| Website | Description | Level |
 The
Hours That Count in My Life |
reading comprehension with exercises. Click on NEXT at the bottom of the page to do other exercises to it. | (ESLA and up) |
|
A
Special Christmas Present
and
Two Sisters and a Cat |
two easy reading comprehension exercises (University of Victoria, BC) | (ESLA and up) |
|
Nasreddin
and a Pot and 5 other Nasreddin stories |
texts with exercises, and links to Nasreddin jokes and websites (University of Victoria, BC) | (ESLA and up) |
|
Simplified
CURRENT Newspaper Stories |
short stories with audio | (ESLA and up) |
|
News Stories:
Stories about Nature/
Science and Technology/
Social Issues/
Going Places |
More stories at News Stories -simplified authentic newspaper articles on a variety of topics with audio and exercises (California Distance Learning Project) | (ESLA and up) |
 Making Hearts Sing!
|
original, international tales of traditional values | ESLC and up |
|
The
Death Car |
five selections (three crime
stories) All stories with a twist... (University of Victoria, BC) |
ESLC and up |
|
You
Can Be A Singer! |
Reading comprehension with questions on
karaoke Go back to index to do more exercises (ESL Independent Study Lab) |
ESLC and up |
|
Topics in WritingDEN |
Canadian content on a variety of topics: nature, environment, history, government, lifestyle. (WritingDEN, BC) | ESLC and up
|
|
Duncan
Mason's Culture Shock Page |
Stages of a culture shock with very interesting vocabulary exercises (Okanagan University College, BC) | ESLD and up
|
|
Wild
Children |
a unit on Wild Children
(Romulus and Remus; Tarzan and the Apes; Emily Carr and others with reading
and grammar exercises. (University of Victoria, BC) |
ESLD and up |
|
Pulp
Friction |
A great unit with many
pre-reading, reading (skimming and scanning) and post-reading exercises on
environment, pulp, paper, forestry industry, and hemp. (University of Victoria, BC) |
ESLD and up |
| Website | Description | Author |
 North
Wind and the Sun |
a folk tale/ final -ed practice | E. Easton |
| Mrs.
Bixby and the Colonel's Coat by Roald Dahl |
"Mr. and Mrs. Bixby lived in a small apartment in New York City. Mr. Bixby was a dentist, who earned an average amount of money ..." | E. Easton |
|
Lamb
to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl |
"The room was warm, the curtains were closed, the two table lamps were lit.." |
E.Easton |
| The
Gift of the Magi by O'Henry |
with conditional sentences practice | E. Easton |
| Alice
in Wonderland |
original text | |
| The
Moonlit Road |
Ghost Stories and folktales of the American South both in text and streaming audio format ((ESLD and up) | |
| Grimms'
Fairy Tales |
animated Grimm Brothers fairy tales with audio and games. | Kidoons- public service of EnTechneVision |
| First
Lines |
first lines of well known books quiz | John Dobbins and Mary Ochs |
| Quia
- Short Story Elements |
twelve questions on short story elements | Brian Wallace |
| Great
Books QUIZ |
difficult | Brock University |
| Famous
Books Online |
many classics online | |
| Wikibooks
portal |
a collection of open-content textbooks | |
|
Online Book Catalog -Project
Gutenberg |
the biggest non-profit e-book collection in the world | Project Gutenberg |
Breaking News
An excellent ESL site on current events. Simplified. Many activities. Current events newspapers and magazines around the world- in English and other languages. World News Canadian daily newspaper. Not simplified. Current Events Canadian daily. Some articles require subscription. Not simplified.
Current Events Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Not simplified. Current Events
British Broadcasting Corporation. Not simplified. World News
archived simplified news stories News Archive
Revised:
04/29/09.
