Here are a lot of sites that English teachers could find very useful courtesy of Alex Quigley

Teaching English: Online Reading & Resources

Really interesting video of how we, over time, ended up with two words meaning similar things 

Double vocabulary of English

Here is a lovely way of encouraging students to engage with poetry. 

http://poetryteatime.com/blog/found-poetry

Here are lots of excerpts from books sorted into genre that you can copy and paste if you wish.

http://www.writerswrite.com/books/excerpts/

Here is a little idea on how to develop langauage in English

Here is an idea on narrative writing and the use of a narrative arc

https://thelearningprofession.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/on-john-brown-rose-and-the-midnight-cat-an-introduction-to-narrative-writing/?preview=true&preview_id=2856&preview_nonce=fed14b3ae6&frame-nonce=f4a95d5209