The Purdue Online Writing Lab

The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University houses free writing resources and instructional material. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.

https://owl.purdue.edu/site_map.html 

Comics for Inclusive English Language Learning

This resource uses comic art and other visual representations to support dyslexic learners in an inclusive manner. The app was developed by the Comics for Inclusive English Language Learning project and co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme

It offers leveled comics with audio support and interesting activities after each comic.

Find it on:

https://ciell.eu/app/#/home

CosmoLearning

CosmoLearning (CL) is a non-profit educational website committed to improving the quality of homeschooling, teaching and student excellence. 

Since 2006 it collects top educational videos on the web, offered by universities, educators, and professionals. CL offers a platform dedicated to all individuals to post their materials for free.

You can find CosmoLearning on:

https://cosmolearning.org/ 

21st-Century Readers Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World

This report explores how 15-year-old students are developing reading skills to navigate the technology-rich 21st century. 

It sheds light on potential ways to strengthen students’ capacity to navigate the new world of information. It highlights how countries need to redouble their efforts to combat emerging digital divides. It also explores what teachers can do to help students navigate ambiguity and manage complexity (Source PISA. OECD Library) 

Downloadable from: 

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/a83d84cb-en.pdf?expires=1624125981&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=42009FEB9A726689D565E36D268FC690

Science in the Classroom

Science in the Classroom (SitC) is a collection of freely available annotated research papers from the Science family of journals. 

SitC aims to help educators, undergraduates, and advanced high school students understand the research contained in scientific primary literature by using annotations and providing accompanying teaching materials

SitC is a project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) STEM Education Programs. Annotations and teaching materials are written by volunteer contributors, and vetted by authors and the SitC team. 

Find it on:

https://www.scienceintheclassroom.org/ 

World Day Against Child Labour. Lesson plan

The World Day Against Child Labour, which is held every year on June 12 is intended to foster the worldwide movement against child labour. 

The following lesson presents an overview of where, why, how, and in what conditions child labour occurs.

Social Studies School Service is a publisher and distributor of high-quality educational materials. 

https://www.socialstudies.com/pdf/ZP865TG.pdf 

Other interesting resources about this celebration:

https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-day-against-child-labour/resources 

#WorldEnvironmentDay Free Nature Stock

Every year, World Environment Day is observed on June 5. This day is celebrated to encourage awareness and environmental protection. Environment Day coincides with the First United Nations Conference on Human Environment. It was held between 5th to 16th June 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden

On the occasion of this day, we present in this blog post a gallery of Royalty-free CCO nature stock photos and videos about nature created by Adrian Pelletier.

https://freenaturestock.com/?ref=MagazineDuWebdesign 

For more information and resources on this celebration:

UN Website

https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day 

Resources: https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day/resources

PhET. #STEM simulations

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive research-based science and mathematics simulations.

PhET simulations engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where they learn through exploration and discovery. (Source: PhET https://phet.colorado.edu/en)

Find them on:

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/browse 

Earth Overshoot Day. Classroom activities

Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) is the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. In 2020 the calculated overshoot day fell on August 22 (more than three weeks later than 2019) due to coronavirus induced lockdowns around the world. 

In 2021 Spain exceeds the biocapacity of the planet on May 25th. This means that in less than 5 months, in Spain we have exhausted our ecological budget, from now on we are spending a natural capital that the Planet will not be able to regenerate. 

Find interesting educational activities related to this celebration on:

https://www.overshootday.org/kids-and-teachers-corner/classroom-activities/ 

Wikikahoot Project. English Language

The Petrer Town Council and the town's secondary schools: IES Azorín, La Canal and Paco Mollá have presented a project aimed at students in the second year of Bachillerato so that they can revise content for the university entrance exams in an interactive way. 

Pedro Civera, a teacher at our school, is one of the promoters of this initiative, which has been made possible thanks to the participation of teachers from Petrer schools and with the support of the regional education authority.

Through the following link you can access the contents related to the English language.

https://wikikahoot.iespacomolla.es/bach-ingles.html

International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL)

The ICDL Foundation is a non-profit corporation. Its goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. 

The Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community. 

The ICDL Foundation promotes tolerance and respect for diverse cultures by providing access to the best of children's literature from around the world. 

Books are categorized by language, character, genre, format, shape, color… 

Find them on:

http://www.childrenslibrary.org/ 

Books in English:

http://www.childrenslibrary.org/library/lang2.html 

BBC Sound Effects

The BBC Sound Effects Archive is available for personal, educational or research purposes. 

There are over 33,000 clips from across the world from the past 100 years. These include clips made by the BBC Radiophonic workshop, recordings from the Blitz in London, special effects made for BBC TV and Radio productions, as well as 15,000 recordings from the Natural History Unit archive.

As well as browsing and searching through this treasure trove of sounds, you can also make and share your own mixes and soundscapes using the ‘mixer mode’ function.  (Source BBC Sound Effects)  

Find them on:

https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/

English grammar. Web del CFPA Giner de los Ríos

Página web de este centro alicantino en el que podréis encontrar explicaciones sobre gramática y sobre ortografía, ejercicios propuestos, pruebas, vídeos, imágenes y tablas con resúmenes para el estudio y numerosos enlaces clasificados por habilidades distintas.

Podéis encontrarla en:

https://plmontesinos.wixsite.com/grammar/ 

21st-Century Readers. Developing #Literacy Skills in a Digital World

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just published, with data from PISA 2018, the report 21st Century Readers: Developing Reading Skills in a Digital World, which uncovers relevant information on how 15-16 year-old students are developing reading skills in an increasingly digitised and interconnected world.

https://www.oecd.org/publications/21st-century-readers-a83d84cb-en.htm 

National Geographic Kids

Published by the National Geographic Society this resource offers amazing facts about animals, science, history and geography, along with fun competitions, games and more. 

Nat Geo Kids enables science lovers to explore the world of science. Apps, games, magazines, videos and many other materials are available on this amazing webpage.

Find it on:

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Periodic table of the figures of speech

A figure of speech is a word or phrase that entails an intentional deviation from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect. 

Figures of speech are traditionally classified into schemes, which vary the ordinary sequence or pattern of words, and tropes, where words are made to carry a meaning other than what they ordinarily signify. 

This periodic table graphic by Visual Communication Guy groups the 40 different figures of speech into these categories. 

Find it on:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/periodic-table-figures-of-speech-full.html

English Teaching Forum

English Teaching Forum is a quarterly journal supporting the teaching of English around the world through the publication of innovative, practical ideas. It is published by the U.S. Department of State.

This magazine welcomes submissions from English language teachers around the world. Most of the authors published in English Teaching Forum are classroom teachers.

Find it on:

https://americanenglish.state.gov/forum 

English language resources #WJEC

Born out of a consortium of local education authorities in 1948  the Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) provides trusted bilingual qualifications, straight-forward specialist support, and reliable assessment to schools and colleges across the country 

In the following link you can find the educational resources it offers related to the English language.

https://resources.wjec.co.uk/Pages/ResourceByArgs.aspx?subId=11&lvlId=0 

EduGAINS

This website is a website that houses ministry developed resources to support policies and programs related to improved learning and teaching in the Canadian province of Ontario. 

It offers different resources to support English language learners and teachers.

Find EduGAINS on:

http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/ell/# 

ELA & Maths Guidelines

The English Learners Success Forum (ELSF) is a collaboration of researchers, teachers, district leaders, and funders who are passionate about improving the quality and accessibility of instructional materials for English learners.

You can improve your materials and instruction for English learners with their  free, comprehensive guidelines.

Find them on:

https://www.elsuccessforum.org/guidelines