Links

Part 1 - Web Links

Writing Summaries
http://college.hmco.com/english/vandermey/college_writer/2e/resources/write_summary.html

Beginning the Writing Process
http://www.powa.org/discover/index.html

Forming Your Thesis Statement
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Thesis.html

Opening Your Draft
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/beginning.html

Developing the Middle
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/middle.htm

Ending Your Draft
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/ending.html

Revising Your Voice and Style
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/plainstyle.htm

Revising Collaboratively
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/PeerReviews.html

Using the Writing Center
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~riceowl/

Avoiding Imprecise, Misleading, and Biased Words
http://www.bartleby.com/62/

Also, for help with specific word-choice challenges like wordiness, take this quiz.
http://college.hmco.com/cgi-bin/SaCGI.cgi/ace1app.cgi?FNC=AcePresent__Apresent_html___eng_elibrary49

Proofreading Your Writing
http://www.lynchburg.edu/writcntr/guide/drafting/proofing.htm

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	Step-by-Step Writing Assignments
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	Visual Activities
	Reinforce your critical viewing skills with visual activities.

	Game
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	Annotated Readings
	These pop-up annotations demonstrate how essays can be read critically.

Daily Writing Tips -- Writing Basics

Links

Links

L I N K S

Vocabulary Link List:
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blvocabquiz_money1.htm

Dictionaries

http://www.onelook.com/ (look it up in many different dictionaries from one place)

On Suffixes

http://www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/websuf.htm

On Idioms

http://www.idiomsite.com/

L I N K S

Vocabulary Link List:
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blvocabquiz_money1.htm

Dictionaries

http://www.onelook.com/ (look it up in many different dictionaries from one place)

On Suffixes

http://www.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/websuf.htm

On Idioms

http://www.idiomsite.com/

Links

Vocab quiz:

http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blvocabquiz_money1.htm

Pronunciation:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

Links

Written Communications I (82A) Course Blog:
http://masterwcom.blogspot.com/

Visual Thesaurus:
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=rss

Onelook Reference Collection:
http://onelook.com/

Freemind:
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

XMind:
http://xmind.net

Invention / Brainstorming:
http://www.csuohio.edu/academic/writingcenter/invent.html

Links

Twain --

http://grammar.about.com/od/60essays/a/twowaysessay.htm

Student example response
http://carolinanavy.com/fleet2/f2/zkilldevilhill/MarkTwainhall/cas/145.html

Argumentative / Persuasive Essay:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/

Links

Writing for the social sciences

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/write.shtml

Writing the sociology paper

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/sociology.shtml

Writing the history paper

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/history.shtml

Links

Writing for the social sciences

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/write.shtml

Writing the sociology paper

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/sociology.shtml

Writing the history paper

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/soc_sciences/history.shtml

Links

http://www.eslflow.com/vocabularylessonplans.html

Links -- Articles

On articles:
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/article3.htm

Freemind Mapping Software Download Site

Download freemind software from here:
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Vocabulary Links

Link to idioms A to Z:

http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html

http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp

Link to emotions (Unit 4) page:
http://homepage.smc.edu/harrop_adrianne/images/Emotions.jpg

