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Students Language Use:
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| The Internet
TESL Journal |
There are over 1,000 quizzes, exercises and puzzles
at this site. |
| Karin’s
ESL Partyland |
This site has over 75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussion
forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a chat room,
and lots of great links. |
| Many
Things to do for ESL students |
Word games, puzzles and more |
| Test
your knowledge of Hispanic Heritage |
Test your knowledge of Hispanic Heritiage |
| Biographies
that celebrate Hispanic Heritage |
Biographies that celebrate Hispanic Heritage |
| ESL
Blues |
A great site with stories and quizzes, and lots of
great exercises to help you understand English grammar better. |
| Simple
Stories in Spanish |
Website entirely in Spanish with 15+ stories |
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Teacher Resources:
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| The
Internet TESL journal |
Many games and exercises for fun learning. Also,
links to over 5 pages of lesson plans in a variety of content areas |
| Jokes
and conversation starters for all student levels |
Jokes, conversation starters, project ideas using Powerpoint
and a multitude of other great ideas. |
| Ask
Eric ESL teacher page |
Many lesson plan ideas |
| The
GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) |
This site offers a wealth of potential lessons |
| Electronic
flashcards for students |
Flashcard practice for Spanish speaking students |
| CNN
newsroom activities for use with ESL students |
Various news stories with cloze activities for working
with vocabulary on stories from around the world. |
| Karin’s
ESL Partyland |
This site has over 75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussion
forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a chat room,
and lots of great links. |
| ESL
Blues |
A great site with stories and quizzes, and lots of
great exercises to help your students understand English grammar
better. |
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Community Resources
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| The
official website of the city of San Antonio |
The city of San Antonio website |
| S.A.
Public Library |
San Antonio Public Library site |
| Spanish
San Antonio Library web page |
San Antonio Public Library site completely in Spanish |
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University and Community College Information:
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Educational
institutions in San Antonio
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This page provides links to every educational institution
in San Antonio. |
| SAT
Flashcards Game |
Great flashcards to help students with the difficult
language of the SAT |
| College Board |
THE site for the SAT, complete with dates, how to register
and much more info. on colleges, the test, and study ideas. |
| National
Association of Counselors for College Admissions- Top Ten Tips
for College Application Essays |
Many good stories and bits of information regarding
the college application and research process. |
| Sample
college application before and after editing |
Great website to help students with applications and
essays. |
| Information
on all universities and community colleges in Texas |
A very informative site walking students through the
college research, application and financial aid processes. Information
on all school (public and private) in Texas. Mostly English, some
Spanish information. |
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Unit Resources:
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| The
Folger Shakespeare Library |
Provides outstanding lessons for Romeo and Juliet
as well as every other Shakespearean work.. |
| Casa
de Joanna: Language Learning Resources |
This site has a variety of things including links to
many other websites that students could use to glean information
and pictures for class projects ranging from art to food and international
music and fashion. Most material in Spanish |
| NeTeach |
This site is for teacher and has a vast collection
of websites organized by topic. Really great variety. |
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| Randall’s ESL Cyber
Listening Lab |
Listening practice and quizzes. It provides hundreds
of opportunities for students to work on language and includes “long
conversations with real video.” |
| Everything
ESL |
Great site to use with Beginning ESOL. It has
many art, music, and visual ideas for teaching a variety of topics.
*All supplementals are provided within the webpage. |
| English
Forum |
This site has a number of worthwhile exercises for
students including grammar and vocabulary exercises. |
| The
Exploratorium in Spanish |
This site emphasizes science and includes puzzles and
optical illusions with instructions in Spanish. *Information in English
as well. |
| Spanish-Teacher |
Contains a multitude of links to wonderful resources. Many
exercises, readings, project ideas and there is a section on creating
rubrics for language students from the Fairfax Public School system
that is worth a look. |
| The
migration of the Monarch butterfly |
This site lets students follow the migration of the
Monarch butterfly using the Spanish language. |
| Emints
Themes Listed by Grade Level |
A vast collection of websites organized in themes to
be used in projects for anything from history to holidays, animals
and automobiles. |
| Bogglesworld’s
business interview activity |
Bogglesworld’s business interview activity provides
a template for students to interview each other. |
| Bogglesworld |
A great website with lots of exercises, worksheets,
and lesson plans for beginning ESOL |
| Animal
Farm |
A complete unit plan for Animal Farm |
| Animal
Farm Pathfinder |
This is a cyberguide to Animal Farm lessons/resources
created by the San Diego County Office of Education |
| The
Salem witch trials |
The Discovery Channel site for information on the Salem
Witch Trials |
| Student
Resources for Animal Farm |
Many links to information about the historical and
literary background of Orwell's novel. |
| Student
Projects for Animal Farm |
Many student projects ideas for Animal Farm |
| Cyberguides
for many titles |
Cyberguides to help students study a variety of titles |
| Mythweb |
Great info. and graphics on the Greek Gods |
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| A
theme park based on the Odyssey. |
A webquest where students create a theme park
based on the Odyssey. |
| A
soap opera based on the Odyssey? |
A webquest where the students create a soap opera
based on the Odyssey? |
| A
number of museum sites and objects to illustrate the Odyssey. |
Here’s a wonderful site that uses a number of museum
sites and objects to illustrate the Odyssey. |
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Immigration
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http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
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| IRS |
http://www.irs.gov/ |
| Spanish English translations |
http://www.ultralingua.net/index.html?action=define
http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ |
| employment |
http://www.monster.com/ |
| San Antonio Websites |
http://www.bexar.org/ |
| Learning websites |
http://www.englishlearner.com/online/index.shtml
http://www.englishlearner.com/hangman/index.html
http://www.poets.org/index.cfm |
