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26 Must-Watch TED Talks to Spark Student Discussions




26 Must-Watch TED Talks to Spark Student Discussions – WeAreTeachershttps://www.weareteachers.com/ted-talks-students/?utm_content=1553022060&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1wSJWK8_2KG1MqF6XqUbKy2EUseFeZLzPtG9stkdbIP6FbM9qrY2ub86o
Who knows? The next TED speaker may be in your classroom.








Amazing Tongue Twister Raphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvLmcRZte78
A quick rap with words in the alphabetical order. Listen for fun!
An Early History of the English Language








Argumentative Writing Prompts for High School Englishhttps://www.weareteachers.com/argumentative-writing-prompts/
Get teens thinking and typing…fast! More Argumentative Prompts








CommonLit | Free Reading Passages




Cookery vocabularyhttps://quizlet.com/_2kouc6
Learn 100 cookery words Common Sense Privacy Evaluation
English Listening Lesson Library Online
Jury – A Time to Kill http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/A.Time.to.Kill/preview.html
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Mississippi reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father takes justice into his own hands.
esl-bits – The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde












Inspirational Short Storieshttps://www.inspirationalstories.eu/
Inspirational stories that encourage us to seek for our dreams and never give up, teach us to notice the magical beauty of life,




test english listeninghttps://test-english.com/listening/
Improve your listening skills by practicing with audio and video tests. There are tests for each level: A1, A2, B1, B1+, B2. You will be able to see the transcription of the audio after you submit your answers.




NaNoWriMo’s Young Writers Program


















New free books – online reading for free.




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Episode 01: The Alibi – Serialhttps://serialpodcast.org/season-one/1/the-alibi
A potential alibi surfaces … and then disappears again, at the worst possible time for Adnan’s case. – A series of podcasts (appr. 50 min each) telling a story about the disappearance of a high-school student.




Short Stories at East of the Web




Short stories for English classes – with audio




Short Stories for High School Students












Short, thought provoking animations to inspire discussion and/or writing




TED Talks by brilliant kids and teens
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn




The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes




A Case of Identity (55:07)
The Blue Carbuncle (52:20)
The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1:14:07)
The Dancing Men (1:01:34)
The Five Orange Pips (56:00)
The Red-Headed League (1:00:48)
The Scandal in Bohemia (1:07:14)
The Speckled Band (1:03:06)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (1:121:53)
The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories












Ed hates the disgusting eye of his father and so he made up his mind to take the life of the old man to rid himself of the eye forever.












A list of famous speeches With video, audio, and text
Video Writing Prompts – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbEN5TAJTsE&list=PLzDOGMsmDvev9eeJeNUAJx7N8SOGLRwMJVideo Writing Prompts for Students by Professor John Spencer – YouTube Playlist







