Resources for English Teachers

This page provides links to a broad array of resources for you and your students. 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

Samples of Course Syllabi

Check out our EWRT sample syllabi pagefor more information about these courses. 

• EWRT 200/LART 200
• EWRT 211/ LART 211
• EWRT 1A
• EWRT 1B
• EWRT 2

Composition Resources

• Sentence Focus

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:

Some ESL Grammar Resources

• ESL Handouts and Exercises
• Excellent ESL sites - Julie Madigan's
• Online Exercises
• Grammar Exercises with instant answers:
• Grammar Quizzes and Explanations
• Grammar Handouts and Help