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Welcome to the MERLOT English Portal, an educational resource for teachers and learners of English at any level. You are invited to join MERLOT – it’s free – and contribute to this growing community of English instructors. Feel free to submit your own modules and assignments for evaluation, build collections of content specific to your teaching, and participate in a wonderful community of scholars.
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The visitor will find a collection of links to Internet sites dealing especially with English and American literature. Users can search by single word or by several categories. A list of links to General Sources is also provided.
Literary Resources on the Net in MERLOT
New Materials
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Writing Conclusion Paragraphs
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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Writing Topic Sentences
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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Student Opinion: NYTIMES
Daily questions inspired by Times content from across sections. Join the conversation!
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Teaching Poetry Online | Poetry Foundation Archive
The Poetry Foundation Archive contains thousands of poems and poetry-related features. Among its collections is "Teaching...
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A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences
A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new...
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Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction
Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction addresses the questions and decisions that administrators and...
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News Literacy Lessons - NCTE
This web page is adapted from a blog from the News and Information Literacy Professional Learning Community on the...
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Expression and Inquiry
Users of Expressions and Inquiry will note that it has three major sections—Section One which primarily focuses on the...
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Thesis Statement & Plagiarism - Writing and Reasoning
Project Description The Writing and Reasoning learning object is part of a series of self-paced digital resources...
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Hobson's Choice
By close reference to the play, Hobson's Choice, answer the following question based on the clip provided.
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Open English @ SLCC
Open English @ SLCC originated from a shared desire to offer affordable, responsive, accessible instructional resources...
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Smithsonian Open Access: Create. Imagine. Discover
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian's images right...
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EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology
EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student...
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Kiddynomics: An Economics Curriculum for Young Learners
Kiddynomics: An Economics Curriculum for Young Learners is a set of lessons designed to introduce young children to the...
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Worth!
Students participate in a banking role play in which they portray roles based on characters in the book Worth! by A....
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African-American barber who, despite significant setbacks,...
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Tortilla Factory
Students observe the teacher produce a paper taco and then produce their own paper tacos. Students learn about the...
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The Pickle Patch Bathtub
Students learn about opportunity cost, saving, savings goals and a savings plan by reading The Pickle Patch Bathtub....
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The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Students learn about consumers and producers and give examples from the book The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. They...
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The Goat in the Rug
Students listen to the book The Goat in the Rug, about a Navajo weaver who uses a number of resources and intermediate...
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The Case of the Shrunken Allowance
Students listen to a story about P.B. who thinks money is missing from the peanut butter jar on his window ledge. In...
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The Berenstain Bears: Old Hat New Hat
In this lesson, students make a choice about what they want to eat for dinner, but then they are asked to trade with a...
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The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money
In this lesson, students hear a story about two little bears whose parents use several figures of speech relating to...
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The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies
In this lesson, students hear a story about Brother and Sister Bear, who seem to want everything. The little cubs learn...
New Members
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Paulette Koubek-YaoPasadena City College -
Deborah HandelmanUniversity System of Georgia - Albany State University
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Marlene AcevedoColegio
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Joseph CotiSouthwestern Michigan College
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catherine LamasEast Los Angeles College
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Karnalius BasumataryAction for Social Advancement
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Tania PerezN/A
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Tania ChiaroLink English Projects
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Tara MurphyFullerton College
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Elizabeth KuipersUniversity System of Georgia - Albany State University
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Robin AvnerSan Diego State University
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Elizabeth BrownAsnuntuck Community-Technical College
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Cardenio CarvajalNone
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Josephine LovellMount San Jacinto College
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Lori HinkleyTabb High School
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Michelle MarshallJordan School District
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Amy LeeMount San Jacinto College
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Margaret JonesMount San Jacinto College
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Padma SundarBunker Hill Community/Technical College
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Francesca AttorriFATTORRI
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Heather BurkeHondros College of Nursing
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Cheri VeilleuxMount San Jacinto College
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Jennifer StefaniakSpringfield Technical Community/Technical College
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gina millerCity University of New York System - Borough of Manhattan Community/Technical College
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English on the Web
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A lonely day leads to a college poetry prize | WVXU
Feb 20, 2026 11:55 AM PST
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HK Gruber: Short Stories from the Vienna Woods album review – still quirky after all these years
Feb 20, 2026 11:01 AM PST
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Embrace National Poetry Month with PoemTown St. Johnsbury - The North Star Monthly
Feb 20, 2026 10:40 AM PST
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MLA pay: 'Understandable anger' over £14,000 rise, says O'Neill - BBC
Feb 20, 2026 10:30 AM PST
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How artists are tracking environmental change through poetry, film and sound
Feb 20, 2026 09:49 AM PST
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Punk Rock Poetry Reading Held in Black Box Theatre - Troubadour
Feb 20, 2026 09:35 AM PST
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A lonely day leads to a college poetry prize | Here & Now - WBUR
Feb 20, 2026 09:08 AM PST
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Facing a mental health crisis, an NJ school pulled a beloved novel from English class - NPR
Feb 20, 2026 08:59 AM PST
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Historical marker commemorates Toni Morrison's time in Ithaca - Cornell Chronicle
Feb 20, 2026 08:18 AM PST
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Kim Hye-soon Urges Escape From Poetry's Constraints
Feb 20, 2026 08:17 AM PST
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MLA, RCMP add input during Greater Lakeland Rural Crime Watch AGM
Feb 20, 2026 07:59 AM PST
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Sunetra Pawar यांची MLA Shekhar Nikam यांच्या मुलीच्या लग्नाला पोहोचल्या, बुके देण्यासाठी ...
Feb 20, 2026 07:51 AM PST
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The Art of Walking: FSU faculty explore the intersection of history, literature and urban design
Feb 20, 2026 07:33 AM PST
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Statement from Matt MacFarlane on concerns raised by the PEI Fishermen's Association ...
Feb 20, 2026 07:29 AM PST
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The Kingfisher by Rick Barot | Poetry | Zócalo Public Square
Feb 20, 2026 07:10 AM PST
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Meet Our Grantee-Partner: American Literary Translators Association - Poetry Foundation
Feb 20, 2026 07:04 AM PST
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Literature review on non-maturity deposit stability: Established factors and recent developments
Feb 20, 2026 07:03 AM PST
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Reactions to proposed MLA salary hike 'understandable' – First Minister | Perspective Media
Feb 20, 2026 06:57 AM PST
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ICSE Class 10th Literature in English Paper 2 Answer Key 2026 - Jagran Josh
Feb 20, 2026 06:55 AM PST
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Tennessee bill would require public schools to teach the Bible as literature, allow prayer and ...
Feb 20, 2026 06:41 AM PST