Meaningful Resources for Learning at Home
for Mizzou Global Leaders
Mizzou Global Leaders are engaged learners. To help you stay sharp with current events, the arts, and with reading and listening practice in English, we have put together the following list of resources to enrich your learning experiences at home. Keep stretching your minds and expand your worldviews. As always, know that we are cheering for you!
Stories
These websites offer stories to listen to, read, and watch. Enjoy them! Stories are great practice for your English reading skills and for your listening skills as well.
You can also use them for speaking practice. Below are some ideas:
- If the text is visible, read along outloud with the reader.
- Pause the story and try to perform the section you just heard, controlling your volume, tone, and clear English pronunciation.
- Film yourself with your phone as you read your own story in English. These can be stories you write or stories you find. If you share someone else’s work remember to give them credit! Your teachers, classmates, younger family members, and educators at Mizzou Academy would all love to see these stories.
Grammar Practice
These websites offer practice and explanations of a variety of English grammar and mechanics skills. Challenge yourself to master skills using a variety of activities, games, and quizzes.
Below are a few ideas to extend your learning:
- Write a review in English of one of these sites,
- Use your phone to record a live, spoken reflection about what you are learning. Share them with your teachers and classmates, including the Mizzou Academy Team.
Art and Enrichment
Expand your mind with these websites. These resources contain a variety of opportunities for you to learn new knowledge, practice new skills, and also to have a lot of fun.
Want to extend your learning?
- Pick one on the practice activities on these websites. Tell your family members what you learned.
- Create your own activity. Use your phone to record a learning activity or challenge for your friends or teachers. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
News
These websites offer a variety of videos to watch and news stories to read. Some websites will contain breaking, current news, while others will contain stories to inform and entertain. Whichever format you choose, you can practice your English reading and listening skills while learning a bit more about what's happening in the world around us.
Become a news reporter!
- Watch and read 2-3 news stories on the same topic. Summarize what you learned and try to write your own version of the story in English.
- Use your phone to film your own news report. Share these reports with your teachers, classmates, and the Mizzou Academy team.
Family Activities
This is a small starter list of things you can teach yourself while you're not in your classroom. Ask your family for help, because they may know how to do these already. If not, search for resources online. Expand your minds with this gift of time!
Let’s keep the learning going!
- Working with your family, select another great skill to learn. Write directions or record a short video teaching others. As always, share your work with your teachers, classmates, and the Mizzou Academy team.