By way of: http://wccniuesl.blogspot.com/2005/06/esl-vocabulary.html

ESL: Vocabulary
http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Vocabulary/
Another compendium.
This is a sub-page of The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links and includes sites such as
Arabic Number to English Convertor (Requires JavaScript.)
Enter a number up to 999,999,999 and see it spelled out in English.
BBC News English - Words in the News
Read, listen and learn the English in this week's stories.
Common Errors in English (Paul Brians)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
Common Usage Problems (Vicki Jones and Ann Bertoldie)
Words that native English speakers frequently find confusing.
English for You - Visual Fruit (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of fruit and their names in English
English for You - Visual Veggies (Donald Hennessey)
Pictures of vegetables and their names in English
Expanding your Vocabulary (La Trobe University)
Brief hints for advanced students.
Language Adventure - Picture Quiz
Easy. Click on the picture of the word you hear. (WAV files)
Megellan's Log - Pronunciation Pairs (Sentences Using Heteronyms) (Douglas Milburn)
We polish the Polish furniture every day. I did not object to the object. etc.
Nick Miller's EFL/ESL Resource Material - Street & Map Terms (Nicholas E. Miller)
A list of words with definitions.
QuiaCom - Matching Quiz - Countries and Nationalities [FRAME] (AH Syed)
Quia.com activity -Columns
specialist.hu - ESL Topics and Vocabulary [FRAME] (English Specialist)
True/false and multiple choice quizzes on basic exam topics and vocabulary
Testing Vocabulary
By S. Kathleen Kitao & Kenji Kitao
The Compleat Lexical Tutor (Tom Cobb)
Test your word knowledge, Learn words at your level, Read & Listen, ...
Vocabulary - Extended Family Chart
A detailed family tree chart: paternal uncle's wife, maternal cousin, ....
Vocabulary Self-Study Quizzes (The Internet TESL Journal)
See the answers right away. Produced by teachers around the world.
Vocabulary Vulcanizer [FRAME] (Paige Jaeger)
Study 'roots' to improve vocabulary: Phobia (=Fear) claustrophobia, xenophobia
Word Safari: vocabulary expeditions (Ruth Pettis)
For native speakers and advanced students. Expand your English vocabulary while surfing the Web
WordOrigins.org's List of Words and Phrases (David Wilton)
baker's dozen, kick the bucket, left wing, Kilroy was here, ...
http://www.antimoon.com/other/activevocab.htm (Tomasz P. Szynalski)
Why it is normal to understand more English words than you can use
http://learners.englishclub.com/esl-articles/200109.htm (Josef Essberger)
Gonna, Ain't, Gimme, Gotta, Kinda, Wanna, Whatcha, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/interjections.htm (Josef Essberger)
Charts with meanings and examples: Ah, Alas, Dear, Eh, ...
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/cw_say-tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
How to use say and tell.
http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/time_tell.htm (Josef Essberger)
UK English: 'just gone three o'clock'; Others: 'a quarter past three' etc.
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm (Sven Cederberg)
300+ word formation exercises
http://www.forumeducation.net/servlet/pages/vi/mat/voc.htm#1 (Sven Cederberg)
Example of random generated test from huge database
http://www.googlefight.com/cgi-bin/compare.pl?q1=%22The+love+of+money+is+a+root+of+all+evil%22&q2=%22Money+is+the+root+of+all+evil.%22&B1=Make+a+fight%21&compare=1&langue=us (Create Your Own Vocabulary Study)
The love of money is the root of all evil. VS Money is the root of all evil.
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/buildings.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzles, dictation/spelling, .
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/rooms.htm#UsefulVocab
See pictures of vocabulary, a dialogue, crossword puzzle and jumbled words

I like to see specific categories of words (buildings, rooms, time, fruits and vegetables), and also idioms and informal contractions, which always confound students. There are a few that have online quizzes and pictures to help students understand better. Students who learned English the British way can find translations into American English, and even specific tools such as the Arabic Number to English convertor have a real value for students. Some of the sites are better than others, so if you find one particularly useful (or not at all useful), share it with your fellow bloggers.

Freemind Mapping Software Download Site

Freemind Download Link

Java Resource Link

http://www.download.com/Java-2-Platform-Standard-Edition-J2SE-Runtime-Environment-JRE-5-0/3000-2417_4-10495818.html?tag=lst-0-1

Student Blogs

Mathew's Blog for Reading Comprehension:
http://4rc.blogspot.com

Eve's Blog for Reading Comprehension:
http://eve4rc.blogspot.com/

Critical Thinking Links from Text

Text Online site:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072473762/information_center_view0/

Learning Style Inventories http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/ilsweb.html Fill out this questionnaire, submit responses and receive feedback. This site can be used to help confirm your learning style preference. http://www.chelt.ac.uk/gdn/discuss/kolb1.htm Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (for faculty) http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9511/article1.htm McKeachie's article on learning styles (for faculty) http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/LS-Prism.htm Matters of Learning Styles (for Faculty) http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/Secondtier.html Learning Styles in Science http://cyg.net/~jblackmo/diglib/styl-a.html Learning Styles and Pedagogy (for faculty) Concentration http://www.loyola.edu/studycenter/studyskills.html Provides general study skills information, including concentration and learning styles. http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/humanities/english/memcon.htm Provides quick information on memory and concentration strategies. Good for review purposes. http://www.k-state.edu/counseling/concentr.html Offers explanation and practice of concentration strategies including the spider technique. http://adulted.about.com/library/weekly/aa091601a.htm Study Time! How to Make the Most of It http://www.ipfw.edu/casa/txtr.html Pre-Reading Tips Test Taking Strategies www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/testskil.html Test Taking Skills -- Essay Questions http://www.glencoe.com/ps/peak/studyskills/pitfalls/pitfalls.html Study and Test Taking Skills for Peak Performance http://www.cs.gasou.edu/student/test10.html The Ten Commandments for Taking a Test http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/tests.htm The Basics of Effective Test Taking Vocabulary Enhancement http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm Building a Better Vocabulary http://www.smsu.edu/studyskills/new/vocabulary.html Tips for a Greater Vocabulary Memory http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html Strategies for Improving Concentration and Memory http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/mem.html Memory Principles http://www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/remread.html Remembering What You Read Mnemonics http://www.wm.edu/OSA/dostud/moresski/memory.htm Improving Your Memory Skills Time Management Tips http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/time-manage.htm Managing Your Reading Time http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study/time.shtml http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/time_manage.html Time Management Tips http://www.usu.edu/arc/idea_sheets/time.htm Utah State Time Management System http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/patsm96.htm Self-Management http://www.mheso.state.mn.us/mPg.cfm?pageID=688 Managing your Time Speed Reading http://www.brainquicken.com/px_project_article.asp Brain Quicken - Speed Reading Technique Will it work for you? http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/suggest.html Suggestions for Improving Reading Speed http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/512.html Brief Suggestions for Increasing Reading Speed http://www.readingsoft.com/quiz.html Speed Reading Quizzes Main Ideas http://gwired.gwu.edu/counsel/counsel.php?id=2140 Top Ten Tips for selecting Main Ideas http://www.ccis.edu/departments/cae/studyskills/mainidea.html Reading for the Main Ideas http://users.dhp.com/~laflemm/reso/mainIdea.htm Main Idea Exercises http://vclass.mtsac.edu:920/readroom/Mainidea.htm Main Idea Exercises http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/topic.html Finding Main Ideas in Paragraphs Finding Details http://vclass.mtsac.edu/amla-51/Supporting%20Details/details.htm Supporting Details Textbook Reading Systems http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html SQ3R -- A Reading System http://www.arc.sbc.edu/sq3r.html Reading Methods http://www.mindtools.com/sq3r.html Mind Tools -- Increasing Your Retention of Written Information Textbook Marking http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html Study Skills Self-Help -- Textbook Marking http://www.psywww.com/mtsite/mindmaps.html Improving Notetaking with Concept Maps (also good for Chapter 11) http://www.hlnd.wnyric.org/diffinstruction/cornell%20note%20taking.htm Cornell Notetaking Method Using Visuals http://www.mindtools.com/mindmaps.html Mind Tools http://www.brazosport.cc.tx.us/~lac/mindmap.htm Mind Mapping http://www.ourtimelines.com/ Create Your Own Family Time Line http://www.lionden.com/using_outlines.htm Using Outlines Arguments http://www.mccallie.org/wrt_ctr/What%20Should%20Students%20Know%20to%20Succeed%20in%20College.doc %20to%20Succeed%20in%20College.doc What Should Students Know to Succeed in College http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/ Logical Fallacies http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ Fallacies http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html Mission Critical -- a full-scale tutorial for critical thinking Advanced Critical Reading http://www.le.ac.uk/castle/resources/mcqman/mcqappc.html Helpful review and practice of Bloom's Taxonomy. http://www.litstudies.com/BloomTaxonomy.htm More on Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluating Websites http://www.google.com/help/features.html Tips on Mastering a Google Search http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm Evaluating Sites http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm Critically Analyzing Information Sources

TFY Text Link

Companion site for TFY 7th Edition
http://www.heinle.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=141301772X&discipline_number=300

Student Work (examples: Picasa, html, Flash)

Map album at Picasa:

CThink Maps

Irene CRCB C1 PDF:
http://www.docsyl.com/Cthink%20Maps/CRCB%20C1.pdf

Irene Flash:
http://www.docsyl.com/Cthink%20Maps/Irene%20CRCB%20C1%20f9%20flash1.html

Joey TFY C1 Gloss PDF:
http://www.docsyl.com/Cthink%20Maps/Critical_Thinking_[Joey][1].pdf