[A picture containing text, clipart, sign Description automatically generated]When thinking about back-to-school resources for the secondary English Language Arts teacher in your life, first on the list should be the eBook High School Collection<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e862xna> in the Michigan eLibrary<https://mel.org/welcome>. With free access to hundreds of full-text literary classics, anthologies, short stories, grammar books, hi-lo titles, biographies, writing guides and analyses, MeL offers a wide range of content to support student learning. Additionally, links to individual titles and search result lists can easily be added to any classroom learning management system. Literature, Analysis, Criticism & Study Guides If students are just getting their feet wet with the classics, then there are a wealth of titles by and about individual authors like Herman Melville<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=herman+melville&type=0&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>, Nathaniel Hawthorne<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=nathaniel+hawthorne&type=0&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>, and Jack London<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=jack+london&type=0&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>. There are also over 300 Shakespeare-related texts<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=shakespeare&type=0&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>, offering full-length plays, sonnets, criticism and analysis. To help struggling readers, many of these titles are found in Saddleback's Illustrated Classics<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=ST+Illustrated+Classics+NOT+study+guide&type=1&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site> series which have several companion study guides<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=illustrated+classics+AND+study+guides+NOT+(+black+and+white+cinema+)&type=1&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>. Grammar & Writing Whether learners need a review of the 12 (conjugated) verb tenses<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=2719540&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_155> (You knew there were 12, right?) or a simple refresh, Everyday Grammar Made Easy<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=2719540&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover> is easy to follow with readable charts and a detailed index. Also found in this collection is the APA/MLA Guidelines -7th & 8th Editions: A Quick Study Digital Reference Guide. This guide includes quick tips on academic integrity, formatting, mechanics, research, style, and citation.<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=2803644&site=ehost-live&scope=site> Hi-Lo Books According to Rinaldi & Averill in the text, Practical Ways to Engage All Struggling Readers: A Multi-tiered Instructional Approach Using Hi-Lo Books<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&AN=861225&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_Cover>, "Hi-lo books offer struggling readers access to well-written and compelling fiction and nonfiction across all grades. These books present age-appropriate content-something that will grab a student's interest (i.e., high-interest)-at a readability level that is accessible (i.e., low-readability)." There are hundreds of hi-lo readers<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=hi-lo+books&type=0&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site> within the MeL eResources. One series that is especially popular with secondary students is the Orca Soundings series<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=ST+orca+soundings&type=0&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>. There is much more to explore in the eBook High School Collection, including countless biographies and memoirs<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=biography+or+autobiography+or+memoir&type=0&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>, titles on society and social issues<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=(+society+or+culture+)+OR+(+social+issues+or+social+problems+)&type=1&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>, and mental health texts for teens<https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e862xna&bquery=mental+health+AND+teen*&type=1&searchMode=And&site=ehost-live&scope=site>. 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