English Language Arts: Writing Prompts/Journal Topics
What is... What is something you dislike about yourself? What is something you do well? What is your favourite room in your home and why? What is a good neighbour?
The Diary of Dennis the Menace.
Featured events The Diary of Dennis the Menace. March 14th, 2014 Puffin Virtually Live: The Diary of Dennis the Menace.
Placement Tests
The New Inside Out QUICK and FULL placement tests have been designed to be used to analyse the English level of new students so they can be placed into groups corresponding to the six levels in the series. Students with no previous knowledge of English would not normally be required to take either test. The tests are provided as Word documents, allowing you to tailor them to your specific needs.
Puffin Virtually Live
Featured events Julia Donaldson October 11th, 2013
Solar System, Solar System Information, Facts, News, Photos
Our Cosmic Neighborhood From our small world we have gazed upon the cosmic ocean for thousands of years. Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the stars. They called these objects "planets," meaning wanderers, and named them after Roman deities—Jupiter, king of the gods; Mars, the god of war; Mercury, messenger of the gods; Venus, the goddes of love and beauty, and Saturn, father of Jupiter and god of agriculture. The stargazers also observed comets with sparkling tails, and meteors or shooting stars apparently falling from the sky.
Reading Comprehension Worksheets
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English Short Stories – Simple and Illustrated
Improve your English with English short stories. This is the fun way! Important Note Make sure you start with stories at your level, and go gradually up. Do not start with difficult stories that you can't really understand, OK? You can also check out the Learn English Video section.
ESL Listening Comprehension Exercises: Movie clips to practice English
SECTION 1: Movie Clips Learning through media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language. The exercises below use movie clips to help you to better understand spoken English. Here's what you do:
Study Skills
Every teacher knows that word parts are the building blocks of words. Most teachers know that learning individual word parts and how they fit together to form multi-syllabic words is the most efficient method of vocabulary acquisition, second only to that of widespread reading at the student’s independent reading level. These word parts that are, indeed, the keys to academic vocabulary—the types of words that students especially need to succeed in school. However, most teachers do not know the best instructional methods to teach these important word parts. How Most Teachers Teach Prefixes
This site allows you to sign up for free to view reading comprehension exercises. First the student chooses a reading difficulty level to begin the program. Then the student completes a reading comprehension exercise at a certain level and receives a score. The student can then review the passage and retake the quiz or continue. The site saves the students progress. by robinct Jul 19
Online games such as sentence completion and reading comprehension. by bmahieu Sep 17