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*Recommended in English Language Arts Frameworks |
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| Barbican - Can I Have a Word? | |
| From Barbican Education - new ideas and resources to inspire Creative Writing - won the Webby Award as the Best Education Website. | |
| Coelho's Library Links | |
| Includes several links recommended for English Language Arts Frameworks | |
| *American Classical League | |
| Offers a catalogue of materials for teaching mythology and classical literature as well as an extensive list of links to other useful sites. | |
| Author Sites | |
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Jan Brett, Author and Illustrator Judy Blume, Author Beverly Cleary, Author Eric Carle , Author and Illustrator (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) Tomie de Paola, Author and Illustrator Brian Jacques, Author (Redwall saga) Lemony Snicket, Author (Series of the Unfortunate) William Steig, Author (Shrek, Sylvester and Magic Pebble)
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| Book Discussion Guides Universal Book Discussion Questions | |
| From the Multnomah County Library (Oregon) - includes additional links | |
| Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web | |
| The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers. (From the University of Calgary) | |
| Carol Hurst | |
| This is a children's literature site. | |
| Children's Literature Beyond Basals | |
| Hundreds of in-depth guides for using children's literature in K-12 classrooms. Browse, alphabetically by title, or search to find specific titles and authors. | |
| Daily Grammar | |
| Daily Grammar will send you a grammar lesson by email every day of the week. For 5 days, you receive a lesson and on the 6th a quiz. There are over 400 lessons in the archive section. | |
| *English Language Arts Framework | |
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2001 edition, pdf format | |
| Focusing on Words | |
| English words formed from Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes | |
| *The Folger Shakespeare Library | |
| Extensive section on teaching Shakespeare including lessons plans and well-selected resources and link | |
| Internet School Library (from James Madison University) | |
| Links to Children's and Young Adult's Authors and Illustrators pages, indexed sites as well as additional resources for Children's and Young Adult Literature | |
| *Massachusetts Reading Asssociation Online | |
| Sections for parents, teachers, authors birthdays, and links to other reading sites, including the International Reading Association | |
| *National Council of Teachers of English | |
| Rich resource for teachers of all grade levels | |
| *National Endowment for the Humanities | |
| Provides information on opportunities for teachers offered by NEH. Also a link to EDSITEment, an NEH site, which has top humanities websites and lesson plans | |
| *National Research Center of English Learning and Achievement (CELA) | |
| Wealth of research on effective English Language Arts instruction | |
| Outta Ray's Head | |
| Collection of lesson plans for writing, poetry, literature, library and additional links | |
| Paragraph a Week | |
| Suggested Writing Topics for 5th & 6th grade English Language Arts teachers | |
| Picture Writing: Fostering Literacy | |
| Picturing Writing: Fostering Literacy Through Art and Image-Making Within The Writing Process are two dynamic art-and-literature based approaches to writing developed by Beth Olshansky to meet the needs of students with diverse learning styles. | |
| Resources for English / Language Arts Teachers | |
| A variety of links for English Language Arts teachers | |
| RHL School | |
| Weekly worksheets for upper elementary students are provided free for teachers to copy and use - includes reading comprehension and English basics worksheets | |
| San Diego Art Museum | |
| Lesson Plans for creating artistic books | |
| Teachers @ Random | |
| From Random House, includes teacher's guides, thematic and interdisciplinary indexes, reader's companions, author and illustrator biographies, and more. | |
| Thirty Days of Poetry | |
| From The English Room, Lesson plans for 30 different poems, with examples. | |
| read*write*think | |
| Developed by NCTE, Marco Polo World Com and International Reading Association | |
| Writing Across the Curriculum Home Page (Manhattan College) | |
| Write Traits Support Websites | |
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Printable support resources for any lesson. NW Regional Educational Laboratory Great resource for sample papers and scoring guides. Writing Fix On-line help for teachers and students: Find inspiration for almost any story or assignment. |
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