EWRT 200/LART 200
- Course Outlines
- Sample Syllabi
- EWRT 200 Sample Assignments
- Grading Rubrics
EWRT 100/LART 100
EWRT 1A
EWRT 1B
EWRT 2
- Course Outline
- EWRT 2 Syllabi
- EWRT 2 Assignments
Generation 1.5 (Definition, Some Basic Rules, and Practice Exercises)
- Who Are Generation 1.5 Students?
- Verb identification definition and exercises
- Subject identification definition and exercises
- Present Tense Subject and Verb Agreement rules and exercises
- Past Tense Verbs rules and exercises
- "Past participles (Parts of verbs and used as adjectives) rules and exercises"
- "Articles and Nouns rules and exercises"
- "Homonyms and exercises"
Writing Resources for Students
to copy onto your website (most borrowed from Suzanne Helfman)
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Checklist for Preparing Academic Papers (Broken Link)
- De Anza Library
- Dictionary
- FAQs for Documenting Sources
- KWL+ for writers (PDF)
- MLA Documentation
- MLA Style: FAQs
- Paraphrasing
- Great books online -- for free:
- Easy Works Cited "machine":
- Boring but correct APA citation style guide:
- Another, slightly more interesting APA guide: