Vocabulary.com helps you learn new words, play games that improve your vocabulary, and explore language.
A Magical Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism uses a Harry Potter theme to succinctly explain to students when and why they need to properly cite the sources of their information. I've embedded the infographic below, but I encourage you to visit Kate Hart's blog post about it as she goes into more depth on the topic of plagiarism.
Film English is a blog written by Kieran Donaghy to:
1. Promote the critical and creative use of film in the language class
room.
2. Promote cineliteracy, the ability to read critically and evaluate moving images, in the language classroom.
3. Promote creativity amongst both teachers and students.
LitCharts are the faster, downloadable alternative to SparkNotes literature guides. Now available as iPhone apps on iTunes.
A comprehensive resource for writing teachers. Writing Fix features a random story prompt generator.
Word Ahead – multimedia flash cards – great for SAT
An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145000 words that you explore using an interactive map. It's a tool for people who think visually.
Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude. Includes detailed terms, interactive exercises, handouts, PowerPoints, and more!
Smart, fun, plain-spoken study guides and teacher resources. Digital textbooks by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley
There is a sixty second summary of each chapter of each book. Along with the chapter summaries there is a general overview of each book.