Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is sponsored by Sylvan Learning, Inc. You will need to register to use the site, but it's worth the effort!
This project was initiated at the 33rd International Congress of Medieval Studies by a group of medievalists interested in promoting Chaucer studies on the WWW. Its aims are: 1.) to organize and provide navigation aides for Chaucer resources on the WWW; 2.) to work towards enhancing and extending those resources; 3.) and to encourage Chaucer studies, including those undertaken via "distance learning," at all levels of education.
CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. They are designed for the classroom with one online computer. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric, based on California Language Arts Content Standards.
The Doucette Index provides access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books. The books indexed are those held by the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, but many of these books will also be available in other libraries.
The purpose of this web site is to give secondary English teachers practical approaches to using drama in the classroom through readers theatre and role play. After giving a rationale for this, and providing essential preliminary drama games and warm-up exercises, four approaches are outlined, with all the information you need to use these in your classroom.
Language Arts and Literature resources listed by American, British, World as well as by form (ie Biography, Poetry, etc.) Links are provided by grade level too.
This site supports my work as a teacher and writer (of books that help teachers). It also supports my students by providing them with tools, exemplars, and a discussion area designed to provide access to useful information (e.g., lesson plans). My ambition is not to make money but to improve my teaching while also helping my colleagues and students. The site is not affiliated with the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) or Burlingame High School, though it contains links to and information about my work with those institutions.
English Online contains English teaching resources for Years 1-13, professional readings and resources and interactive projects for students. It has been developed by Unitec New Zealand and funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.
A online magazine that looks at the evolution of languages.
The Reading Center at Education Place provides Reading, Spelling, and Language Arts resources for K-8 teachers, students, and parents. Special features include textbook support, Author Spotlight, Wacky Web Tales, Staff Development, and Bilingual Resources.
This site invites your students to publish their own or add to an existing story.
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
The purpose of this web page is to improve the quality of reading instruction through the study of the reading process and teaching techniques. It will serve as a clearinghouse for the dissemination of reading research through conferences, journals and other publications.
In this lesson plan, students demonstrate their ability to develop a critical stance by exploring the works and lives of popular children's authors.
Here you will find lessons that support literacy and learning for students in grades 5-8. The site is a cooperative effort between Southeastern Louisiana University and Louisiana Public Broadcasting. These lessons include instructional information which are illustrated with actual classroom vignettes.
The LiteracyCenter.Net provides safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. All online lessons are free of advertising and free of charge. We suggest that each online lesson be supported by appropriate offline instruction, either in the home or at school. As our Website grows we will be offering suggestions for everything from introducing second or other languages to supporting materials that meet our highest standards of excellence.
This Web site provides a variety of materials -- including online teacher's guides, interactive timelines and recommended resources -- that teachers can use to enhance their own background knowledge base as well as to develop lessons for their classrooms.
NoodleTools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. From selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources in MLA or APA style, NoodleTools makes online research easier!
The Ohio Literacy Resource Center (OLRC), located at Kent State University, originated as a result of the National Literacy Act of 1991. The OLRC is funded primarily through the Ohio Department of Education Division of Adult and Vocational Education to work with Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) programs. OLRC staff also work closely with state agencies, professional organizations, literacy coalitions, public libraries, and a wide variety of adult literacy providers.
On the Instructional Management System (IMS), members of Ohio's??s educational community can find the information and tools needed to plan and implement standards-based education. You can search for model lessons and assessments by grade level, subject area or by specific standard.
Paradigm is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. Paradigm is intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced.
Literacy resources compiled by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
Created eight years ago, when the world-wide web was in its infancy, the propaganda site is inspired by the pioneering work of the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA). From 1937 to 1942, the IPA was dedicated to promoting the techniques of propaganda analysis among critically-minded citizens.
ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.
If "an apple a day will keep the doctor away", then perhaps a-rhyme-a-week will keep school failure at bay. WIL's A-Rhyme-a-Week phonological awareness program features 30 different nursery rhymes. The phonograms or "rimes" emphasized in our program were first identified by Richard Wylie and Donald Durrell in 1970. Examining a list of 1, 437 words commonly spoken by children in primary grades (Murphy, 1957), Wylie and Durrell identified 37 rimes that accounted for almost 500 words of Murphy's list. In determining the order of rhymes and rimes to present each week, we are following Fry's (1998) suggested consideration of frequency.
On Scholastic's web site you will find free lesson plans, activities, and reproducibles for your classroom.
In this web site developed by the San Diego Office of Education, you will find CyberGuides (Literature Guides), an activity bank, and other resource links for Language Arts.
Written by current and former Harvard students, SparkNotes can help with high school literature classes (they are similar to "Cliff's Notes"- but so much cooler!) They are adding titles all the time and you can suggest a title for them to include. The hyperlinked references with small pop-up windows makes this a great way to really get "in depth" with the classics and more!
This book is for all these people. It is written particularly for parents, who should find the information useful in making judgments about: what kinds of language and literacy experiences to look for in preschool and child care settings, what to look for in initial reading instruction in kindergarten and the early grades, what to ask school boards, principals, elected officials, and other policy makers who make decisions regarding early reading instruction, whether their child is making progress in reading related skills and early reading. It is also for others who can influence the education and development of young children, especially policy makers, caregivers, and teachers.
The developer of this website, Laura Kump of New York City, is currently a first grade classroom teacher. Resources are available for Four Blocks, Six Trait Writing, Author Studies, Comprehension, Guided Reading and more.
The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. The Academy maintains this site, one of the liveliest and most comprehensive poetry sites on the Internet.
The Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Much of the information that you can find through these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in the book world.
This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 5100 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world.
The On-Line Books Page is a directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet. It includes: an index of thousands of on-line books on the Internet; pointers to significant directories and archives of on-line texts; special exhibits and more!
In this online self tutorial, Conn McQuinn from Puget Sound ESD in Burien, Washington guides teachers and students alike through the Writing Process.
The Virtual Presentation Assistant is an online tutorial for improving your public speaking skills. This site is designed to help you target your specific needs as a speaker.
Wired for Books brings the literary festival to you. Listen to readings and lectures of noted writers, all featured guests of the Ohio University Spring Literary Festival.